The 2012 Cinema Touch Awards - MUSIC

ORIGINAL SCORE – DRAMA

5. Cloud Atlas – Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer

For adding so much immediacy and resilience to the fantastic voyage it is.

4. Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli

For his typical use of flowery hurt. It's always so beautiful yet so sad.

3. Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer

For a peppy thunder for the alternate reality that I'm still humming. It's what kept me through the movie.

2. Life of Pi – Mychael Danna

                             

For a glittering mix of Indian echoes and fantastical titillation.

1. The Master – Johnny Greenwood

For blowing it out of the park…again. His sonic pressure caves into your skull throughout.

Runner Up: Lincoln – John Williams

ORIGINAL SCORE – MUSICAL/COMEDY

5. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Howard Shore

For being an integral part of the Tolkien films. Try to image them without him.

4. Marvel’s The Avengers – Alan Silvestri

For the best work he has done in years, and with such enthusiasm.

3. Brave – Patrick Doyle

For those mournful sounds and bagpipes that add such vitality. Like Beasts, he got me through the movie.

2. Frankenweenie – Danny Elfman

                             

For playing all the sweetness and sadness of that boy and his dog.

1. The Secret World of Arrietty – Cecile Corbel

For exquisite themes of pain and longing and, also, humor.

Runner Up: NONE

ORIGINAL SCORE – ORIGINAL SONG

5. Brave – “Touch the Sky”

Music by Alex Mandel, Lyrics by Alex Mandel, Mark Andrews

4. Damsels in Distress – "The Sambola! International Dance Craze"

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3. Holy Motors – “Who Were We”

Music by Neil Hannon, Lyrics by Neil Hannon, Leos Carax

2. Skyfall – “Skyfall”

                             

Music and Lyrics by Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth

1. Life of Pi – “Pi’s Lullaby”

Music by Mychael Danna, Lyrics by Bombay Jayashri.

Runner Up: NONE

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