94th Academy Awards (2022 ceremony for 2021 films)

[Jay 37,287]

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has landed on Sunday March 27 as the date for the 94th annual Academy Awards, with nominations set to be revealed on Tuesday, February 8. Although this is a full month earlier than this year’s latest-ever Covid-challenged April 25 show, it is still a month later than the norm in most recent pre-pandemic years. In fact, AMPAS gave up its previously set 2022 date of February 27 and re-booked its usual digs at the Dolby for the late-March date instead.

 

The eligibility period for Academy Awards consideration, however, will return to the standard December 31 deadline after having been extended to February 28 this year for a 14-month Oscar year rather than the usual 12 in the normal calendar year that has been in effect since 1934. As such, this year will encompass just 10 months where a feature film must have a qualifying release date between March 1 and December 31, 2021. 

 

https://deadline.com/2021/05/oscars-94th-academy-awards-late-march-super-bowl-olympics-1234765139/

[Mephariel 451]

What are some front runners for best picture?

 

In the Heights

West Side Story

Dune

The French Dispatch

Nightmare Alley

 

Are probably locked for nominations if they don't disappoint.

[Jay 37,287]

Maybe The Last Duel and/or House of Gucci if they are good

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

May be The Eternals if Chloe Zhao succeed again to surprise everyone

[Jay 37,287]

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Oscar Music Rule Changes Likely to Meet With Approval by Film Music Community

 

Changes in Oscar’s music rules, as announced today, will make a lot of film composers happy.

 

The major change is that an original score no longer needs to consist of at least 60% of the total music in the film. That number has been substantially lowered, to 35%, potentially increasing the number of eligible scores each year.

 

This has been an issue in recent years, as filmmakers have increasingly relied on pre-existing, licensed music as well as music specifically composed for their movies.

 

Last year, for example, Thomas Newman’s “Let Them All Talk” and Howard Shore’s “Pieces of a Woman” were among the high-profile film scores disqualified as failing to meet the 60% threshold. Terence Blanchard’s music for “One Night in Miami” and the Mark Isham-Craig Harris “Judas and the Black Messiah” score were not even entered, probably because both were deemed likely to be disqualified due to brevity.

 

In recent years, Kris Bowers’ music for “Green Book,” Jonny Greenwood’s for “There Will Be Blood” and Michel Legrand’s for “The Other Side of the Wind” were also disqualified because of the high numerical bar. Cutting that nearly in half will allow more scores to qualify.

 

“Soul” – the eventual winner of this year’s best original score Oscar – was the subject of much debate because the Trent Reznor-Atticus Ross dramatic underscore constituted just 52 percent of the total, while Jon Batiste’s original jazz (which many observers considered source music, not score) made up the rest. Only when the composers demonstrated a true collaboration between the three composers, particularly near the end of the Disney-Pixar animated film, did the music branch rule the score eligible. It’s no secret that, had the popular “Soul” been disqualified on the basis of the numbers, there would have been a significant outcry.

 

The other rule change deals with the submission of original songs. The new rule allows no more than five songs to be submitted from any one film. That’s of less consequence because most movies don’t feature that many original songs, and even the musicals (which do typically have five or more original songs) tend to submit just one or two that are likely to make the 15-song Oscar shortlist.

 

The Academy music branch declared 136 scores and 105 songs eligible for consideration for the 2020 Oscars. The process of whittling those numbers down to shortlists of 15 scores and 15 songs, from which the eventual winners are chosen, will remain intact.

 

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/oscar-music-rule-changes-score-songs-2021-1235008829/

[JoeinAR 1,949]

No way a sorry story like Dune will get an oscar nod. Now razzies....

Into the HeightZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

Shortlist for the oscars announced. Songs are also in the link.

