Top Ten Scores of 2017! Hello, I am Randy Andrews and today is the last episode of the year. I’ll be presenting my top ten picks for 2017. Now I’ll also present my honorable mentions for 2017 as well. It’s all today on Soundtrack Alley! Play Intro Hello friends and music lovers. It is the end of the year! Only Three days including today left in the year! I’ll be expressing my feelings on my top 10 film scores for the year! I’ll also mention two honorable mentions for the episode. So let’s get this off with a bang! (Number 10)! (Echo Voice) For my number 10 spot I’ve got the score to King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. This score was composed by Daniel Pemberton. This is a very rock heavy score. For it being a Guy Ritchie Film, there is definitely a lot of rock in this score. I’ll only highlight two pieces of music that pretty much sums up the film. The plot is this…After the murder of his father, young Arthur's power-hungry uncle Vortigern seizes control of the crown. Robbed of his birthright, he grows up the hard way in the back alleys of the city, not knowing who he truly is. When fate leads him to pull the Excalibur sword from stone, Arthur embraces his true destiny to become a legendary fighter and leader. They are entitled King Arthur: Legend of the Sword; and the Power of Excalibur. It’s very hard to pick music from an album that has so many impressive cues to it. Enjoy! Play cues (Number 9)! (Echo Voice) My number 9 is The Dark Tower with the score being composed by Tom Holkenborg. This is a score based upon the book by the same name written by Stephen King. The film has some very impressive production quality and has a flare for the supernatural. Here is the plot…Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), the last Gunslinger, is locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim (Matthew McConaughey), also known as the Man in Black. The Gunslinger must prevent the Man in Black from toppling the Dark Tower, the key that holds the universe together. With the fate of worlds at stake, two men collide in the ultimate battle between good and evil. The score has an epic feel and I actually enjoy it on its own. The cues I’ll present encompass The Dark Tower, Keystone Earth and then It Will Fall. I hope you find these epic enough in scale to stand on their own… Play cues (Number 8)! (Echo Voice) My number 8 is The Zoo-Keeper’s Wife. The score was composed by Harry Gregson Williams. This is a brilliant score and stands the test of time with Dramatic scoring. Harry Gregson Williams does an impressive job with this score. The film is about The time is 1939 and the place is Poland, homeland of Antonina Zabinski and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski. The Warsaw Zoo flourishes under Jan's stewardship and Antonina's care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. The Zabinskis covertly begin working with the Resistance and put into action plans to save the lives of hundreds from what has become the Warsaw Ghetto. I hope you enjoy the cues Warsaw Zoo 1939; and Home Again. These pieces of music really impress upon me the emotion that resides in the movie and how connected we are to the characters. Play cues (Number 7)! (Echo Voice) My number 7 is Tulip Fever by Danny Elfman. This period piece is really impressive and shows that Danny Elfman has the ability to break out of his super-hero genre writing and truly write something that reaches our hearts and gives us the feeling of being in an environment. The cues I’ll play include Sophia’s Theme and The Wait. This film is summarized as Set against the backdrop of the 17th-century Tulip Wars, a married noblewoman (Alicia Vikander) has an affair with an artist (Dane DeHaan) and switches identities with her maid to escape the wealthy merchant she married. She and her lover try to raise money together by investing w