http://www.bafta.org...13,3584,BA.html
Here's the five nominees
ANNA KARENINA Dario Marianelli
ARGO Alexandre Desplat
LIFE OF PI Mychael Danna
LINCOLN John Williams
SKYFALL Thomas Newman
Winners will be announced on February 10.
Williams' Lincoln nominated for BAFTA Awards 2013
Started by Maurizio, Jan 09 2013 09:12 AM
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 09:12 AM
"It's still baffling to me. I sit down with a pencil and a piece of paper and do my best... The remarkable thing is that my music is heard by billions of people." --John Williams
"Let me say, however, there is no "next" John Williams. Sadly, he is unique--- a figure who simultaneously embodies and transcends the music of all the masters of film music who preceded him (much like Brahms and Wagner of the Romantic era). He comes from a time when the craft of music in film was still one of the ear, heart and mind. Today, sadly, the craft is largely technical. Most composers do not conceive their music "inwardly" but rather at the computer--- and with rather limited skills, musically, at that. The inner spirit knows no boundaries--- our plastic abilities, sadly, do. John is a man of spirit, heart, intellect and soaring music." -- Conrad Pope about John Williams
"Let me say, however, there is no "next" John Williams. Sadly, he is unique--- a figure who simultaneously embodies and transcends the music of all the masters of film music who preceded him (much like Brahms and Wagner of the Romantic era). He comes from a time when the craft of music in film was still one of the ear, heart and mind. Today, sadly, the craft is largely technical. Most composers do not conceive their music "inwardly" but rather at the computer--- and with rather limited skills, musically, at that. The inner spirit knows no boundaries--- our plastic abilities, sadly, do. John is a man of spirit, heart, intellect and soaring music." -- Conrad Pope about John Williams
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 09:14 AM
Congratulations to the Maestro and other nominees. 
The list looks pretty much like I imagined it would.
Williams for the win!
The list looks pretty much like I imagined it would.
Williams for the win!
Ars superior est vita hominum.
"We pop out and come into the world and music is there. We didn't invent it - it's all organised in the atmosphere by divinity or whatever. It's a miracle." - John Williams-
I think music is a stream of some kind. It could be blood. It could be water. It could be ether. Whatever it is it seems to be a living, organic force that’s in motion, that serves humanity and is part of humanity and part of what describes us as humans. We sing, play, dance, all the things that we do. And there is a vibrant and great literature we have been given. ... As musicians, we join the stream. We swim in the stream with all the other millions of music makers. It’s a life force, a strong one, surrounding us and we are part of it. -John Williams-
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 09:41 AM
Rooting for Coolman and Skyfall!
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 09:44 AM
Oh, you're still flirting Alice...
Thomas is good.
Thomas is good.
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 12:24 PM
That's the least inspiring list of nominees I've seen in years. I have at most a few tracks from each of those.
Not really rooting for anyone this year. It would be nice to see Newman receive a major award, but it would be for the wrong reason (the UK wanting to pat itself on the back for making the best Bond film of all time).
Not really rooting for anyone this year. It would be nice to see Newman receive a major award, but it would be for the wrong reason (the UK wanting to pat itself on the back for making the best Bond film of all time).
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 01:14 PM
Oh, you're still flirting Alice...
Who?
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 01:30 PM
Wooohoooo! Congrats!!
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 01:34 PM
Keeping fingers crossed.
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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate.
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 01:06 AM
Newman won it. Argo got best film and director. Lincoln only got the one award, for Day Lewis.
I haven't seen Lincoln yet and so I'm pleased for Affleck and Argo, because the film was brilliant.
I haven't seen Lincoln yet and so I'm pleased for Affleck and Argo, because the film was brilliant.
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 05:49 AM
"Skyfall"? A BAFTA for best score? Are they joking????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 05:57 AM
Oh it is the alluring British charm of the name of James Bond that addled the BAFTA voters' brains.
Congratulations to Mr. New/Snooze/Coolman!
Ars superior est vita hominum.
"We pop out and come into the world and music is there. We didn't invent it - it's all organised in the atmosphere by divinity or whatever. It's a miracle." - John Williams-
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 08:13 AM
Skyfall won Outstanding British Film, which is patriotic nonsense. Not the award, but that daft plot hole riddled popcorn flick getting it. It was supremely entertaining, but I'm just not into this thing of British awards thingys falling over themselves to congratulate it.
But then again maybe a Bond movie was literally the best movie we could knock together (in collaboration with MGM and Columbia) this past year. In which case congrats I suppose. But is that it?
But then again maybe a Bond movie was literally the best movie we could knock together (in collaboration with MGM and Columbia) this past year. In which case congrats I suppose. But is that it?
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 11:01 AM
Newman won it. Argo got best film and director. Lincoln only got the one award, for Day Lewis.
I haven't seen Lincoln yet and so I'm pleased for Affleck and Argo, because the film was brilliant.
Brilliant? How?
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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate.
- Christopher Nolan
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 12:40 PM
I think I touched on my extremely positive reaction to it a little in the film thread, Karol.
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 07:17 PM
Newman's speech:
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 07:57 PM
The BBC not only put that in the 'earlier this evening' bit - they also only showed about two seconds of Newman getting up from his seat before they cut to the next one.
So thanks for finding that clip
I do wish they'd ask some less run-of-the-mill questions though.
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 08:17 PM
Good for Snoozeman. I generally think his music is unbearably dull, but he did a fantastic job on Skyfall.
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 11:15 PM
While not a fan/hater of this work, it is undeniably one of the best scores "as heard in the film" of 2012. It serves the story well, adds to the film's cooleness (in tandem with cinematography) and makes it better overall (you forget the script is kind of stupid). And also it gets some breathing space thanks to a great sound mix.
Having said that, I wish he got recognized earlier for some of his other, much better, work. There is a sense of irony that he should be awarded for the best "original" music.
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From a storytelling point of view, from a directing point of view, there is one thing I associate with what he does, which is calm. There is such an inherent calm and inherent trust of the one powerful image, that he makes me embarrassed with my own work, in terms of how many different shots, how many different sound effects, how many different things we’ll throw at an audience to make an impression. But with Kubrick, there is such a great trust of the one correct image to calmly explain something to audience. There can be some slowness to the editing. There’s nothing frenetic about it. It’s very simple. There’s a trust in simple storytelling and simple image making that actually takes massive confidence to try and emulate.
- Christopher Nolan
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