#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 That would be epic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,799 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 ... but admittedly it would look weird with his other wins for original score.JawsStar WarsE.T.Schindler's LIst.......The Book Thief??I totally agree with this.No Hook, no Jurassic Park, no Superman, no Indiana Jones, no Harry Potter but.... Book thief?On the other hand, the winning score should be the best (whatever that is) of the current 5!It doesn't have to be among the best of Williams' entire filmography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 ... but admittedly it would look weird with his other wins for original score.JawsStar WarsE.T.Schindler's LIst.......The Book Thief??I totally agree with this.No Hook, no Jurassic Park, no Superman, no Indiana Jones, no Harry Potter but.... Book thief?On the other hand, the winning score should be the best (whatever that is) of the current 5!It doesn't have to be among the best of Williams' entire filmography.exactly. the second part of your post made the first part irrelevant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,799 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 By the way, noone commented the fact that the Golden Globe winner isn't even nominated!Should it be? (in place of another score that is nominated) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 The Golden Globes are like getting a gold star from your teacher no big whoop. I noticed the most talked about composer on this board wasn't nominated either and all I can say is OH MY GOD valley style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Sorry if somebody already said this...but the best news here is that the guy who beat JW at the Golden Globes isn't even nominated. So even though JW has a very small chance of winning it, it'll still make for a more exciting ceremony than the last few.EDIT: Ah, I see filmmusic beat meAlso, this is an important nomination for JW. While he already beat Alfred Newman's 2nd most OScar nominations mark, with Book Thief he is now the single most nominated person in the Best Score category (before he was tied with Newman). Not that it matters...but let's be honest, for us it does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 While I'd like to see Coolman finally get his, I think Her should win of these choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Traitor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 This is what makes me a traitor? Your standards are slipping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Either Williams or Coolman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Since none of the nominees is really award-worthy give Newman his consolation prize already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,304 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I thin this is Newman's strongest chance in a while. But the odds are still in Price's favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,621 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Neither 12 Years or Slave nor Captain Phillips were nominated. It's a miracle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,304 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yay for Price!Oh, wait... That Price? Fuck off!What if I told you they're the same Price, under different guises?Would it break your little heart to now that the man who wrote this:also wrote this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 NO, because that wouldn't take away the fact that he wrote three badass scores! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,304 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 And then came up with this!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC3y1_o5k74It's not too late to renounce your fandom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 If Cuaron is so against film music in the first place, he just should have gone scoreless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Sounds to me like a rip-off of this.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRaPVjsJbdA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 And then came up with this!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC3y1_o5k74It's not too late to renounce your fandom! LA LA-LA-LAAAAA ! LA-LA-LA-LAAAA LA-LA-LA LAAA LAA LAAA LA-LA-LA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 By the way, noone commented the fact that the Golden Globe winner isn't even nominated!It's not the first time that happens and it will not be the last. In 1993, Williams' Schindler's List was beaten at the Golden Globes by Kitaro's (who?) Heaven and Earth, but then the latter wasn't nominated for Best Score at the Oscars.Also, in 1999 Ennio Morricone's The Legend of 1900 won against Newman's American Beauty, Williams' Angela's Ashes and Yared's The Talented Mr. Ripley, but then it failed to be nominated for Best Score at the Oscars, which that year was won by John Corigliano's The Red Violin, which on the opposite wasn't even nominated for the Golden Globe in a year in which the Best Original Score category was up to 9 (nine!) nominees.So, it doesn't mean anything. The Globes history is even crazier than the Academy Awards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 ... but admittedly it would look weird with his other wins for original score.JawsStar WarsE.T.Schindler's LIst.......The Book Thief??I totally agree with this.No Hook, no Jurassic Park, no Superman, no Indiana Jones, no Harry Potter but.... Book thief?On the other hand, the winning score should be the best (whatever that is) of the current 5!It doesn't have to be among the best of Williams' entire filmography.exactly. the second part of your post made the first part irrelevant I'm aware that his past wins don't impact Book Thief winning this year, but given Williams' overall cultural impact and legacy, it would just stick out a little bit when you look the aggregate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 As fantastic and amazing scores in itself they are, even Williams' wins at the Oscars have much more to do with the respective film's popularity and consensus among Academy voters than anything else. Sure, as witness of the posterity we can definitely say the Academy was damn right to give each of those scores the well-deserved prize, as they're all among the