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Oscars Shortlist: 15 Original Scores Considered for 94th Academy Award Nomination

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) SHORTLIST: “Being the Ricardos” — Daniel Pemberton “Candyman” — Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe “Don’t Look Up” — Nicholas Britell “Dune” — Hans Zimmer “Encanto” — Germaine Franco “The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun” — Alexandre Desplat “The Green Knight” — Daniel Hart “The Harder They Fall” — Jeymes Samuel “King Richard” — Kris Bowers “The Last Duel” — … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 15 Original Scores Considered for 94th Academy Award Nomination

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Oscars Shortlist: 141 Original Scores Shortlisted for 90th Academy Awards

With 141 Original Scores in contention, it’s still anyone’s clue what will land a nomination, but with critics awards coming out, we know at least a few scores that are being awarded and could potentially breakthrough. Combine that with the list of films that have big name composers that the Academy likes and the films that will likely be nominated in several categories including … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 141 Original Scores Shortlisted for 90th Academy Awards

New Trailer: Dunkirk – Official Main Trailer

DUNKIRK || Christopher Nolan returns to the director’s chair, following the Dark Knight trilogy and Interstellar, with the WWII action-drama, Dunkirk. Set during the 26th of May to the 4th June in 1940, this was relatively early in the war. “As part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation of British and Allied … Read More New Trailer: Dunkirk – Official Main Trailer

2015 Oscars Challenge: [9] Interstellar – Best Original Score

“S.T.A.Y.” FROM “INTERSTELLAR” Hans Zimmer “Interstellar” is an emotionally gripping score, that not only accents the conflicting moments, like lead Matthew McConaughey’s big decision to leave his children for a trip to another galaxy to save the human race or major secrets revealed over the spaceship tape relay, but also adds to the science fiction element that all space odyssey’s must have. That tinge … Read More 2015 Oscars Challenge: [9] Interstellar – Best Original Score

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Oscars Shortlist: 114 Original Scores Shortlisted for 87th Academy Awards

As with every year around this time, Best Original Score has barely been narrowed down, with 114 of the best scores still in contention. With 109 of these composers going home unhappy, the field is wide open for this one. The ones to watch out for are almost always the Academy favorites like Hans Zimmer (“Interstellar”), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (“Gone Girl”), and … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 114 Original Scores Shortlisted for 87th Academy Awards

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Oscars Shortlist: 114 Original Scores Shortlisted for 86th Academy Awards

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: ONE-HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN ORIGINAL SCORES More of a reminder of what films were released this year, the 114 original scores will eventually be whittled down to five. Basically the who’s who of composing that we see every year, this year’s list has the big shots like Hans Zimmer considered for three different films (“12 Years A Slave”, “Man Of Steel”, “Rush”), … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 114 Original Scores Shortlisted for 86th Academy Awards

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For Your Consideration 2013: Rush

“Rush” is one of those feature films that has so many things going for it, like an Academy Award winning director in Ron Howard (“A Beautiful Mind”) and a top-notch cast in Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl, but has the chance of not being noticed at this year’s Oscars. I could see this year playing out one of two ways. Either “Rush” upsets and … Read More For Your Consideration 2013: Rush

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Oscars Shortlist: 104 Original Scores Shortlisted for 85th Academy Awards

More of a list of every film that was released this year, which contained music (all of them), Best Original Score is hardly narrowed down. However, it is always fun getting new Oscar announcements, drawing us closer and closer to the day of the nominations. It is definitely anyone’s game in the music world. In a proverbial list of who’s who in the composing … Read More Oscars Shortlist: 104 Original Scores Shortlisted for 85th Academy Awards

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For Your Consideration 2012: The Dark Knight Rises

Considering that the Best Picture rules were changed because of the backlash towards “The Dark Knight” not being recognized at the 2009 Academy Awards, it would be pressing to say that “The Dark Knight Rises” doesn’t at least have a chance of making the final cut. Regardless, the film should at least grab most of the technical nominations like both Sound Editing and Sound … Read More For Your Consideration 2012: The Dark Knight Rises