After having sampled thousands of 2025 feature film scores, here’s what we consider the ten best of last year. Once again it’s an eclectic mix combining (a couple of) famous buzz titles with several under-the-radar gems. Running the gamut from orchestral to electronic to chamber music to jazz to exotica, our annual lists are always slightly different than most other award bodies. Feel free, however, to comment on the selections or provide your own favourites of 2025 – either in the comments field below or on our messageboard. Happy listening!
F1 – “F1” – Hans Zimmer
Point of Change – “The Perfect Wave” – Stephen Warbeck & Lewis Morison
The Shrouds – “Gravetech” – Howard Shore
L’oro del Reno – “Narciso” – Marco Pedrazzi
Highest 2 Lowest – “Coach Foxy” – Howard Drossin
Slocum et moi – “Une Enfance sur le Marne” – Pascal Le Pennec
The Surfer – “Luna Bay” – François Tétaz
Dark Sanctuary: The Story of the Church – “Desert Redemption” – Joe Virus
New Wave – “Summer Nights in Westminster” & “Lynda’s Dressing Room” – Greg Bernall & Chris Upton
Marty Supreme – “The Call” & “Marty’s Dream” – Daniel Lopatin
Runner-ups (not played in the episode):
Hollywood Grit – Nick Gomez
Patsers – Hannes de Maeyer
Moi qui t’amais – Phillipe Sarde
The Doom Busters – Bean Pearson
Nachtvlinders – Merlijn Snitker
Three Days of Fish – Christiaan Verbeek
Kaamelott – Deuxième Volet (Partie 1) – Alexandre Astier
A Light in the Harbor – Taro Iwashiro
Four Letters of Love – Anne Nikitin
Swiped – Chanda Dancy
Le Routard – Ludovic Bource
Presence – Zack Ryan
A Necessary Escape aka Dakar Chronicles – M83
Where the Wind Blows – Jason Livesay & Nolan Livesay
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