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Gaines» use of musical scores in his work along with past collaborative exhibitions with musical performances demonstrates his close attachment to music.

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Romantic musical «La La Land,» the tale of a struggling actress and a jazz pianist in Los Angeles, went into the Oscars with a leading 14 nominations and emerged with six, including for its score and theme song «City of Stars.»

Describing himself a panentheist, one who believes God is in all things and that all things are in God, and the use of the analogy of the composer still writing the musical score, responding to the musicians, as descriptive of God's relations to an ongoing, creative evolutionary process, does share common themes and ideas with the process - relational vision.

Still another trend — and this one should have caught Easum's attention, given his interest in «sound tracks» — is the use of music that draws on classical idioms in the composition of musical scores for films of high drama, serious feeling or intense introspection.

Starring former Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the musical tells the story of two struggling lovers in modern day L.A.. From striking visuals to inspiring musical sets, the film has already won awards at the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival for best ensemble cast and best film score.

In the second half of the show, Alice Carli of the Eastman School of Music's Sibley Library talks about the preservation of musical scores.

This allowed them to synch a real performance, such as Beethoven's «Serioso» string quartet, to a synthesized version of the same piece that already contained the desired musical notations and scoring in digital form.

Hormones are the conductors of your body's personal orchestra, composed of thousands of musicians, a complex musical score, highly - trained arms, fingers, and mouths manipulating instruments: a million moving parts working together in harmony.

Needless to say, this film is hardly as driven by its musical aspects as its 1969 counterpart, and makes sure to remind you by underusing Richard Addinsell's score, which, upon actually being used, is typically not fleshed out to the fullest, and is all too often tainted by a degree of conventionalism that further disengages, but ultimately does only so much damage to Addinsell's efforts, which are still spirited enough and recurring enough to play something of a hefty part in breathing some liveliness into this generally dry project.

Masanobu Takayanagi's widescreen cinematography looks lovely in low light as well as sunshine; Max Richter's musical score is more of a mixed blessing, maintaining a mood of spare mourning throughout, to the point of monotony.

The drama is expertly controlled by Lelio, lit and shot in muted and subdued colour tones by cinematographer Danny Cohen and it has a very interesting musical score by Matthew Herbert; its musing and almost playful woodwind figures cut against the expected sombreness and obvious melancholy to contribute to this sense of disorientation and subversion.

(2005), a British soccer drama starring Kuno Becker and Alessandro Nivola; Flushed Away (2006), a DreamWorks CG - animated picture about a mouse named Roddy who gets flushed down the toilet and winds up in a vermin - infested city called Ratropolis; and Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, a hallucinatory musical love story, set against the turbulent backdrop of the»60s, with countless Beatles songs providing the backdrop.The same period found Clement hard at work developing several stage musicals: Victoria's Secret, with a score by Paul Williams and Dave Stewart; Helen of Troy, libretto by Brendan Healy and AC / DC frontman Brian Johnson.

In 1993, she scored an enormous success in a superb TV adaptation of the Broadway musical GypsIn 1993, she scored an enormous success in a superb TV adaptation of the Broadway musical Gypsin a superb TV adaptation of the Broadway musical Gypsy.

For the life of me, I somehow can't find the identity of this series» cinematographer, but whomever this person may be, my hat is off to him or her, as his or her efforts, while not breathtaking, is consistently quite tasteful in its plays with coloring and lighting, which has a tendency to sometimes go from tasteful to just plain stunning, thus making the series a strong visual piece, as surely as it is something of a strong musical piece, as Christopher Dedrick must also gain some recognition for his spirited and sometimes upstanding score work.

An intense and genre - defying musical journey combining organic electronic music and a live orchestra, recorded and mixed in 3D audio with the Brussels Philharmonic at Galaxy Studios, Belgium, Derivière's score conveys a vast spectrum of emotions whereby all the music is connected directly to the meaning of the game.

A wonderful, never intrusive musical score sets up every moment, big or small, and plays an important role in creating the game's stellar sense of adventure.

To fully immerse players in the center of the game's multi-dimensional story, Derivière created a visceral and emotional musical score — rendered in real - time within the game's engine — that infuses sound sources from the game's environments and reacts directly to the actions of the player.

After the excitement of David Arnold's three scores for Emmerich and then the brief diversion to the great John Williams on The Patriot, the change in musical approach since Kloser (later joined by Wander) took over is so extreme, it doesn't really make sense — it's hard to talk about any of the previous four Kloser / Wander scores for Emmerich without repeatedly using the word «bland» — I've just never been able to reconcile the outlandish extravagance of every other aspect of the films with the understated timidity of their scores, which seem to serve no purpose whatsoever.

