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It doesn't matter if the film was delayed.
It's just the fact that this label deigned to release something on CD after many years.
And they used to release such great scores on CD...
I hear you, but I still won't believe it until I'm holding a disc in my hands.
The film was delayed so much that I expect the young stars to be in their 30s at the premiere.
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Oct 3, 2024 - 9:48 AM
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I have now heard the entire score (it's released/uploaded in some countries in the world where it's friday), and I actually didn't like it that much, even if it's still my favorite film score of the year so far. Perhaps too much heavy on the atmospherics in much of the score (although it gets better towards the end of the album), and not of the most interesting kind (even for me as a massive Newman fan), but at least there are a few highlight tracks to cull from the score. It's not bad (and it's certainly better than his co-authored recent work) - far from, but it's still far from his masterpiece scores. I don't think that this is an essential Newman score or anything, far from, but it will be worth exploring for Newman fans. Just as I expected in other words. But given some of the buzz of the score, i'm actually disappointed.
I think that I liked his score for Elemental more than this one. Outside of a few highlight tracks, I doubt that I will be revisiting this score much going forward. There are so many other Newman scores that I like better. I didn't love this score, but still enjoyed exploring it.
I very much doubt that this one will be nominated for an Oscar. I'll be shocked if it is.
Anyway, i'm looking forward to his next work and always hope it'll be better than his last one.
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"I very much doubt that this one will be nominated for an Oscar"
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I dunno, it's got a chance.
The Jewish angle is usually a bulls-eye for Hollywood and Glory.
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I suspect it’s only shot for a nomination is for Newman. I don’t feel like there are a lot of major score contenders this year.
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I listened to the score, and I quite like it. But I'm often in the tank for Newman (really, any Newman), and I am here as well.
The music has a lot of what I love about modern Thomas Newman and it's a very easy listen (despite its length). I grew to really love Elemental, but I didn't think much of it on the first listen or two. I never liked A Man Called Otto, which Newman did with White Bird's director AFTER this movie was completed.
By contrast, I liked White Bird immediately. It's got a lot of good melodies, and it's not as dry as, like, The Little Things or Operation Mincemeat, which barely left any impression on me at all.
I would be shocked if this got an Oscar nomination for anything, including music. The film has been delayed, delayed, delayed so many times, and then kind of dumped without a lot of fanfare. I don't know what the reviews are like, but they don't delay a film that many times because it's "too good to release."
I think in order to get a nomination, you've got to be part of a project that people remember, and which is getting attention a lot of awards attention in other departments as well. I suspect that won't be the case with White Bird, ultimately, but who knows? I've been wrong plenty of times, and stranger things have happened.
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Newman is enough of a name that it could easily get shortlisted. I haven't started to "do the math" on what the likely shortlist scores are this year. It seems like lately they've been making a concerted effort to include female composers and, surprisingly, horror scores (Candyman, The Invisible Man).
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Suddenly Amazon is no longer listing a CD option for White Bird. Aargh!
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