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I can't answer what my favorite is per se, but two of the most memorable scores I can think of are for Swiss Army Man and Ravenous.
I believe Daniels tapped the band Manchester Orchestra to do the music for Swiss Army Man. For whatever reason, they chose to have Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe sing on the soundtrack and the lyrics are usually just narrating what is happening on screen. case in point. It's a lot of fun.
Equally avant-garde, but substantially more "challenging", shall we say, the score for Ravenous is very striking and idiosyncratic, as befitting the film it's accompanying. Also written by a popular musician, in part at any rate. Michael Nyman, the second composer, said Damon Albarn (of Blur and, later, The Gorillaz) wrote about 60% of the tracks and he composed the remainder. Several of the tracks were performed by people who had never played their assigned instruments before in their lives, to create a deliberately off-putting soundscape. Others are traditional period marching songs befitting the frontier America setting. Some are based around electronic loops and samples. And others are very traditional, pleasant (if ominous) orchestra pieces. It's really a wild listen. Check it out for yourself.
I'll throw another vote for Ravenous. That movie has been a huge part of my life and in no small part thanks to the soundtrack.
It was the last movie I saw with my dad before he passed and it was a great one to discuss over a cup of coffee after.
The recently highdef releases we're great.
Man, I literally wound up listening to that entire playlist last night after I posted the comment. I've only seen the film once, probably a decade or more in the past at this point, so I really only had the overall impression of the score in my head. It's even better than I remember it.
Also, I put together that Nyman also composed the score to Gattaca, which is another very stirring soundtrack. I can hear elements it in the more traditional portions of Ravenous.
I'll have to dig in to that Gattaca soundtrack. Sounds right in my wheelhouse.