Over the past decade, Focus Features’ movies have spotlighted the work of acclaimed film score composers, including including Gustavo Santaolalla, Dario Marianelli, Danny Elfman, Alberto Iglesias and the late Elmer Bernstein. Focus’ films and the people who make them have to date received a total 78 Academy Award nominations and won 15...

To celebrate the 10 year Anniversary (2012) of Focus Features productions, a collection of highlights of some of their movies scores have been collected together. Here in the UK, the studio makes films which are released through Momentum Pictures, Entertainment Film Distributors, Universal Pictures and Pathé.

There were quite a few scores collected here that I'd previously not heard before, and so this collection has acted as a taster for some soundtracks that I'll no doubt be compelled to pick up in the very near future.

While all tracks here are worthy of your attention, personal favourites included: 'The Wings' (Brokeback Mountain); 'Wong Chia Chi's Theme' (Lust, Caution); 'Ted and Marion' (The Door in the Floor); and 'Exploration' (Coraline).

Track listing:

01 - 'The Wings' (Brokeback Mountain) - Gustavo Santaolalla
02 - 'Theme' (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) - Jon Brion
03 - 'Roadblock I' (The Constant Gardener) - Alberto Iglesias
04 - 'Briony' (Atonement) - Dario Marianelli
05 - 'Wong Chia Chi's Theme' (Lust, Caution) - Alexandre Desplat
06 - 'Eastern Promises' (Eastern Promises) - Howard Shore
07 - 'Ted and Marion' (The Door in the Floor) - Marcelo Zarvos
08 - 'The Kiss' (Milk) - Danny Elfman
09 - 'La Marche des Bébés' (Babies) - Bruno Coulais
10 - 'Delysia LaFosse' (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) - Paul Englishby
11 - 'Autumn in Connecticut' (Far From Heaven) - Elmer Bernstein
12 - 'Emily's Theme' (Brick) - Nathan Johnson
13 - 'George Smiley' (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) - Alberto Iglesias
14 - 'Yes!' (Jane Eyre) - Dario Marianelli
15 - 'Exploration' (Coraline) - Bruno Coulais
16 - 'Ride Into the Storm' (Sin Nombre) - Marcelo Zarvos
17 - 'The Sun Also Rises' (The Kid Stays in the Picture) - Jeff Danna
18 - 'Container Park' (Hanna) - The Chemical Brothers

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Darren Rea