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Scoring Beasts of the Southern Wild

While I wasn’t as gaga over Beasts of the Southern Wild as some, I did respect the film a great deal. It’s impressive for multiple reasons, not least of which is the fact that it actually got made at all. … Continue reading

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Variety’s Ten Greatest Scores

In a recent music-centric article, Variety polled 40 composers about the best scores of all time. The article also contains nice tidbits about this year’s Oscar race – including write-ups about Benh Zeitlin’s “Gumbo” style in Beast of the Southern … Continue reading

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Those Oscar Missed: Best Original Score

GUEST COLUMN BY JAKE THOMPSON I have to admit that it was extremely difficult to pick just five major snubs of all time in the Best Original Score Oscar category (musical/song/adaptation scores are not included here).  There were so many … Continue reading

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Zimmer Removes Himself from Oscar Race

Strange news on the Oscar front today. Composer Hans Zimmer has taken himself out of eligibility for the Best Original Score Category. He offered this explanation: As soon as you get nominated, and I don’t care who you are — … Continue reading

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Best Original Score Predictions

Current Predictions (10/13/11): John Williams, War Horse Alexandre Desplat, The Ides of March Ludovic Bource, The Artist Alberto Iglesias, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Hans Zimmer, Rango Best Score Notes: Where 2011 has the potential to be the “year of Spielberg” … Continue reading

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