During the yesterday's San Diego Comic - Con panel for The Hateful Eight, director Quentin Tarantino, a huge admirer of classic Spaghetti Westerns, revealed that legendary composer Ennio Morricone will be providing
an original score for the film.
Alexandre Desplat, winner of Best
Original Score for the film The Shape of Water, is congratulated by the film's stars Sally Hawkins (L) and Octavia Spencer (R)
Not exact matches
Earlier this week Bovada, one of the most popular offshore sportsbooks, posted odds
for eleven of the fourteen
film categories — omitting Best Screenplay, Best
Original Score and Best
Original Song.
The unanimously - praised
film with a modest budget of $ 23 million deservedly won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (the first
for Spielberg), Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best
Original Score (John Williams), Best Editing (Michael Kahn), and Best Art Direction.
(Ian Holm was nominated
for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in his role as Abrahams» coach), and this powerful
film ended up with four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best
Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best
Original Score.
The movie was nominated
for an impressive 13 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (Steven Spielburg), Best Actor (Danny Glover), Best Actress (Whoopi Goldberg), Best Supporting Actress Nominations
for Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery, along with Best Supporting Actor (Adolph Caesar), and Best
Original Musical
Score for a Motion Picture (Quincy Jones) which was the first time in any Spielburg produced film that composer John Williams did not compose a film score for a Spielburg m
Score for a Motion Picture (Quincy Jones) which was the first time in any Spielburg produced
film that composer John Williams did not compose a
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score for a Spielburg movie.
Still, the company's usual nice touches (essay booklet, isolated
score,
original trailer) sweeten what is sure to be this
film's only Blu - ray release
for the foreseeable future.
A smaller
film like Before Midnight was never going to be in with a shot
for any of the main categories but its witty and intelligent script, co-written by director Richard Linklater and stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, should have
scored an
original screenplay nod.
If Tarantino fails to gain entrance into the
Original Screenplay and Director categories (which would be understandable after all the shade his controversial interviews have thrown on his peers) and the Best Picture field isn't big enough to support this, the
film should likely still compete
for Best Cinematography and Best
Original Score honors.
Additionally, in no particular order, there were vocal supporters of the Ralph Jones «incongruously great
score to «Slumber Party Massacre ``; «Phantasm» «s heavily «Exorcist «- indebted
score from Fred Myrow and Malcom Seagrave; Danny Elfman «s channelling of Bernard Herrmann
for «Nightbreed ``; Wojciech Kilar «s bombastic, often recycled music
for «Bram Stoker's Dracula ``; John Harrison's
score for Romero's anthology
film «Creepshow ``; Richard Band «s better - than - deserved compositions
for the terrible «Troll ``; the great Lalo Schifrin «s
score for the
original «The Amityville Horror ``; a more recent example in Climax Golden Twins» music
for Brad Anderson «s now cultish «Session 9 ``; Pino Donaggio's terrific work with de Palma's «Dressed to Kill ``; Gene Moore's classic church organ scares in «Carnival of Souls ``; and while we've featured Bava fils above, we could easily have found room
for his father Mario Bava, probably with the funky
original music by Libra
for his final
film «Shock.»
Still, the cast — which also includes Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, Helena Bonham - Carter and James Badge Dale — is strong, it looks gorgeous, it'll carry a
score by Jack White, and we remain fond enough of the
original «Pirates»
film that we'll always be hopeful that Verbinski & co. can do the same thing
for the big budget Western.
As Steve Pond points out, the official list of 77
films competing
for Best
Original Score makes
for easily the narrowest field of the general categories.
Director James Mangold teased out the first peek at the crew recording the
original score for Logan, the third and likely best Wolverine
film in the franchise.
Directed by Oscar ® winner Bill Condon based on the 1991 animated
film, «Beauty and the Beast» is produced by Mandeville Films» David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with eight - time Oscar - winning composer Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards ® (Best
Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner T
Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim
Score and Best Song)
for the 1991 animated
film, providing the
score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim
score, which will include new recordings of the
original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner T
original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim Rice.
With a promised 1,000 additional hours of content in 2017, a major focus this year and beyond is their ability to both penetrate the
original film world, and receive recognition
for their efforts from Academy members at the Oscars — something that Amazon can now boast about after Casey Affleck
scored a Best Actor win
for Manchester by the Sea.
