Top 5 Film Soundtracks of 2013

2013 has been and gone, but in its wake, it left a wealth of great film soundtracks from some of the most talented composers working today. This is a list of five of the best this year had to offer...

01. Star Trek Into Darkness
Michael Giacchino 

J.J. Abrams followed up his 2009 Star Trek reboot with a film that provoked a very mixed reception. However, one of the things many could find no fault with was Michael Giacchino's superb soundtrack. Expanding on cues from the first film, Giacchino created a soundtrack far deeper and more complex than its predecessor. The highlight is the slow-building motif used to represent Benedict Cumberbatch's villainous John Harrison, which can be heard below, but Giacchino's own Star Trek theme still gets the air time it deserves.


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02. Gravity
Steven Price

Alfonso Cuaron's 2013 return may have blown away both critics and moviegoers, but it would have lacked all its power without Steven Price's atmospheric and eerie soundtrack that demonstrates both the wondrous and terrifying vision of space presented by the film. The score's standout is Don't Let Go which shows off this range perfectly. It was the intention to create a score that expressed the psychological aspects of the scene rather than the description. In these regards, Price's score is a success.
 

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 03. 12 Years a Slave
Hans Zimmer


Recently, Hans Zimmer has built up a reputation for producing overly bombastic action scores, that although arguably effective, lacked character and memorable hooks. It was refreshing to hear the two tracks he composed for 12 Years a Slave, which sees Zimmer in a far more subdued mode. His main theme, entitled Solomon is a sad and gentle string piece, that provides Zimmer with a chance to show off a far more subtle and affecting side.


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 04.Oz, The Great and Powerful
Danny Elfman

Sam Raimi's take on The Wizard of Oz legend allowed Danny Elfman to once again express his gift for quirky fantasy scoring, a sound that still remains uniquely his and his alone. Oz, The Great and Powerful made for one of the year's most memorable scores, and demonstrates why Danny Elfman is still one of the most beloved and wanted composers working today.

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05. Pacific Rim
Ramin Djawadi 

Ramin Djawadi has proved time and time again that he is one of today's most interesting composers. From his soundtracks to Iron Man and Game of Thrones, he has shown that the art of scoring is still very much alive. For these reasons, Guillermo Del Toro chose him to provide the score for his most recent epic. Djawadi lived up to the challenge, providing a score that deftly reflects the film's world, and does what any film score is prescribed to do: create an atmosphere and a melody.

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