Jamesyboy 3 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 http://alexanderebert.comhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_EbertVery, very upsetting this group of nominees lost to this. From what I've heard of this score, it's very soundscape-ish and boring.Almost kinda fitting…maybe "all is lost" for good film music to win anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,205 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Well, at least Richuk and Koray will be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Alex Ebert just won for All is Lost.How fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Very, very upsetting this group of nominees lost to this. From what I've heard of this score, it's very soundscape-ish and boring.Almost kinda fitting…maybe "all is lost" for good film music to win anything.It's certainly a more deserving winner than BOOK THIEF. It may not be the best score ever written but it has an interesting musical approach, something Williams sadly has abandoned since 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,235 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I really like The Book Thief, but I think All is Lost is a worthy winner and certainly the most unique of the five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thornhill 19 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I guess it was predictable ... John didn't win. It irks me that he wrote such a complex, lyrical score for this beautiful film - only to lose again. And I have to say my perception of Alex Ebert as a great film composer wasn't enhanced by his appearance or speaking abilities at the podium. scissorhands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 He won. Deal with it like any old geezer would: just forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,235 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 And I have to say my perception of Alex Ebert as a great film composer wasn't enhanced by his appearance or speaking abilities at the podium.I don't know what either of those things have to do with writing music, but as to the last point, he clearly went in unprepared and had zero expectations that he was going to win. Honestly, I probably would too if I was up against the two most acclaimed movies of the year and John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Even Michael Bay gets stage fright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,205 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Very, very upsetting this group of nominees lost to this. From what I've heard of this score, it's very soundscape-ish and boring.Almost kinda fitting…maybe "all is lost" for good film music to win anything.It's certainly a more deserving winner than BOOK THIEF. It may not be the best score ever written but it has an interesting musical approach, something Williams sadly has abandoned since 2005.And here we have another winner: The most idiotic comment of the year. Congratulations!And it's only January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Don't underestimate yourself: your pig-headed ignorance is a stiff competition and not only in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,205 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Yeah, go and wank with your sound-design-noise scores. Pig-headed ignorance?... sorry to say but JW's last four scores are all betterand musically more interesting than scores like (before 2005)Munich, WoW, Terminal, CMIYC, MR and CoS just to mention few...so it is you who havesadly abandoned it, if there ever was anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 And the earth is a disc, masturbation causes blindness and the new pope is a queer cyborg and will cause the extinction of the human race. Welcome to antero's looney bin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 sorry to say but JW's last four scores are all better and musically more interesting than scores like (before 2005) MunichWhat the sweet Jesus are you on about? MUNICH is one of John's most daring and creative scores. Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,797 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Very, very upsetting this group of nominees lost to this. From what I've heard of this score, it's very soundscape-ish and boring.Almost kinda fitting…maybe "all is lost" for good film music to win anything.It's certainly a more deserving winner than BOOK THIEF. It may not be the best score ever written but it has an interesting musical approach, something Williams sadly has abandoned since 2005.And here we have another winner: The most idiotic comment of the year. Congratulations!And it's only January.I think the fact that the winning score is more original than the Book thief, is an undeniable fact.Now, if it's better or not, that is another discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon R. 10 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Very, very upsetting this group of nominees lost to this. From what I've heard of this score, it's very soundscape-ish and boring.Almost kinda fitting…maybe "all is lost" for good film music to win anything.It's certainly a more deserving winner than BOOK THIEF. It may not be the best score ever written but it has an interesting musical approach, something Williams sadly has abandoned since 2005.And here we have another winner: The most idiotic comment of the year. Congratulations!And it's only January.I think the fact that the winning score is more original than the Book thief, is an undeniable fact.Now, if it's better or not, that is another discussion.Maybe it does more for the film than what Williams' score does. Williams score might be "better" and "more beautiful and complex" musically and composition wise, but it is all about serving the picture. People outside the business usually forget that.Having seen neither of the films I am sure Williams score works great, but what if Alex Ebert's score works even better despite being musically "inferior" (I need to put that in quotes) - should Williams win because he is a better composer with x times the talent? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,615 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 if that was the case he should have won every year since 1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yeah he's just too good. It's not fair to composers who aren't as talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,617 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Maybe it does more for the film than what Williams' score does. Williams score might be "better" and "more beautiful and complex" musically and composition wise, but it is all about serving the picture. People outside the business usually forget that.Having seen neither of the films I am sure Williams score works great, but what if Alex Ebert's score works even better despite being musically "inferior" (I need to put that in quotes) - should Williams win because he is a better composer with x times the talent? No.An argument done to the death. It doesn't matter how the music works in the film around here - Williams' music is technically more accomplished, and that's all that apparently matters.I've heard most cues from Ebert's score, and only one cue really seemed traditionally musical to me.The cynic in me says it was a token vote for a popular film which wasn't going to win anything major. However, this opens the whole issue of what constitutes the 'best' score. I say there's no way to measure that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,797 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Oscar nominations!!!The Book Thief John Williams Gravity Steven Price Her William Butler and Owen Pallett Philomena Alexandre Desplat Saving Mr. Banks Thomas Newman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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