While Friggin' Lord Elrond puts the finishing touches on 2009 (he promised!), let's get started with 2010. No need to wait until the last minute and forget what you were loving in January. If I understand it correctly (FLE sets the rules), these are the essential categories, although we might have others if we have enough credible nominations. Three, I believe, is the minimum. Here's what I've culled so far from previous posts:

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2010 Best Fantasy Game Soundtracks: Gerard Marino, Ron Fish, Cris Velasco, Mike Reagan, and Jeff Rona - God of War III Knute Avenstroup Haugun - AoC: Hyborian Adventures - The Rise of the Godslayer Cris Velasco, Mike Reagan & Scott Morton - Darksiders Garry Schyman - Dante’s Inferno Steve Jablonsky & Penka Kouneva - Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Russell Shaw - Fable III Dynamedion - Anno 1404 Dynamedion - Arcania: Gothic 4 R.Brower, D.Duke, G.Stafford, N.Acree, D.Arkenstone - World of Warcraft: Cataclysm 2010 Best Fantasy Film or TV Soundtracks: John Powell - How to Train your Dragon James Newton Howard - The Last Airbender Danny Elfman - Alice in Wonderland Danny Elfman - The Wolfman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Marc Streitenfeld - Robin Hood No Redemption, Alchemy, Campfire, and Thornleaf - Robin Hood : Darkwood to Hollywood Christophe Beck - Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Ramin Djawadi - Clash Of The Titans Harry Gregson-Williams - Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time David Arnold - Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Howard Shore - Twilight Saga: Eclipse Trevor Rabin - The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Alexandre Desplat - Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part I Jan Morgenstern - Sintel 2010 Best Fantasy Albums: Erdenstern - Into the White Two Steps From Hell - Invincible Lost Kingdom - Meant for Great Things False Mirror - Derelict World Laura Olson- Mossflower Country 2010 Best Independent Fantasy Artist: Autumn Peacock by Tincolindo AKA Elfdaughter Fairy Portrait by Tincolindo AKA Elfdaughter Fable Evil by Pendragon The Waiting Game by Anna M. Strube A Fantasy by DusterAmaranth Salt sea by ForestGirl 2010 Best Song by Independent Composer: Scourge of Amon - Sean Beeson The Secret of Ayers Rock - Denny Schneidemesser The End of All Things - Ralf KurtsieferOrkpack Natural Selection - David John I Move On (Sintel's Song) - Jan Morgenstern Theme from Gothenburg Aero Show 2010 - Pontus Rufelt 2010 Break-Out Artist: The composer and/or musician/group that had the most outstanding year

* Dynamedion * Erdenstern * Two Steps From Hell * Cris Velasco * Danny Elfman

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I'll be editing this post as new suggestions come back in. Note that, according to the Rule of Three (I just made that up), we need at least 3 credible nominations for a category to remain. I mean, there's no point in being awarded "Best Forum Post by a Guy Named 'c0c0c0'" if you're the only one who does that sort of thing.

Ooh, goodie, thanks for setting this up, c0c0c0! (How do you pronounce your name?) I have some suggestions: Best Fantasy Film or TV Soundtrack: Alice in Wonderland by Danny Elfman Robin Hood by Marc Streitenfeld Robin Hood : Darkwood to Hollywood 2010 documentary Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Christophe Beck Clash Of The Titans by Ramin Djawadi Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time by Harry Gregson-Williams (some or all of the above proving once again that you don't have to have a great movie to have a good soundtrack) (more coming as the summer movies continue to roll out...) Best Fantasy Game Soundtrack: Darksiders by Cris Velasco, Mike Reagan & Scott Morton Dante’s Inferno by Garry Schyman Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Original Game Soundtrack) by Steve Jablonsky & Penka Kouneva Best Fantasy Album: Invincible by Two Steps From Hell

I've added those to the master list. Any idea who composed for the Robin Hood documentary? It's pronounced "grey". It's an inside joke for geeks. http://pride.spfldcol.edu/web/color.nsf ... enDocument

Any idea who composed for the Robin Hood documentary? Listen @ Amazon Various Artists: No Redemption, Alchemy, Campfire, and Thornleaf (thanks for organizing this)

Listen @ Amazon Various Artists: No Redemption, Alchemy, Campfire, and Thornleaf (thanks for organizing this) Yikes! Guess I was being lazy. And no problem on the organization. It's what I do.

Great guys! You rock! I was also to nominate Invincible by Two Steps From Hell, but Maven beat me to it I friggin love that album, it's amazing! Erdenstern also has at least one good album coming out each hear, I believe Into the White might qualify as well? Not too certain about dates on these, but that's what I have on my list for best Game Soundtrack: Darksiders - Scott Morton God of War III - Gerard Marino et al. Assassin's Creed 2 - Jesper Kyd Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising How to Train your Dragon - John Powell was on my TV/Film soundtrack list by suggestion

I think we've got most of that on the master list with a few exceptions: Assassin's Creed 2 - Jesper Kyd Wikipedia has that coming out in 11/09, depending upon your market. Might be a better candidate for last year's list. Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising I have it and I love it, but it's only, like, five songs. Does that qualify? God of War III - Gerard Marino et al. On the list, but I had Ron Fish as the composer. Not sure I'd swear by that. Do you have Gerard Marino from a reliable source?

