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Mar 3, 2014 - 3:37 PM
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SBD
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In your opinion, is FROZEN worse than HOME ON THE RANGE? BOLT? MEET THE ROBINSONS? 
MV
Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa! Things are getting a little nasty here...to say nothing of illogical. BOLT and MEET THE ROBINSONS bad movies? Since when?
BTW, getting things back on track, I thought Steven Price's GRAVITY was merely okay. Really wish it went to Newman or Desplat (despite not having heard the latter's nominated score), because, let's face it, they're both due.
The songs in FROZEN are not up to Menken level, but do I begrudge the win? Not in the least. It's a charming tune. (Also, I think the film - despite a clumsy, IMO, story turn - was deserving of the award.)
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I am not familiar with all of the nominated best original score, also not within the context of their movies, but I found Stephen Price's score for GRAVITY a very worthy winner.
An unusually contemplative score that actually manages to pull you in to give you a sense of zero gravity.
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John Williams robbed again of an OSCAR!
The man has five already, so I don't think he's that bothered.
The man has been robbed on several occasions imho.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
JFK
SUPERMAN
in particular.
And he robbed many in 82. STWOK, Conan and NIMH were far superior scores. 
My Academy Aword Winner of 1982 would be either Goldsmith's POLTERGEIST or Vangelis' BLADE RUNNER...
But ET, STWOK, CONAN and NIMH were all quite good too.
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John Williams robbed again of an OSCAR!
The man has five already, so I don't think he's that bothered.
The man has been robbed on several occasions imho.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
JFK
SUPERMAN
in particular.
And he robbed many in 82. STWOK, Conan and NIMH were far superior scores.
My Academy Aword Winner of 1982 would be either Goldsmith's POLTERGEIST or Vangelis' BLADE RUNNER...
But ET, STWOK, CONAN and NIMH were all quite good too.
That was one hell of a summer for soundtrack lovers! My favorite year.
Yes, you are so darn right about that one... it was really one of the vintage years in film music. All these score up there were great. Williams and Goldsmith were at the top of their game. With James Horner arrived a fresh young voice on the scene (STII was by no means his first score, but it was the one that put him on the map for good), Basil Poledouris composed his magnum opus... not to mention Philip Glass and KOYAANISQATSI, one of the seminal works in film music, Goldsmith composed FIRST BLOOD (one of my all time favorites), Morricone teamed with John Carpenter for THE THING... all in one single year!
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Mar 5, 2014 - 1:42 AM
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Cliffs71
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The surprise for me was the song from Frozen. I hadn't heard it before. And all I'd read about it would have led me to believe that it was the greatest song since the heyday of Menken and Ashman. Color me surprised when I heard wannabe pop drivel, tuneless, with awful "empowerment" lyrics and - no ending. If that's someone's idea of a great song, count me out. Then again, the other nominees were much worse. I don't know, call me crazy but Moon River is a great song, Part Of Your World is a great song, Beauty and the Beast is a great song, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is a great song - Let It Go - I don't think so, IMO.
I'm not saying you're wrong... just that no one agrees with you.
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I'm not saying you're wrong... just that no one agrees with you.
I do agree that "Moon River" is a great song. :-)
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