Sentences with phrase «score for the film managed»

Not exact matches

This interstellar film from acclaimed director Denis Villaneuve did manage to score quite a few nominations, including one for Best Picture.

Blended is generally a terrible film, mostly due to the lacklustre performance of comedy stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, however, Terry Crews is in this film and once again manages to lift it from a score of 0 to a score of 10 for me.

«Defiance» got a big lift here following Best Picture placement in the main charts, and I'm also wondering if James Newton Howard can manage some attention for his score for «The Happening,» despite how wretched the film is (memories of 2004).

Shot (with one exception) in black and white by Florian Ballhaus (son of Michael), the film is set to a score that is more industrial sound than music; yet, it is the combination of the clinically clean black - and - white cinematography, the disturbing score, and the narrative's single - minded focus on the protagonist's actions (there is no moment when the film seeks to psychologise him) by which the film manages to simultaneously solicit, on the one hand, our fascination with and, increasingly, horror about the events depicted — even long after Herold has proven how scarily easy it is for him to order mass murder (and, whenever necessary, to set an example by killing himself)-- and, on the other hand, to ensure that we keep some intellectual distance from the diegetic events.

With an operatic sweep, the composer has fashioned music which manages to conjure the same type of powerfully anguished beauty as the great Georges Delerue did in his scores for more serious films.

It may not really strike as deep a chord as Michell seems to be going for, but the contemplative nature of the film does offer some occasional food for thought, and as long as the film stays within modest boundaries, it manages to score some points.

It's certainly better than the vast majority of film composers would manage for this type of film, but to be honest Goldsmith has written far better scores for the genre both before and since.

Eduardo Serra has managed to score two nominations for small, utterly gorgeous films: «The Wings of the Dove» and «Girl with a Pearl Earring.»

It follows every twist and turn of the action on - screen and so can be a little schizophrenic, but the composer manages to keep it impressively musical and it never seems quite so disjointed as most scores for this type of film are.