 

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/12/21/original-score-song-shortlists-for-94th-academy-awards-announced/

 

“Being the Ricardos” – Daniel Pemberton
“Candyman” – Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.
“Don’t Look Up” – Nicholas Britell
“Dune” – Hans Zimmer
“Encanto” – Germaine Franco
“The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun” – Alexandre Desplat
“The Green Knight” – Daniel Hart
“The Harder They Fall” – Jeymes Samuel
“King Richard” – Kris Bowers
“The Last Duel” – Harry Gregson-Williams
“No Time to Die” – Hans Zimmer
“Parallel Mothers” – Alberto Iglesias
“The Power of the Dog” – Jonny Greenwood
“Spencer” – Jonny Greenwood
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” – Carter Burwell

[Jay 37,287]

Huh.  Dune and Bond are the only scores I've heard from the entire shortlist... and Dune and The Harder They Fall are the only films I've seen on the list

[badbu 123]

give hans the second oscar! now!!! 

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

No Cruella. What a joke. It was better than all those I listenned to in that list (No Time To Die, Dune, Encanto, The Last Duel and the French Dispatched)

[Thor 7,465]

DUNE and THE LAST DUEL are candidates for my own top 10 of the year too, but the rest I've found largely disappointing and/or boring. I could easily list 20 other 2021 scores that are more rewarding than this, same as with the Golden Globes.

[trados 11]

BEST ORIGINAL SONG SHORTLIST

 

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE SHORTLIST

 

 

[mstrox 6,647]

Only score from the shortlist that I’ve heard was Candyman, which was fine.

[Richard Penna 3,670]

My shortlist would consist of The Last Duel, Eternals, .... ?

 

Yeah, it's been a pretty rubbish year for me for new scores. I'm having none of the experimental crap Zimmer came up with for Dune.

[Once 604]

On 21/12/2021 at 10:24 PM, JNHFan2000 said:

“The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun” – Alexandre Desplat

Sounds like a Wes Anderson title alright!

[Edmilson 7,392]

Oscars: 2022 Ceremony Will Have a Host

 

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Full nominee list:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2022-nominees-list-1235088770/

 

Original Score is obviously a race between Greenwood and Zimmer.  It really feels like 50/50 between them right now.

[badbu 123]

can't remember greenwoods score.

for me the film is overhyped anyway.

[Jay 37,287]

Here's the nominees so you don't have to click through

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell)
• Dune (Hans Zimmer)
• Encanto (Germaine Franco)
• Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)
• The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Best Costume Design

• “Cruella”
• “Cyrano”
• “Dune”
• “Nightmare Alley”
• “West Side Story”

Supporting Actress

• Jessie Buckley (“The Lost Daughter”)
• Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”)
• Kirsten Dunst (“The Power of the Dog”)
• Aunjanue Ellis (“King Richard”)
• Judi Dench (“Belfast”)

Best Sound

• “Belfast”
• “Dune”
• “No Time to Die”
• “The Power of the Dog”
• “West Side Story”

Best Adapted Screenplay

• “CODA,” Siân Heder
• “Drive My Car,” Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe
• “Dune,” Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth
• “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal
• “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion

Best Animated Short Film

• “Affairs of the Art”
• “Bestia”
• “Boxballet”
• “Robin Robin”
• “The Windshield Wiper”

Best Original Screenplay

• “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh
• “Don’t Look Up,” Adam McKay, David Sirota
• “King Richard,” Zach Baylin
• “Licorice Pizza,” Paul Thomas Anderson
• “The Worst Person in the World,” Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt

Best Supporting Actor

• Ciarán Hinds (“Belfast”)
• Troy Kotsur (“CODA”)
• Jesse Plemons (“The Power of the Dog”)
• J.K. Simmons (“Being the Ricardos”)
• Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”)

Best Live Action Short Film

• “Ala Kachuu” (“Take and Run”)
• “The Dress”
• “The Long Goodbye”
• “On My Mind”
• “Please Hold”

Best Film Editing:

• “Don’t Look Up”
• “Dune”
• “King Richard”
• “The Power of the Dog”
• “Tick, Tick … Boom!”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• “Coming 2 America”
• “Cruella”
• “Dune”
• “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
• “House of Gucci”

Best Animated Feature Film

• “Encanto”
• “Flee”
• “Luca”
• “The Mitchells vs. the Machines”
• “Raya and the Last Dragon”

