Filmtracks
Modern film score review website
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Filmtracks on January 23, 2017
Type of site
Filmtracks is a modern film score review website created and maintained by its sole reviewer, Christian Clemmensen.[1] Since the launch of Filmtracks in 1996, the website has reviewed nearly two-thousand soundtracks dating as far back as 1954, though the website's focus is primarily those composed after 1975.[2] Filmtracks also has a forum.[3]
Accolades
In February 1998, Filmtracks was highly recommended to film music fans by Lukas Kendall at Film Score Monthly.[4] In October 2000, Entertainment Weekly's Erin Podolsky gave the website an 'A' rating and called it "A MUST-VISIT".[5] In April 2001, Filmtracks was also named Associate of the Month by Amazon.[6]
Filmtracks Awards
Best Film Score
Year | Winner Composer | Nominees |
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1986 | Hoosiers – Jerry Goldsmith |
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1987 | The Witches of Eastwick – John Williams |
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1988 | Willow – James Horner |
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1989 | Glory – James Horner |
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1990 | The Russia House – Jerry Goldsmith |
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1991 | Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken |
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1992 | Far and Away – John Williams |
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1993 | Schindler's List – John Williams |
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1994 | Only You – Rachel Portman | |
1995 | Apollo 13 – James Horner |
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1996 | The Spitfire Grill – James Horner |
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1997 | Titanic – James Horner |
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1998 | The Mask of Zorro – James Horner |
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1999 | The Cider House Rules – Rachel Portman |
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2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance – Rachel Portman |
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2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore |
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2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore |
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2003 | The Gospel of John – Jeff Danna |
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2004 | The Terminal – John Williams |
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2005 | The Legend of Zorro – James Horner |
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2006 | Lady in the Water – James Newton Howard |
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2007 | Angel – Philippe Rombi |
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2008 | No winner |
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2009 | Lesbian Vampire Killers – Debbie Wiseman |
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2010 | Space Battleship Yamato – Naoki Sato |
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2011 | La Ligne droite – Patrick Doyle |
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2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – Andrew Lockington |
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2013 | Romeo and Juliet – Abel Korzeniowski |
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2014 | How To Train Your Dragon 2 – John Powell (tie) Tarzan |
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2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams |
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2016 | Tale of a Lake – Panu Aaltio |
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2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi – John Williams |
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2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story – John Powell & John Williams |
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2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams |
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2020 | The Call of the Wild – John Powell |
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2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife – Rob Simonsen |
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2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water – Simon Franglen |
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2023 | No winner |
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References
- ^ Berlioz (2006). "Repent ye nasty hive of hedonistic film score fan(atic)s". www.dooyoo.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ Filmtracks Soundtrack Reviews by Year. Filmtracks. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ "Filmtracks Scoreboard Forum - Message Index".
- ^ Kendall, Lukas. "Recommended Website Reactions". Film Score Monthly. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ Podolsky, Erin. Filmtracks Modern Soundtrack Reviews EW grade Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
- ^ Travis F. Smith. "Filmtracks tuned in to movie music: Site reviews over 1000 soundtracks". Variety. Retrieved 16 December 2011.