https://reelmusic.wordpress.com/2018/02/06/2017-reel-music-awards-the-winners/
OVERALL SCORE OF THE YEAR 2017
KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD (Daniel Pemberton)
The Death of Stalin (Christopher Willis)
The Great Wall (Ramin Djawadi)
The Star (John Paesano)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Alexandre Desplat)
Daniel Pemberton teaming up with director Guy Ritchie seems to be a very fruitful partnership. On the back of Pemberton taking the 2015 Reel Music Award for his score to Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E., the composer has again topped the category of overall score of the year with his brilliant score for the director’s take on the King Arthur story, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. From when I first heard the score, the whole sound that Pemberton and his team have come up with is something that I haven’t really come across before in my years of listening to film music. That quality is becoming increasingly difficult both in terms of just how much great and varied music there is out there, but also it seems harder for composers to experiment, to come up with something fresh rather than sticking to the tried and tested (what studio execs may call the ‘safe’ option?). As well as the expected quality to the music itself – and the emotions generated therein – each cue is a fascinating ‘how did he do that?’ exercise that makes the score more rewarding with every listen. There’s track after track of excellent compositions which means that, even running to almost 90 minutes for the digital release, the score doesn’t outstay its welcome. King Arthur is the most enjoyable score I have heard from Pemberton and, for me, is an obvious choice as score of 2017. There’s a short ‘making of…’ video on YouTube that gives a little insight into how the score came about. |
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