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Kris Standard Userer	FYI *************** SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – A. R. Rahman** THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Alexandre Desplat THE DARK KNIGHT – Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard MAMMA MIA! – Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus WALL•E – Thomas Newman
posted 02-09-2009 04:06 AM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	Dark Knight won the Grammy apparently (and Newman for Song). I saw the Baftas live for the first time last night - quite a tight and fun show and hardly ever dragging.
posted 02-09-2009 07:18 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	I really hope Slumdog does not win the Oscar for score... sorry to say!!
posted 02-09-2009 10:50 AM PT (US)

sean Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by PeterK: I really hope Slumdog does not win the Oscar for score... sorry to say!! What do you hope wins? There isn't much choice: I pick Slumdog, since all the others are boring.
posted 02-09-2009 01:53 PM PT (US)

NeoVoyager Standard Userer	quote: There isn't much choice: I pick Slumdog, since all the others are boring. Boring? "You are a sad, strange little man." Really though, I won't be annoyed if Slumdog wins... it's a fine score, and it was especially effective and well-used in the movie. While I would prefer for Desplat to win, I do think Rahman's score added more to its film than 'Button' or Wall-E, in my opinion.
posted 02-09-2009 03:14 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by PeterK: I really hope Slumdog does not win the Oscar for score... sorry to say!! I agree with you. My pick is Button. I'm sorry but on it's own, I don't find Slumdog that great.
posted 02-09-2009 07:56 PM PT (US)

sean Standard Userer	WALL-E didn't do a darn thing for me, and Benjamin Button was very boring and hard to get through (a lot like the movie!): I was really looking forward to that Desplat score, and yet he did not deliver--definitely not on par with the likes of The Painted Veil, or even Lust, Caution. (Hopefully he amps it up a bit for Malick's Tree Of Life!) And, well, Defiance... ummmm... Anyway, the Academy Awards aren't any indicator of skill or effectiveness, nor talent and are just for show, regardless. I run a lot and Slumdog Millionaire on my iPod helps quite a bit at this point in time. So, if it can help me stay fit and not bored than I think it should win that stupid statue!
posted 02-09-2009 10:18 PM PT (US)

NeoVoyager Standard Userer	Too funny, Sean; Benjamin Button is easily one of my favorite scores of the last several years (but - like you - I didn't much care for the film). The Painted Veil was very fine as well (and rather more technically complex) and better showcased in the film, but the album just didn't do it for me like this one. Then again, I'm very partial toward quiescent, melancholy, languorously slow music. My least favorite tracks on the album are all the up-tempo cues (Mr. Button, Little Man Oti, Submarine Attack, Daisy's Ballet Career).
posted 02-09-2009 10:52 PM PT (US)

NeoVoyager Standard Userer	Oh, and WHATEVER Desplat does with it, "Tree of Life", "Public Enemies", and "Avatar" are my three most anticipated scores of this year... in that order. Desplat and Malick seem like a match made in heaven, as the saying goes.
posted 02-09-2009 10:54 PM PT (US)

sean Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by NeoVoyager: Oh, and WHATEVER Desplat does with it, "Tree of Life", "Public Enemies", and "Avatar" are my three most anticipated scores of this year... in that order. Desplat and Malick seem like a match made in heaven, as the saying goes. I concur there (though Avatar is at the bottom--Horner should, if he's smart, return to his Star Trek-level scoring for this sci-fi epic)! For me, personally, I'd throw in Silvestri's G.I. Joe, Giacchino's Star Trek and Zimmer's Angels & Demons; the latter I know will be great, but what Giacchino will come up with to match the towering Trek film score cannon is a mystery--hopefully he surprises. Malick choosing Zimmer for The Thin Red LIne was an inspired choice and it brought out their best work to date (Zimmer and Malick). Desplat, too, I think is a good choice and it should prove rewarding... I want something that'll surpass The Painted Veil, or at least be on par.
posted 02-10-2009 12:13 AM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by sean: *I run a lot and Slumdog Millionaire* on my iPod helps quite a bit at this point in time. So, if it can help me stay fit and not bored than I think it should win that stupid statue!** Me too. Works wonders.
posted 02-10-2009 12:59 AM PT (US)

NeoVoyager Standard Userer	quote: I concur there (though Avatar is at the bottom--Horner should, if he's smart, return to his Star Trek-level scoring for this sci-fi epic)! True; I've been mostly disappointed with Horner in the last decade... I've purchased 6 of his scores of the 2000s and none of them are very frequently played. However, I'm cautiously optimistic that he will realize the scope and potential of this project and deliver something really good.
posted 02-10-2009 07:20 AM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	also from the Grammies: Best Instrumental Composition * "The Adventures of Mutt" (From Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) – John Williams John Williams, composer Best Instrumental Arrangement * "Define Dancing" (From WALL-E) – Thomas Newman Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman, arrangers
posted 02-10-2009 07:58 AM PT (US)

sean Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by NeoVoyager: True; I've been mostly disappointed with Horner in the last decade... I've purchased 6 of his scores of the 2000s and none of them are very frequently played. However, I'm cautiously optimistic that he will realize the scope and potential of this project and deliver something really good. Plus, he's had quite a bit of time to work on this project. Wasn't there news sometime early last year that Cameron had Horner working on the score and having him incorporate some of the alien language from the film into the score?
posted 02-10-2009 12:53 PM PT (US)

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