Best Original Song

• “Be Alive” (“King Richard”)
• “Dos Oruguitas” (“Encanto”)
• “Down to Joy” (“Belfast”)
• “No Time to Die” (“No Time to Die”)
• “Somehow You Do” (“Four Good Days”)

Best Documentary Feature

• “Ascension”
• “Attica”
• “Flee”
• “Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
• “Writing With Fire”

Documentary Short Film

• “Audible”
• “Lead Me Home”
• “The Queen of Basketball”
• “Three Songs for Benazir”
• “When We Were Bullies”

Best Cinematography

• “Dune”
• “Nightmare Alley”
• “The Power of the Dog”
• “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
• “West Side Story”

Best International Feature Film

• “Drive My Car” (Japan)
• “Flee” (Denmark)
• “The Hand of God” (Italy)
• “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” (Bhutan)
• “The Worst Person in the World” (Norway)

Best Production Design

• “Dune”
• “Nightmare Alley”
• “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
• “West Side Story”
• “The Power of the Dog”

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”)
• Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”)
• Penélope Cruz (“Parallel Mothers”)
• Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”)
• Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”)

Best Actor:

• Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”)
• Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
• Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick … Boom!”)
• Will Smith (“King Richard”)
• Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)

Best Picture

• “Belfast”
• “CODA”
• “Don’t Look Up”
• “Drive My Car”
• “Dune”
• “King Richard”
• “Licorice Pizza”
• “Nightmare Alley”
• “The Power of the Dog”
• “West Side Story”

Best Director

• Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”)
• Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”)
• Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”)
• Jane Campion (“The Power of the Dog”)
• Steven Spielberg (“West Side Story”)

[Disco Stu 15,495]

I'm not interested in really any of the movies, but the narrative seems to be that Campion is a shoo-in

[Jay 37,287]

Jeez, I've only seen 3 of the Best Picture nominees

 

I haven't seen The French Dispatch, but is it a surprise, or was it expected, that it ended up with 0 nominations?

[Disco Stu 15,495]

West Side Story and Belfast are the only ones I want to see.  I really wanted to go see WSS back in December in the theater, I just couldn't make it work.

[Romão 2,274]

 

[karelm 2,903]

15 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

West Side Story and Belfast are the only ones I want to see.  I really wanted to go see WSS back in December in the theater, I just couldn't make it work.

It was a fantastic theatrical experience.  I love that film but need to see some of the others to decide if I root for it.  Licorice Pizza just confuses me as to what kind of film it is.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

No Rachel Zegler for best actress?? What the hell?

[WampaRat 1,105]

Of these I only saw Dune, WSS, and King Richard. All of them fantastic. I loved the world that was created for Dune. I loved Smiths acting (and the whole story) in King Richard. But Spielberg’s West Side Story hit me in the gut with a hammer. The most moving experience I had in the theater this year. I would have no qualms about him getting a third best director Oscar.  

[Glóin the Dark 1,218]

I get the impression that Belfast is still (just about) the pundits' favourite for Best Picture, though my bet would be on The Power of the Dog.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,498]

My predictions:

Best film: POWER OF THE DOG,

Best director: Campion (or Spielberg),

Best actor: Cumberbatch,

Best actress: Colman

Best cinematography: DUNE,

Best visual effects: DUNE,

Best sound: DUNE,

Best original screenplay: LICORICE PIZZA,

Best supporting actress: Cruz,

Best supporting actor: Hinds.

 

[PrayodiBA 517]

As a Wes Anderson fan, it’s sad that The French Dispatch is completely snubbed, even in the production design category!

It’s understandable though, as TFD, i think personally, is Wes at its most pretentious, and the anthology structure of it makes the story kind of devoid of heart/plot development

( that and also because of Oscar’s complex preferential ballot system)

 

And congratulation to the two time Academy Award winner, Hans Zimmer! 😄

( I am really okay with that though, as Dune’s music is super duper effective)

[Richard Penna 3,670]

I'd love to see Britell win for music as I think it's genuinely the perfect score for the film.