Jordan Peele, who
scored two personal nominations
for best director and
original screenplay, as well as two more nominations
for «Get Out,» seemed almost stunned, reacting with a gif of Kaluuya in one of the
film's iconic scenes and asking «What's the opposite of the sunken place?»
«The Shape of Water» leads all
films this year with 14 nominations including Best Picture, Sally Hawkins
for Best Actress, Richard Jenkins
for Best Supporting Actor, Octavia Spencer
for Best Supporting Actress, Guillermo del Toro
for both Best Director and Best
Original Screenplay alongside Vanessa Taylor, Dan Laustsen
for Best Cinematography, Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin
for Best Production Design, Sidney Wolinsky
for Best Editing, Luis Sequeira
for Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Visual Effects, Best Sci - Fi or Horror Movie, and Alexandre Desplat
for Best
Score.
Jordan Peele, who
scored two personal nominations
for best director and
original screenplay, as well as two more nominations
for «Get Out,» seemed almost stunned, reacting with a gif of Kaluuya in one of the
film's iconic scenes and asking...
«La La Land,» the most nominated
film of the evening, took home eight awards, the most of the night, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best
Original Screenplay (a tie)
for Damien Chazelle, Best Cinematography
for Linus Sandgren, Best Production Design
for David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds - Wasco, Best Editing
for Tom Cross, Best Song, and Best
Score for Justin Hurwitz.
Williams has written the complete
scores for all eight of the main Star Wars
films, winning an Oscar
for the 1977
original and nominations
for three of the other seven.
The
film also took home awards
for Visual Effects, Sound, Sound Editing, Cinematography and Best
Original Score.
The
film was rated 93 % fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and received critical praise
for its story, direction, acting from lead Hugh Jackman and supporting actor Patrick Stewart, including editing, cinematography,
original score and sound design.
After speaking about how the
original movie came together and his upcoming tour behind the recently released anthology of his classic
scores for his
films, Carpenter confirmed that the new movie will ignore all the sequels, including (presumably) Zombie's movies.
Lead actress Frances McDormand was recognized along with supporting actors Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell, and the
film is up
for original score and editing too.
Graeme Revell (Dead Calm, Street Fighter) composes the music, though much of that is merely recreating the sound, often note
for note, of the
original Bernard Herrmann
score from the 1960
film.
Legendary composer Philip Glass are one of the very few people who have created an
original score for a Woody Allen
film.
Maybe their reasoning is a lot of indie
films don't have a budget
for an
original score?
Perhaps the last awards - season
film that relied on music to this extent was The Artist, which walked away with both best
original score and best picture; though The Shape of Water faces stiff competition, especially from first - time Oscar nominee Jonny Greenwood (
for Phantom Thread) and perpetual nominee Hans Zimmer (
for his experimental Dunkirk
score), expect it to pull off the same trick (and underwater, at that).
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Whereas a director like Ryan Coogler may have in the past sought out luminaries in
film scoring like John Williams, Hans Zimmer, or Thomas Newman — and does in fact have
original music by composer, Ludwig Göransson (best known
for his work with Childish Gambino)-- his decision
for the soundtrack is something that other directors will surely copy.
Directed by Oscar ® winner Bill Condon from a screenplay by TBD based on the 1991 animated
film, the
film is produced by Mandeville Films» David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman with eight - time Oscar - winning composer Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards ® (Best
Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner T
Original Score and Best Song) for the 1991 animated film, providing the score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim
Score and Best Song)
for the 1991 animated
film, providing the
score, which will include new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim
score, which will include new recordings of the
original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner T
original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as several new songs written by Menken and three - time Oscar winner Tim Rice.
The story might have been copied and overplayed thousands of times since this
film, Bourne Identity's attention to character detail and mystery puts it leagues away from the rest of them, even if you take away the points it
scores for being the
original amnesiac thriller.
Directed by: Dean DeBlois Written by: Dean DeBlois Main Cast: Voices of Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Djimon Hounsou, Christopher Mintz - Plasse, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and others Past Oscar relations: The first
film in the franchise was nominated
for Best Animated Feature and Best
Original Score Here -LSB-...]
