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| This is a comments thread about Blog Post: Film Score Friday 12/21/18 by Scott Bettencourt |
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If the Academy is true to their '90s form the Oscar will go in a landslide to Mary Poppins Returns because, you know, songs.
But I don't care a jot as the rest of the shortlisted scores are not very impressive.
I prefer to while away my time contemplating the scores of, say, 1982:
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Poltergeist
Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan
The Secret of MIMH
Conan the Barbarian
The Thing
Blade Runner
Cat People
First Blood
Rocky III
The Beastmaster
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
The Year of Living Danferously
The Man from Snowy River
Gandhi
Frances
Koyannisqatsi
Missing
Tootsie
The Verdict
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Dec 21, 2018 - 7:59 PM
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TominAtl
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Avengers: Infinity War [Alan Silvestri]
Black Panther [Ludwig Goransson]
Crazy Rich Asians [Brian Tyler]
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald [James Newton Howard]
First Man [Justin Hurwitz]
Isle of Dogs [Alexandre Desplat]
Mary Poppins Returns [Marc Shaiman]
From the short list, these are my favorites from this past year.
In particular, I LOVE Tyler's "CRAZY RICH ASIANS". I cannot stop playing it. It's jazzy and melodic, with a wonderful love theme. I really hope Tyler gets at least a nomination. To me, this is his best score since "Children of Dune". But I won't be surprised he will be passed over for this. (I hope maybe he gets nominated for an Emmy for this years "Yellowstone" - possibly his best theme ever)
First Man by Hurwitz, as heard in film, is stunning at times, but repetitive.
Isle of Dogs is heavy on the drums, which I do enjoy.
Fantastic Beasts has some great action cues and some powerful writing. One of Newtons best in recent years.
Avengers and Black Panther are rather good but nothing really stood out for me, but Black Panther edges out Silvestri's score. Again, it too is heavy on the drums.
And lastly, I just saw Mary Poppins Returns and this is Marc Shaiman's GREATEST score in his entire career and that by light years! When the Opening Titles start it is almost an in your face return to old style film scoring from the 50's and 60's. An older friend of my turned to me and stated, "The is the way movies should start". He is a shoe in for a nomination and will more than likely win. Not my favorite this year but is definitely my all time favorite of Shaimans.
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