This is list of the 2008 film scores for films I’ve seen theatrically, listed in order of preference.

  1. Speed Racer (Michael Giacchino)
  2. The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard)
  3. Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (John Williams)
  4. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who (John Powell)
  5. WALL-E (Thomas Newman)
  6. The X-Files: I Want To Believe (Mark Snow)
  7. The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (Randy Edelman)
  8. Wanted (Danny Elfman)
  9. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (James Horner)
  10. Slumdog Millionaire (A.R. Rahman)
  11. Rambo (Brian Tyler)
  12. The Spiderwick Chronicles (James Horner)
  13. Untraceable (Christopher Young)
  14. Quantum Of Solace (David Arnold)
  15. Get Smart (Trevor Rabin)
  16. The Happening (James Newton Howard)
  17. The Fall (Krishna Levy)
  18. Passengers (Edward Shearmur)
  19. Max Payne (Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders)
  20. Tropic Thunder (Theodore Shapiro)
  21. Jumper (John Powell)
  22. The Eye (Marco Beltrami)
  23. The Signal (Ben Lovett)
  24. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (Danny Elfman)
  25. Valkyrie (John Ottman)
  26. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Hans Zimmer)
  27. The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Harry Gregson-Williams)
  28. Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Mark Mothersbaugh)
  29. Blindness (Marco Antônio Guimarães)
  30. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat)
  31. Doomsday (Tyler Bates)
  32. Eagle Eye (Brian Tyler)
  33. Revolutionary Road (Thomas Newman)
  34. Defiance (James Newton Howard)
  35. Son Of Rambow (Joby Talbot)
  36. Flash Of Genius (Aaron Zigman)
  37. The Lucky Ones (Rolfe Kent)
  38. Nothing Like The Holidays (Paul Oakenfold)
  39. Body Of Lies (Marc Streitenfeld)
  40. City Of Ember (Andrew Lockington)
  41. Traitor (Mark Kilian)
  42. The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2 (Rachel Portman)
  43. Charlie Bartlett (Christophe Beck)
  44. Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (Paul Englishby)
  45. Hancock (John Powell)
  46. Leatherheads (Randy Newman)
  47. Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3D (Andrew Lockington)
  48. The Spirit (David Newman)
  49. Seven Pounds (Angelo Milli)
  50. Saw V (Charlie Clouser)
  51. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Kevin Kiner)
  52. The Ruins (Graeme Revell)
  53. Kung Fu Panda (Hans Zimmer & John Powell)
  54. The Bank Job (J. Peter Robinson)
  55. Nobel Son (Mark Adler & Paul Oakenfold)
  56. Australia (David Hirschfelder)
  57. Transsiberian (Alfonso Vilallonga)
  58. How To Lose Friends & Alienate People (David Arnold)
  59. Penelope (Joby Talbot)
  60. Fool’s Gold (George Fenton)
  61. Iron Man (Ramin Djawadi)
  62. Lakeview Terrace (Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna)
  63. Bottle Shock (Mark Adler)
  64. Frost/Nixon (Hans Zimmer)
  65. Superhero Movie (James L. Venable)
  66. The Incredible Hulk (Craig Armstrong)
  67. Vantage Point (Atli Orvarsson)
  68. Punisher: War Zone (Michael Wandmacher)
  69. Marley & Me (Theodore Shapiro)
  70. Sixty Six (Joby Talbot)
  71. Henry Poole Is Here (John Frizzell)
  72. Gran Torino (Kyle Eastwood & Michael Stevens)
  73. The Reader (Nico Muhly)
  74. The Wrestler (Clint Mansell)
  75. Last Chance Harvey (Dickon Hinchliffe)
  76. Yes Man (Lyle Workman & Mark Everett)
  77. Role Models (Craig Wedren)
  78. 10,000 BC (Harald Kloser & Thomas Wander)
  79. An American Carol (James L. Venable)
  80. Babylon AD (Atli Orvarsson)
  81. Semi-Pro (Theodore Shapiro)
  82. Ghost Town (Geoff Zanelli)
  83. Zack & Miri Make A Porno (James L. Venable)
  84. Mirrors (Javier Navarette)
  85. Pineapple Express (Graeme Revell)
  86. Four Christmases (Alex Wurman)
  87. The House Bunny (Waddy Wachtel)
  88. What Happens In Vegas (Christophe Beck)
  89. Drillbit Taylor (Christophe Beck)
  90. Choke (Nathan Larson)
  91. The Strangers (tomandandy)
  92. What Just Happened? (Marcelo Zarvos)
  93. Then She Found Me (David Mansfield)
  94. Harold & Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay (George S. Clinton)
  95. 21 (David Sardy)
  96. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Lyle Workman)
  97. One Missed Call (Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek)
  98. Run Fatboy Run (Alex Wurman)
  99. Deception (Ramin Djawadi)
  100. W. (Paul Cantelon)
  101. Death Race (Paul Haslinger)
  102. Diary Of The Dead (Norman Orenstein)
  103. Rachel Getting Married (Donald Harrison, Jr. & Zafir Tawil)
  104. The Day The Earth Stood Still (Tyler Bates)
  105. Be Kind Rewind (Jean-Michel Bernard)
  106. Smart People (Nuno Bettencourt)
  107. Happy-Go-Lucky (Gary Yershon)

Special Award:

  • Cloverfield (End credit cue titled “Roar!”) (Michael Giacchino)
    I didn’t feel quite justified putting this on the main score list, since it’s only the end credits that got any score. So, it gets a special award all it’s own. Were it on the main list, it’d still be right up there by the top of the list…

Disqualified (non-original or no music score):

  • Funny Games
    I don’t think this had any original score.
  • Vicky Christina Barcelona
    The usual Woody Allen routine of tracking in quaint songs
  • Quarantine
    Don’t think it had any score