Another list, again best of, this time in a given year from 1033 to today. No strict parameters, just a mixture of actual best score, personal favorite, composer most deserving that year, gut feeling, the oujia board indicated I pick that one, least likely to get me killed etc.
Sometimes (and at least once every decade), a year was so stellar that a tie was inevitable:
1933) King Kong (M. Steiner)
1934) The Lost Patrol (M. Steiner)
1935) The Bride of Frankenstein (F. Waxman)
1936) Anthony Adverse (E. W. Korngold)
1937) Lost Horizon (D. Tiomkin)
1938) Alexander Nevsky (S. Prokofiev)
1939) Gone with the Wind (M. Steiner) + The Wizard of Oz (H. Stothart et al.)
1940) Rebecca (F. Waxman)
1941) Citizen Kane (B. Herrmann)
1942) Kings Row (E. W. Korngold)
1943) For Whom the Bell Tolls (V. Young) + The Song of Bernadette (A. Newman)
1944) Ivan the Terrible (S. Prokofiev)
1945) Spellbound (M. Rózsa)
1946) The Best Years of Our Lives (H. Friedhofer)
1947) Forever Amber (D. Raksin)
1948) Hamlet (W. Walton)
1949) The Heiress (A. Copland)
1950) Sunset Boulevard (F. Waxman)
1951) The Day the Earth Stood Still (B. Herrmann)
1952) The Quiet Man (V. Young)
1953) The Robe (A. Newman) + Shane (V. Young)
1954) On the Waterfront (L. Bernstein)
1955) East of Eden (L. Rosenman)
1956) The Ten Commandments (E. Bernstein)
1957) An Affair to Remember (H. Friedhofer)
1958) Vertigo (B. Herrmann)
1959) Ben-Hur (M. Rózsa) + On the Beach (E. Gold)
1960) The Magnificent Seven (E. Bernstein)
1961) El Cid (M. Rózsa)
1962) Lawrence of Arabia (M. Jarre) + To Kill a Mockingbird (E. Bernstein)
1963) Cleopatra (A. North)
1964) The Fall of the Roman Empire (D. Tiomkin)
1965) Doctor Zhivago (M. Jarre)
1966) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (A. North)
1967) Cool Hand Luke (L. Schifrin)
1968) The Lion in Winter (J. Barry)
1969) Once Upon a Time in the West (E. Morricone)
1970) The Last Valley (J. Barry)
1971) Straw Dogs (J. Fielding)
1972) The Godfather (N. Rota)
1973) The Day of the Dolphin (G. Delerue)
1974) Chinatown (J. Goldsmith)
1975) The Wind and the Lion (J. Goldsmith) + Jaws (J. Williams)
1976) The Omen (J. Goldsmith) + Taxi Driver (B. Herrmann)
1977) Star Wars - Ep. IV: A New Hope (J. Williams)
1978) Superman (J. Williams)
1979) Star Trek - The Motion Picture (J. Goldsmith)
1980) Star Wars - Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back (J. Williams)
1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark (J. Williams) + The Final Conflict (J. Goldsmith)
1982) E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (J. Williams) + Conan the Barbarian (B. Poledouris)
1983) Under Fire (J. Goldsmith)
1984) The Natural (R. Newman)
1985) Revolution (J. Corigliano)
1986) The Mission (E. Morricone)
1987) Empire of the Sun (J. Williams)
1988) Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (A. Silvestri)
1989) Glory (J. Horner)
1990) Edward Scissorhands (D. Elfman) + Dances with Wolves (J. Barry)
1991) Beauty and the Beast (A. Menken)
1992) 1492 - Conquest of Paradise (Vangelis)
1993) Schindler's List (J. Williams)
1994) The Lion King (H. Zimmer)
1995) Cutthroat Island (J. Debney)
1996) Independence Day (D. Arnold)
1997) Princess Mononoke (J. Hisaishi) + Titanic (J. Horner)
1998) Mulan (J. Goldsmith) + Les Misérables (B. Poledouris)
1999) Anna and the King (G. Fenton)
2000) Chicken Run (H. Gregson-Williams / J. Powell)
2001) The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (H. Shore) + Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (E. Goldenthal)
2002) The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (H. Shore)
2003) The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (H. Shore)
2004) Troy - Rejected Score (G. Yared)
2005) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (P. Doyle) + Star Wars - Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith (J. Williams)
2006) Lady in the Water (J. N. Howard)
Changes likely to come soon and without warning...
I have no life!
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