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Best Original Score - The Grand Budapest Hotel (Thoughts)
11 years ago
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A followup on this journal: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6516572/
Well, at least I can say I was somewhat close in my prediction. I predicted Alexandre Desplat's score for "The Imitation Game" would win but instead his score for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" won. I am actually glad they went with this one rather than the former, because as I said in my analysis of the nominees, this score was so different in terms of its folksiness and choice of instruments. It wasn't one of those forced dramatic orchestra scores that you see in so many other movies. Having said that, even though I'm not surprised, I am still disappointed Gary Yershon didn't win for "Mr. Turner" and I stand very firmly by my comment that I think it was by far the best score out of all of the nominees. I attribute the fact that it was too "original" ironically to the fact it didn't win the category. I suppose at least it got nominated. That being said, to not steal the spotlight from what I think is one of the better composers in the industry, I am glad he is getting recognition for his work and he is certainly deserving of it.
A couple of other quick notes:
-I didn't address the fact that the score for "Birdman" was not nominated because it broke the rules set by the Academy. I actually missed it a little bit but I think the rules are worth some review, not to totally change them but to allow for different forms of art. Just because there is improvisation does not mean some sort of compositional process was involved
-Disney won both animated feature and animated short, can anyone say "biased"?
-The lack of minority representation in nominees and industry in general is disappointing, as well the lack of women.
-Semi-related to the last point but also more or less general: Everyone complains about Oscar winners until someone brings up a legitimate criticism (such as race and gender issues) about the choices, then suddenly the complainers talk as if the Oscars can do no evil.
-I really want to see "Whiplash" having just graduated from a music conservatory only a year and a half ago, I am very interested to see how that is portrayed.
-Leonardo DiCaprio's tweet is win.
-Sometimes (many times) the Academy makes me want to flush myself down the toilet (mouse suicide)
-I don't know why I watch this show every year, but at least now that the music category is over I can call it a night and go to sleep.
Well, at least I can say I was somewhat close in my prediction. I predicted Alexandre Desplat's score for "The Imitation Game" would win but instead his score for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" won. I am actually glad they went with this one rather than the former, because as I said in my analysis of the nominees, this score was so different in terms of its folksiness and choice of instruments. It wasn't one of those forced dramatic orchestra scores that you see in so many other movies. Having said that, even though I'm not surprised, I am still disappointed Gary Yershon didn't win for "Mr. Turner" and I stand very firmly by my comment that I think it was by far the best score out of all of the nominees. I attribute the fact that it was too "original" ironically to the fact it didn't win the category. I suppose at least it got nominated. That being said, to not steal the spotlight from what I think is one of the better composers in the industry, I am glad he is getting recognition for his work and he is certainly deserving of it.
A couple of other quick notes:
-I didn't address the fact that the score for "Birdman" was not nominated because it broke the rules set by the Academy. I actually missed it a little bit but I think the rules are worth some review, not to totally change them but to allow for different forms of art. Just because there is improvisation does not mean some sort of compositional process was involved
-Disney won both animated feature and animated short, can anyone say "biased"?
-The lack of minority representation in nominees and industry in general is disappointing, as well the lack of women.
-Semi-related to the last point but also more or less general: Everyone complains about Oscar winners until someone brings up a legitimate criticism (such as race and gender issues) about the choices, then suddenly the complainers talk as if the Oscars can do no evil.
-I really want to see "Whiplash" having just graduated from a music conservatory only a year and a half ago, I am very interested to see how that is portrayed.
-Leonardo DiCaprio's tweet is win.
-Sometimes (many times) the Academy makes me want to flush myself down the toilet (mouse suicide)
-I don't know why I watch this show every year, but at least now that the music category is over I can call it a night and go to sleep.
Also, unrelated, but are you a fan of James Newton Howard? I started listening to his scores just this year due to a film class I took. I really liked the Treasure Planet score he did.
people should either like what they like or not, on their own basis of their own perception of everything.
for you i can understand and appreciate your judgement of music issues.
for myself, i'm yet to become familiar with any of the things mentioned.
(any of the movies, any of their musical scores, anything about any of them)
i'm sure they must each be good in their own way,
but i don't even have the slightest idea if any of the cynimatic works mentioned,
are anything that would even interest me.
other then your naming them here, i had no idea any of them even existed.