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Apr 9, 2020 - 1:51 PM
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JohnnyG
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LAWRENCE is my choice too. The Academy got it right there. And that's from a guy who loves MOCKINGBIRD and Elmer's music in general and isn't the biggest fan of Jarre's style, far from it. P.S.: What a year! You could make strong alternative lists - a second, a third, a fourth... - of scores that could be up for the Oscar with the likes of "Cape Fear", "Miracle Worker", "Seesaw", "Manchurian Candidate", "Birdman of Alcatraz", "Wine and Roses", "Liberty Valance", "My Geisha", "Wild Side"... and the list seems endless!
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Apr 9, 2020 - 2:53 PM
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lacoq
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LAWRENCE is my choice too. The Academy got it right there. And that's from a guy who loves MOCKINGBIRD and Elmer's music in general and isn't the biggest fan of Jarre's style, far from it. P.S.: What a year! You could make strong alternative lists - a second, a third, a fourth... - of scores that could be up for the Oscar with the likes of "Cape Fear", "Miracle Worker", "Seesaw", "Manchurian Candidate", "Birdman of Alcatraz", "Wine and Roses", "Liberty Valance", "My Geisha", "Wild Side"... and the list seems endless! Try comparing all those goodies with today’s output.......fa geta 'bout it!
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Who would you have chosen or who do you think should have won? zooba asks - ZardozSpeaks. The five best film scores from 1962 according to my flying stonehead: 1. L'eclisse by Giovanni Fusco (award winner for modernistic dissonance accompanying ennui) 2. Five Miles to Midnight by Mikis Theodorakis (2nd place winner for modernistic dissonance) 3. Ernest Gold's Pressure Point (thanks be to Kritzerland) 4. Knife in the Water by Krzysztof Komeda 5. Gerald Fried's Cabinet of Caligari Most of us could cite many more than only 5, though. Neither Fusco nor Komeda survived to experience 1970. Nearly 60 years on, Theodorakis and Fried (& Polanski, too) are still with us. Bonus Tract: the best film of 1962 is the Orson Welles adaptation of Kafka's The Trial. (still give thanks to Kritzerland, though)
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In their original releases I saw TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD at age eight and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA at age nine. Both affected me deeply as a child, only in part because of their scores; and I have returned to each multiple times through my adult life. Bernstein's insightful take on the intimacy of childhood is magical and treasured, yet Jarre's rise to meet the power, scale, and mystery of LAWRENCE deserved that year's Oscar as much as Lean's film did. I even saw FREUD in 1962 also, and watched it again only a couple of months ago. For the record, here's a Goldsmith fan who still definitely prefers LONELY ARE THE BRAVE out of his output that year.
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TARAS BULBA - Franz Waxman FREUD - Jerry Goldsmith LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Maurice Jarre MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY - Bronislaw Kaper TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Elmer Bernstein I think people loved "Somewhere My Love" and thus LAWRENCE OF ARABIA won. I would have given the honor to Elmer Bernstein's Beautiful and Heartbreaking TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. He truly NAILED IT and to this day, I become a pool of tears whenever watching the film and hearing that score. Pure Magic! I think it has to be my favorite Elmer Bernstein score of all time. Who would you have chosen or who do you think should have won? Thanks. I doubt we will ever see a line up like this again. Great composers at their best.
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