greatest film music ever written. But the winning in itself is something related to the [Academy's fondness of the] film's popularity at that precise moment in time.However, crazier things happened in Oscar history, so in this sense anyone can be the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Based on the other nominated scores I actually think Williams has a pretty good shot. I don't feel that any one score has been so overly touted that it seems skewed. I'm not getting my hopes up, but I don't see a score like "The Arist" that everyone appears to be leaning toward.It's just a shame that the movie isn't being talked about in any serious way that would give Williams an edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,615 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 If the movie had better reviews and nominated for more Oscars then Williams would have a better chanceThis is basically a repeat of the Memoirs of a Geisha scenario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I cannot believe you seriously would give Williams (who already has a cupboard full of those things) another Oscar for something like, ahem, BOOK THIEF instead of awarding Thomas Newman whose score is as inconsequential as Williams' but is in serious need of some love from this industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yes, Williams needs to stop collaborating with these hack directors. Brian Percival, Rob Marshall - who next? Brett Ratner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Jon Turtletaub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Renny Harlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Michael Bay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Too obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I cannot believe you seriously would give Williams (who already has a cupboard full of those things) another Oscar for something like, ahem, BOOK THIEF instead of awarding Thomas Newman whose score is as inconsequential as Williams' but is in serious need of some love from this industry.Is it that strange to root for John Williams winning an Oscar, on a John Williams FAN board? Not Mr. Big and Smeltington 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,615 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I can't remember the last time publicist said anything positive about JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I just want Williams to win during the lifetime of this message board so we can all bask in the post-coital glow, have a cigarette, and then kick Williams out of bed. After that Newman can will all the damn Oscars he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Who is this John Williams that you speak of? Did he score My Little Pony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I repeat: i cannot believe you seriously would give Williams (who already has a cupboard full of those things) another Oscar for something like, ahem, BOOK THIEF instead of awarding Thomas Newman whose score is as inconsequential as Williams' but is in serious need of some love from this industry.Being a composer's bitch is one thing, denying someone like Newman "his" trophy is just is too twee for words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,615 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Newman's music isn't very noteworthyI have zero of his scores in my itunes library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Ok, we get it, you hate the Book Thief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I repeat: i cannot believe you seriously would give Williams (who already has a cupboard full of those things) another Oscar for something like, ahem, BOOK THIEF instead of awarding Thomas Newman whose score is as inconsequential as Williams' but is in serious need of some love from this industry.Being a composer's bitch is one thing, denying someone like Newman "his" trophy is just is too twee for words.And I repeat: is it that strange to root for John Williams to win the Oscar on a John Williams FAN board?We're not here to judge who deserves an Oscar and who doesn't. It's just a game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Either way, your hopes will be crushed on march 2nd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,645 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Amongst the nominees, I would have Williams win the award even with a score as average as The Book Thief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,615 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Maurizio is correctThose rooting for another composer than JW to win are not true JWfans Smeltington and scissorhands 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Who is this John Williams that you speak of? Did he score My Little Pony?He wrote the score for War Pony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,304 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yeah cause Price is taking the Oscar home!But I'm rooting for Newman this year. I think The Book Thief is a good score, but I KNOW he won't win, and Newman has a strong chance this year. Plus I find his score charming, even if inconsequential in the long run.I am still a devotee of our one true Lord and Saviour, John Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Newman's music isn't very noteworthyI have zero of his scores in my itunes libraryA fate Newman presumably shares with Beethoven, Mahler, Stravinsky, Haydn, Bach, Dvorak, Bacharach, The Beatles and dozens of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,799 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 I repeat: i cannot believe you seriously would give Williams (who already has a cupboard full of those things) another Oscar for something like, ahem, BOOK THIEF instead of awarding Thomas Newman whose score is as inconsequential as Williams' but is in serious need of some love from this industry.The right thing is for the Oscar to go to the BEST score (whichever it is from the 5) at this moment, and not to serve as a consolation prize, or as a reward for a long-term career.(I would support this view in all the categories) scissorhands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,304 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Yeah, but when was the last time it did that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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