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‘Breaking Dawn Part 1′ Number 1 in Top Ten Best Film Scores/Soundtracks of 2011

13 Comments February 18, 2012 by Filed Under: Breaking Dawn Score, Breaking Dawn Soundtrack, Carter Burwell

According to Soundtracks Examiner Mark Morton, the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 by Carter Burwell is number one in the Top Ten Best Film Scores/Soundtracks of 2011.

1. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1, composed by Carter Burwell (Atlantic)

Go ahead, call me a sellout. But I don’t think Carter Burwell has ever been given his due for his enormous contributions to film music. And the man continues to plow forward as one of the most creative minds in compositional minimalism as well as full-bodied orchestration. While he was probably disqualified for nomination at this year’s Academy Awards for Breaking Dawn – Part 1 because it was anchored heavily to the original Twilight score, his work was no less remarkable. I would go so far as to say that it was actually better than the original, given that, although he laid the original template for the Twilight sound, he was coming back into the fold on the heels of critical heavyweights Alexandre Desplat (with whom the Academy also bears an unspoken beef) and Howard Shore. Burwell fearlessly picked up the baton and ran with it, giving us a romantic score easily on par with Nino Rota’s Romeo & Juliet (which was also unceremoniously snubbed by the Academy in 1969).

To see the rest of the top ten best film scores and soundtracks go Soundtracks Examiner.

Couldn’t agree more!

Thank you Mark!

Category: Breaking Dawn Score, Breaking Dawn Soundtrack, Carter Burwell

  • ali

    this is great. i love the score!

  • Ella

    My favorites were Bella Reborn and Nova Vida ,but overall the whole score was incredible !!!!!!

  • D. Martin

    I love Bella Reborn.   It should have been included in an Oscar pick.   I love this soundtrack.

  • Team Vampire Bella

    I couldn’t agree more Bella reborn is one of the most amazing pieces ever played and the score in general were beautiful as they fit the moods perfectly.

  • ryder

    Carter Burwell also did the score for Rob Roy with Liam Neeson.  It’s absolutely incredible. It makes you feel like you’re in the highlands of Scotland. He’s a very talented artist. I was thrilled that he returned to finish what he started with Twilight. A perfect ending.

  • Asia

    honey moon in eclipse is absolutely amazing! that and bella reborn are my favorites!!! 

  • Mary-Pat

    I love listening to the score…..each time it allows me to re-live the movie in my mind…so full of emotion

  • Mary-Pat

    And the reason that the Academy ignored this fabulous score is why?…

  • http://btb-uncensored.blogspot.com/ ★FreezeBurn♥RobMyCooter★BTB

    Because they are snobs.

  • TG

    The Academy ignored this fabulous score because it was disqualified due to it’s being  anchored heavily to the original Twilight soundtrack, which, to my knowledge, did not win any awards – so how is that fair? It shouldn’t matter anyway.

    Finally, an honest, UNBIASED review of Carter’s music from a respected, intelligent soundtrack expert! Thank you, Mark Morton!  I followed the link and read your extended review.  I loved how you said Carter Burwell has an uncanny knack for tapping into the human condition and how he can express human desire and pain through sound.  I am so in awe of that man!

  • La Voz del Silencio

    I agree with you all, Bella Reborn is AMAZING. I just love how you get to relive the whole of the saga; feel sad because it’s over (Bella’s human side) but also feel full of hope and excited because you know it’s only going to get better, for a new life is just opening up in front of her… as vampire!! ^^ The other two I love are “The Kingdom where nobody dies” and, moreover, “Sleeping at last -Turning Page” – oh, I LOVE them!!

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/CoraleComics?feature=mhum#p/u LegHitchThis

    Agreed! His score for BD is amazing! I really love the sounds he puts into it and the drumming in the score is always fierce. 

  • TeamEdward_Bella4ever

    So glad that CB got some recognition he deserves. The Twilight and Breaking Dawn scores are beautiful and were definately worthy of an Oscar nod. So happy that CB came back to finish out the saga. He totally understood and embody the feeling of Twilight in his ST score.

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