One minute, the platoon is goofing around as Alexandre Desplat's jaunty, «Gomer Pyle» - esque musical score plays in the background, and the next minute, Clooney's character is launching into one of his many monologues about the importance of art.

The attendant 5.1 DTS - HD MA track proves that Zemeckis is still capable of turning on the afterburners with regards to mixing set - pieces (there's an almost musical quality to the Blitz as bombs clobber the subwoofer and hails of gunfire flank the viewer), yet when I think of Allied, I think of its restrained use of score — much of the music is diegetic — and of how Zemeckis finds a remarkable number of variations in the sound of the air around Max and Marianne's loaded silences.

«Mr. Elfman's Musical Concoctions» (7:13) interviews composer Danny Elfman, who gives us more thought than usual into his score, as he recalls the themes he created and the order that they took shape in an «effortless», energizing job he came to off of seven consecutive assignments and somehow finished two weeks early.

The harsh, violin - heavy original score is rigid and haunting, accompanied late in the film by a heavy dose of the symbolic title song from the musical «Camelot», which became forever connected with the Kennedy family.

Anthemic, deeply moving and awe - inspiring (with a stirring musical score that embodies all those moods in what is easily one of the best soundtracks of the year), «Beasts of the Southern Wild» is part corroded neo-neo realism and magical fantasy, but moreover an exciting blend of ideas, characters and concepts thrown together in a stunningly unique and vibrant bouillabaisse.

It's not as if Amistad was completely shut out, either, picking up nominations in Supporting Actor (Hopkins), Original Dramatic Score (one of the few years where musicals and comedies were given a separate category), Cinematography, and Costume Design.

«Raqqa is a nightmare,» whispers Hamoud's brother, Hassan, one of the «Raqqa 12» internal / external correspondents early in the film, and Mr. Heineman kindly brings us into their intuitively collaborative musical scoring process.

In terms of production, the musical score is solid, though not as inspired as I would have liked.

The Artist wins three Golden Globes: actor, score and best motion picture musical or comedy and countless more Oscars, but the absence of a script that does more than sketch faintly Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly's 1952 Singin» in the Rain pushes Jean Dujardin's performance as George Valentin to centre stage to fill the void.

La La Land won all seven awards it was nominated for, with the retro musical earning Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Emma Stone; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Ryan Gosling; Best Director, Motion Picture, and Best Screenplay, Motion Picture, for Damien Chazelle; Best Original Score, Motion Picture for Justin Hurwitz; and Best Original Song, Motion Picture for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's «City of Stars.musical earning Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Emma Stone; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Ryan Gosling; Best Director, Motion Picture, and Best Screenplay, Motion Picture, for Damien Chazelle; Best Original Score, Motion Picture for Justin Hurwitz; and Best Original Song, Motion Picture for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's «City of Stars.Musical or Comedy; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Emma Stone; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Ryan Gosling; Best Director, Motion Picture, and Best Screenplay, Motion Picture, for Damien Chazelle; Best Original Score, Motion Picture for Justin Hurwitz; and Best Original Song, Motion Picture for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's «City of Stars.Musical or Comedy for Emma Stone; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Ryan Gosling; Best Director, Motion Picture, and Best Screenplay, Motion Picture, for Damien Chazelle; Best Original Score, Motion Picture for Justin Hurwitz; and Best Original Song, Motion Picture for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's «City of Stars.Musical or Comedy for Ryan Gosling; Best Director, Motion Picture, and Best Screenplay, Motion Picture, for Damien Chazelle; Best Original Score, Motion Picture for Justin Hurwitz; and Best Original Song, Motion Picture for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's «City of Stars.»

The nominations for the 72nd Annual Golden Globes Awards have been revealed... and there are a few surprises in the motion picture categories — most notably the complete absence of any nominations for Interstellar (except for its musical score, and even the box office washout Noah got that much attention).

The action in «Black Panther» is intensified through a musical score by GRAMMY ® - nominated composer Ludwig Göransson and soundtrack curated and produced by GRAMMY ® Award - winning global superstar Kendrick Lamar and Billboard Magazine's Executive of the Year Anthony «Top Dawg» Tiffith.

Mr. Yamaoka will be rocking out to a number of his musical scores for the video game series in five different locations.

I also felt that the musical score was somewhat forced for the purpose of provoking on the emotional level and was only there to make up for the lack of it in the film, it did seem quite unnecessary in parts where I thought silence could have worked better, but thats not to say of course that it was brilliant to listen too, and the changes were spot on to suit the changes determined in the film but for a simplistic kind of story it seemed excessive.

