2019 Reel Music Awards
MARCH 23, 2020 — The Reel Music Awards is an attempt to recognise and highlight some of the memorable music written for areas of media such as film, television and video games. 2019 was typical of other years in that I thought that there were many highlights and surprises along with a few disappointments (purely down to my own high expectations). I hope that these awards point readers in the direction of some of scores that they might otherwise not have come across. A full list of nominations can be found HERE.
As I write this post everyone’s lives are undergoing a great amount of upheaval and, perhaps, reading someone’s personal list of scores they feel merit some acknowledgement may not be a priority. I hope that everyone is keeping safe and that my choices enjoyably passes a few minutes of time. With all that’s been going on I haven’t had the time – and to be honest, had the inclination – to summarise my thoughts for my selections, but I hope to add some reasons for my choices at some point in the near future.
OVERALL SCORE OF THE YEAR 2019
JOKER (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FEATURE
JOKER (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FEATURE
PLAYING WITH FIRE (Nathan Wang)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FEATURE
SORDO: THE SILENT WAR (Carlos M. Jara)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FEATURE
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (Bear McCreary)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FEATURE
LA FAMEUSE INVASION DES OURS EN SICILE / THE BEARS’ FAMOUS INVASION (René Aubry)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE OR MULTI-EPISODE FORMAT)
OUR PLANET (Steven Price)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION SERIES
THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE (Daniel Pemberton & Samuel Sim)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA
THE OUTER WORLDS (Justin E. Bell)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A SHORT FILM
CAPCOM GO! THE APOLLO STORY (Rhian Sheehan)
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR OTHER MEDIA
THE HOLLYWOOD GRAVEYARD ZONE (Arthur Dark & Giuseppe Vasapolli)
NEW ARCHIVAL RELEASE (PHYSICAL MEDIA)
DRACULA / THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (James Bernard)
NEW ARCHIVE RELEASE (DIGITAL)
WHEN WE LEFT EARTH: THE NASA MISSIONS (Richard Blair-Oliphant)
NEW COMPILATION RELEASE
ENNIO MORRICONE MUSIQUES DE FILMS 1964-2015 (Ennio Morricone)
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