Along the way, his
films have notched up an impressive 15 nominations in total, with Atonement and Anna Karenina winning
for Best
Original Score and Best Costume Design respectively.
BEST
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA
FILM The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, music by James Horner Che, music by Alberto Iglesias The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music by Alexandre Desplat Defiance, music by James Newton Howard Milk, music by Danny Elfman
BEST
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY / SCIENCE FICTION
FILM The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, music by Harry Gregson - Williams City of Ember, music by Andrew Lockington Hellboy II: The Golden Army, music by Danny Elfman Inkheart, music by Javier Navarrete The Spiderwick Chronicles, music by James Horner
(The Academy does make an exception if «Äútwo composers function as equal collaborators in producing the
score, each contributing a substantial amount of
original music
for the
film.
The AMPAS has announced that
scores from 145 feature - length
films released in 2016 are eligible nomination as Best
Original Score for the 89th Oscars.
BEST
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION / ADVENTURE
FILM The Dark Knight, music by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer Hancock, music by John Powell Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, music by John Williams Speed Racer, music by Michael Giacchino Wanted, music by Danny Elfman
It's such a wonderful
score, and it's so good to be able to hear all of it
for the first time away from the
film - but on the other hand, the
original album was exceptionally well - sequenced, balancing the action / adventure and romantic sections beautifully with each other.
Todd Haynes» return to
film, the 1950s romance Carol, landed an impressive 10 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Haynes), Best Adapted Screenplay, technical nods
for Cinematography, Costume Design, Makeup & Hairstyling, Production Design,
Original Score, and two Lead Actress nominations
for Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
«La La Land» leads all
films this year with 12 nominations including Best Picture, Ryan Gosling
for Best Actor, Emma Stone
for Best Actress, Damien Chazelle
for Best Director and Best
Original Screenplay, Linus Sandgren
for Best Cinematography, David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds - Wasco
for Best Production Design, Tom Cross
for Best Editing, Mary Zophres
for Best Costume Design, Two Best Song Nominations
for «Audition (The Fools Who Dream)» and «City of Stars,» and Justin Hurwitz
for Best
Score.
BEST
ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A HORROR / THRILLER
FILM The Happening, music by James Newton Howard L √ • t den r √ § tte komma in (Let the Right One In), music by Johan S √ ∂ derqvist Mirrors, music by Javier Navarrete Twilight, music by Carter Burwell Valkyrie, music by John Ottman
The
film received thirteen BAFTA Award nominations, and won
for Best
Film and Best Production Design; received seven Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, and won the Academy Award
for Best
Original Score; received seven Golden Globe Award nominations, winning awards
for Best Picture [Drama] and Best
Original Score.
Henze's
original film output is relatively sparse, but fans of The Exorcist will no doubt recognize him as the composer of «Fantasia
for Strings» - the stirring, harsh work that was excerpted by director William Friedkin in his effectively chilling pastiche
score, and placed over the movie's final credits.
It'll be a travesty if at bare minimum, the
film isn't recognized
for Best
Original Score at next year's Oscars.
They began with slightly bland, but enjoyable enough, backing from the late Michael Kamen (who was reportedly forced to tone - down his
original theme - driven
score on the
scoring stage); a large step down came
for the second instalment, boosted by the use of Henry Mancini's theme from Lifeforce but weakened by everything else in the music; John Powell's popular
score for the third
film was a step back in the right direction, a step negated by Harry Gregson - Williams's forgettable Wolverine.
The Sundance winning documentary that wowed cinema audiences last November and December is also up
for another IFTA as Crowded House musician Nick Seymour has been nominated in the Best
Original Score category
for his work on the
film.
Composer Michael Giacchino wins two awards —
Film Music Composition of the Year and Best
Original Score for a Fantasy / Science Fiction / Horror
Film — both
for his work on the third
film in the blockbuster Planet of the Apes trilogy, «War
for the Planet of the Apes».
As artistic director Peter von Bagh writes, the aim is «to make
film screenings shimmer like live performances — through our efforts to guarantee the
original format, the best technical care...» (1) And indeed thanks to that care, which includes live accompaniment by great musicians or the use of a large orchestra
for new commissioned
scores, or again the availability of new and recently restored prints within the walking space of four close venues, the experience of watching a
film becomes something unique, a concert - like event.