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Hey all, I’ve been thinking recently about some of my favorite scores of the 21st century and I’ve struggled to come up with a list. This isn’t for anything, was just kinda bored and wanted to think about it. But I was curious what everyone’s favorite scores are so far in the century? I don’t have a list but I think a personal favorite of mine is Giacchino’s score for Ratatouille. It could really be any of his Pixar scores for me (inside out, up, and incredibles are all genius in there own way) but I feel that ratatouille has some of the best thematic storytelling I’ve ever heard in a score so that’s my personal favorite. What about everyone else? I’m definitely interested in hearing about some scores that might have gone under the radar all these years

I've always had this opinion that Hans is a great film score composer however, I feel like he has been stuck in his own ways and never really wanted to explore. I think that Dune's score was incredible and quite a step from his usual scores so I'll give him that, but before that, he really had a distinct style, not that it's a bad thing but moreso, after a certain point it's hard to tell a cue from Interstellar vs. a cue from Inception vs. a cue from Top Gun Maverick, etc. I think that his orchestral writing is really epic and definitely fits some things but at a certain point, to me at least, it comes off as tacky. Ludwig on the other hand has been making waves since 2015 in film scores. Even in his formative years (I'd say probably 2015-2018 around Black Panther) I'd say he was better than Hans. Also considering I feel Hans is sort of like a mentor to Ludwig in a way since Hans was the one who suggested him for Tenet (in my opinion top 10 score of the decade). I love both composers but Ludwig has shown that he has a distinct voice but doesn't let any specific style of his control the score, he adapts and he breaks rules which I feel like Hans hasn't done in quite a while. Thoughts anyone?

Hello Everyone, Thoughts on "Instrumentation and Orchestration" by Alfred Blatter as a beginner book to learning the instruments and orchestration as a whole?

Hello everybody, I recently started reading "Principles of Orchestration" which my composition professor reccomended I read however, as I started reading it, I realized that I didn't really have the fundamentals of the instruments down (such as range and technique) so I am a bit confused when I am reading it. I haven't started my orchestration class for my major so I am just trying to get ahead but I was wondering what are some orchestration books that I should read that give me the fundamentals before I go back to principles of orchestration? I have heard about Adler's book however, it is very pricey and from what I've heard, a lot of it might be outdated, so any nicher books that are more up to date (and let's face it, cheaper) I'd love to hear about! Thank you!

Hello, I am a composer interested in studying my favorite score of all time, E.T. I was wondering if anyone knew where it was possible to purchase the full score sheet music(if possible at all)?