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After the release of Howard Shore’s complete epic score for Lord of the Rings (Return of the King on Nov 2007), I finally have time to explore other composer’s work. In this year, I started to collect film scores (although I already have a handful of soundtrack before). I think my interest to film scores (other than LOTR) this year were fueled by one of my Friendster friends (Sixto) who invited me to join the Pinoy Film Music Fans group at Friendster. Since then, I listened to soundtracks almost every day, even at work.

I usually download them thru torrents because film scores are very rare in music stores here. I actually bought King Kong for 100Php on one of the mall’s midnight sales.

Below is the list of my favorite albums this year (not in particular order):
Atonement - Dario Marianelli [I have downloaded this early May 2008 but only listened to it after I saw the movie on October, and was eventually hooked and even addicted to it. It really helps to listen to the score once you saw the movie itself.]
Beowulf - Alan Silvestri 
Transformers - Steve Jablonsky [Best of Zimmer-style music…heroic and inspiring Autobot themes]
Cloverfield - Michael Giacchino
Bridge to Terabithia - Aaron Zigman [Beautiful and inspiring…best heard when you’re down]
Iron Man - Ramin Djawadi [fusion of electric guitar and orchestra…certainly deserved the Grammy nomination]
Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino [playful and witty. Everytime I listen to this, I’m hearing more quirky little instruments in the background]
The Dark Knight - James Newton-Howard and Hans Zimmer [Very dark music, I though at first that this is not suitable for everyday listening…I was wrong…]
Wall-E - Thomas Newman [”Eve” as the best track!]
X-Men: The Last Stand - John Powell [The anvil and the female choir of the Phoenix theme is the highlight! Action scoring at its best!]
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Harry Gregson-Williams [More action packed than the first one]
Wanted - Danny Elfman [Enjoyable to the least…a score in which you may or may not associate with the movie itself and it possess *that* familiar Elfman sound]
Lord of the Rings: The Complete Recordings - Howard Shore [Need I say more? I never get tired of listening to it…even after 4 years since the last movie ended. Nearly 11 hours of epic music!]

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