Aah, yes I saw that Assassin's Creed was out in 2009. I withdraw I can double check God of War III, I have received the promotion album so it's the real deal. Though there are a bunch of composers for that album, I think I just listed the first one, and perhaps he's not even the "main composer". I'll check!

I nominate Lost Kingdom - Meant for Great Things for the category Best Fantasy Albums

Lost Kingdom added to the list. How about artists and independent composers? I know OrkPack has done some stuff in 2010. Anyone else? Has Tincolindo done any art or music this year? Does Sean Beeson still count as an indi?

Though there are a bunch of composers for that album... You were right - it was a cast of thousands. I've updated the nomination accordingly.

Lady Tinc has put the harp on the shelf, at least for the time being. She focuses on her art so she'll definitely give us something during 2010 Hmm.. I wonder if we still can count Sean Beeson as indie, though his music is great How can we define the genre a bit better? Perhaps the track must not be part of any soundtrack, single or album? And it must be freely available on the net somehow, i.e. MySpace, own website, etc. What do you think?

How can we define the genre a bit better? Perhaps the track must not be part of any soundtrack, single or album? And it must be freely available on the net somehow, i.e. MySpace, own website, etc. What do you think? Well, I'd think you'd want something more focused on the artist than the track. If Inon Zur posted up a free out-take on his website, it wouldn't, in my humble opinion, turn him into an indie composer. Likewise, if you say it can't be part of any soundtrack, then you would exclude indie studio composers like David John. I think the Sundance festival has the same challenge with this definition. It may be that the "indie" title is kind of like art. You know it when you see it.

Aah, you are so correct We'll do the judgement ourselves from case to case

Here're a few more to consider for the master-list. Independent Composers: ? Cristiano Filippini ? Peter Lukacs ? Gianmarco Leone ? Kai and Stefan Hartwig ? Martin Emes ? Dominik aka. Luchs Movie/TV: ? The Wolfman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Danny Elfman ? Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by David Arnold ? Twilight Saga: Eclipse by Howard Shore ? The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Trevor Rabin ? Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part I by Alexandre Desplat

Lost Kingdom added to the list. How about artists and independent composers? I know OrkPack has done some stuff in 2010. Anyone else? Has Tincolindo done any art or music this year? Does Sean Beeson still count as an indi? That is a good question I am still very much independent of companies, and am a single person (working from an 8x10 room) roughing it out in Ohio, so in many ways I would like to think I am indie. Regardless if I am ever become more of a successful composer or not, I will still always feel indie, but maybe that is because I am a grass roots kind of guy? Lol Sorry for resurrecting this month old thread. I would have come across it earlier but since we have a kid now I don't get to surf the webz as much anymore Either way, I am happy to even be remembered here!!

No need to apologize for the thread-rez. We're supposed to be thinking about this topic all year. As for "being remembered", you're still on heavy rotation in my soundtrack playlist so that's a given. (Slightly) Off-topic, the way your site is currently arranged, it's difficult to know where the new stuff is, versus the stuff we've known and loved for a while. If you have some 2010 tracks we should be paying attention to, let know what they are. The definition of "Indi" is something we've discussed at some length, and we don't really have a cut and dried answer yet. I suspect you still qualify, if for no other reason than that you still post here! And I sympathize with the challenges a rug rat brings. Don't let them crimp your nerd time *too* much!

No need to apologize for the thread-rez. We're supposed to be thinking about this topic all year. As for "being remembered", you're still on heavy rotation in my soundtrack playlist so that's a given. (Slightly) Off-topic, the way your site is currently arranged, it's difficult to know where the new stuff is, versus the stuff we've known and loved for a while. If you have some 2010 tracks we should be paying attention to, let know what they are. The definition of "Indi" is something we've discussed at some length, and we don't really have a cut and dried answer yet. I suspect you still qualify, if for no other reason than that you still post here! And I sympathize with the challenges a rug rat brings. Don't let them crimp your nerd time *too* much Unfortunately I have to try to keep my music organized in a way that allows potential clients to hear what I think is my best game music. I had been doing it the way you suggested for years, but then I was told that a lot of good game music was way down on the list (Maybe I am losing my touch? haha)

Here are my tracks in order from newest to oldest! http://soundcloud.com/sean-beeson/tracks

No need to apologize for the thread-rez. We're supposed to be thinking about this topic all year. As for "being remembered", you're still on heavy rotation in my soundtrack playlist so that's a given. (Slightly) Off-topic, the way your site is currently arranged, it's difficult to know where the new stuff is, versus the stuff we've known and loved for a while. If you have some 2010 tracks we should be paying attention to, let know what they are. The definition of "Indi" is something we've discussed at some length, and we don't really have a cut and dried answer yet. I suspect you still qualify, if for no other reason than that you still post here! And I sympathize with the challenges a rug rat brings. Don't let them crimp your nerd time *too* much I realized that I haven't posted much fantasy music in a while, so cOcOcO here is a track I wrote in about 90 minutes today just for you! http://soundcloud.com/sean-beeson/rivendell