The Hateful Eight opens with an unavoidably pretentious but nonetheless sublime musical overture that gives centre stage to Ennio Morricone's suspenseful original score — the majority of which was written for John Carpenter's The Thing back in 1982 but never used — which is more Hitchcock in tone than Leone.

With Tropical Freeze, however, Retro Studios managed to cook up a musical score that ascends to one of the all - time greats in the medium, and more than lives up to the first two installments.

While screenwriter and first - time director Philippe Claudel scores in casting Kristen Scott Thomas, who subtly grounds her reserved performance in reality, his grief and guilt - ridden script is full of all - too - convenient contrivances, augmented by Jean - Louis Aubert's foreboding musical score.

Deliriously designed around massive wireframe sets, translucent walls, and minimalist parallel lines — a look that's part Absolute Beginners, part IKEA warehouse aisle — Johnnie To's Office (Grade: B +) is one of the most inspired movie musicals in recent memory, despite its unremarkable pop score.

But after that, the trophies came at a steady pace for the candy - colored musical set in the world of showbiz: production design, score, song for «City of Stars,» Emma Stone for lead actress and Damien Chazelle for director.

Best Motion Picture, Drama: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Lady Bird Best Actress, Drama: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Actor, Drama: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Best Actress, Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Best Actor, Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: James Franco, The Disaster Artist Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, I, Tonya Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Director: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Animated Motion Picture: Coco Best Foreign Language Film: In the Fade Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water Best Original Song: «This Is Me» — The Greatest Showman

Hugely successful upon their original release, thanks in part to the skilled direction of Duccio Tessari («The Bloodstained Butterfly,» «Death Occurred Last Night»), the Ringo films proved influential on the Italian Western, spawning numerous unofficial sequels, due to their gripping set - pieces and unforgettable musical scoring by Ennio Morricone.

Among the highlights of this year's Ivy Film Festival will be the April 14 panel «She Scores: Women in the Musical & Cinematic Arts,» offering students first - hand insight into how composers and music supervisors work to incorporate music into a visual medium.

In spite of being the most visually - stunning title seen on any console to date, and having a gorgeous musical score from famed composer Harry Gregson - Williams, the game created vast rifts in the gaming community with Solid Snake's replacement in RaideIn spite of being the most visually - stunning title seen on any console to date, and having a gorgeous musical score from famed composer Harry Gregson - Williams, the game created vast rifts in the gaming community with Solid Snake's replacement in Raidein the gaming community with Solid Snake's replacement in Raidein Raiden.

In terms of musical score, there's a lot left to be desired.

A fitting musical score helps make a handful of moments in House of the Devil actually have a heartbeat, complimented by cinematography that seems to be selective on when it wants to be taken seriously.

The involvement of so many real musical luminaries (in particular Aerosmith's Steven Tyler in a key rôle as himself, and Outkast's André Benjamin eating up his scenes as trigger - happy gangsta Dabu) may bring a certain postmodern edge to the proceedings, but it also goes some way to explaining the film's gently - gently approach to the record industry — an industry which would be unlikely to release its stars to a project that was aiming to score any real hits against it.

On the downside, too many scenes are wrapped up in a barrage of CGI effects that, along with a pounding musical score, prevent us from engaging with the performers and caring about whether they live or die.

And a stage musical version of «Mean Girls» is in the works, with Fey producing and her husband, composer Jeff Richmond, scoring.

In pre-production for over two years, Jodorowsky's Dune adaptation was to star his own 12 year old son alongside Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and even Salvador Dali, set to a musical score by Pink Floyd and art - design by some of the most provocative talents of the era, including H.R. Giger and Jean «Moebius» Giraud.

Told through the eyes of the adolescent Thomasin — in a star - making turn by newcomer Anya Taylor - Joy — and supported by mesmerizing camera work and a powerful musical score, The Witch is a chilling and groundbreaking new take on the genre.

Writer - director Paul Dalio devastatingly autobiographical «Touched With Fire» (Lakeshore Records) also shows him sparking with musical talent as his score rises with the chiming, child - like wonder of impossible optimism, then plunges to surreal despair in his score's entrancing mood swings that conveys lives gone askew with mental illness, his haunting, religious - like musical portrait making us understand the price that comes with artistic inspiration born from bipolar enthusiasm.

Yet his score is just as grounded in the calming, melodic lyricism of the Buddhist Sutra as it is spectacular, magic - powered musical action that Dr. Strange would be envious of.