Williams is the clear favorite, but at least Danny is in second, and that ain’t bad. However I’m surprised that Santaolalla beat out James Newton Howard and Klaus Badelt… JNH’s scores need to explanation, and Badelt’s “The Time Machine” is better than anything Santaolalla’s ever done.
I feel that’s about right. Whatever Williams has he’s earned. He is a pencil, paper and piano man and brought back the symphonic style for every composer. After he’s gone (and hopefully that won’t be for a long time) Elfman is the second in line to carry the torch.