 

But I fear the Academy will decide some fluffier music or Zimmer should win instead...

[badbu 123]

but the score from don't look up? nahh.... his cruella score was amazing but this one...

[KK 3,307]

I haven’t seen CODA, Belfast, West Side Story and King Richard. Licorice Pizza is my favourite film on that list.

 

Power of the Dog will sweep best picture, best actor and best director. Hoping Greenwood manages to snag his Oscar too!

[filmmusic 1,823]

Has anyone seen Flee?

(nominated for best animation film, documentary and international feature)

I'll be watching it this evening.

[Jay 37,287]

No, but I'm interested after hearing it discussed on a podcast and then seeing today it got nominated 3 times

 

Is it streaming free somewhere?

 

EDIT: Ah yes, it's on Hulu!

[TheUlyssesian 2,473]

32 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Has anyone seen Flee?

(nominated for best animation film, documentary and international feature)

I'll be watching it this evening.

 

It is actually extremely entertaining, audience friendly and crowd-pleasing. It is also 90 minutes. I think most everyone who watches it will enjoy it. 

[pixie_twinkle 48]

6 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

My predictions:

Best film: POWER OF THE DOG,

Best director: Campion (or Spielberg),

Best actor: Cumberbatch,

Best actress: Colman

Best cinematography: DUNE,

Best visual effects: DUNE,

Best sound: DUNE,

Best original screenplay: LICORICE PIZZA,

Best supporting actress: Cruz,

Best supporting actor: Hinds.

 

Power of the Dog and Dune left me completely cold. I haven't seen Licorice Pizza. Honestly, I can't remember any year I've been less enthusiastic with the best picture nominees. I honestly thought Pig was a far better film than Dune or Power of the Dog. 

Wait - The Rescue wasn't even nominated for best documentary??? Ridiculous. 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,498]

Hey, @pixie_twinkle! Welcome back. Always a pleasure.

Tbh, I've only seen one of the films featured in the nominations, and that isn't a patch on the 1984 version .

I'm basing my predictions on what the Academy has voted for, in the last decade: no obvious crowd-pleasers, but smaller films. Of course, there are exceptions, but it seems to me that AMPAS is "scaling-down" its horizons. Sorry, mixed metaphor, I know, but you get the drift, da?

DUNE will, almost certainly, win most, if not all of the technical awards.

[King Mark 3,625]

Are John Williams liner notes for West side Story nominated?

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Zimmer will never win another Oscar after LION KING

for the same reason JW hasn't won since SCHINDLER

😒

I see two Spanish names in.the composer category

Have no idea who they are but one will win

Bet the house.😣

 

Will Smith will win.

Nobody wants to.hear his harpy wife cry ' racism" again, if he loses.

[TheUlyssesian 2,473]

1 hour ago, bruce marshall said:

Zimmer will never win another Oscar after LION KING

for the same reason JW hasn't won since SCHINDLER

😒

I see two Spanish names in.the composer category

Have no idea who they are but one will win

Bet the house.😣

 

Will Smith will win.

Nobody wants to.hear his harpy wife cry ' racism" again, if he loses.

 

Zimmer will win for Dune.

[KK 3,307]

Zimmer has a good chance. But my bet is on Greenwood.

[mrbellamy 6,272]

15 hours ago, Jay said:

I haven't seen The French Dispatch, but is it a surprise, or was it expected, that it ended up with 0 nominations?

 

I think Score and Production Design were predicted by default so a small surprise, but not a major shock. It didn't really come off to me like it would be a big Oscar player and it kind of seems to be a movie most enjoyed by hardcore Wes Anderson fans, unlike Grand Budapest Hotel which had a lot more crossover success.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Zimmer will never win again

No matter how deserving.

There is this thing about not honoring him anymore- despite it  being almost thirty years.

Idiots!

He only won one time! People keep saying he won twice but he didn't get the Best Song award

16 hours ago, PrayodiBA said:

As a Wes Anderson fan, it’s sad that The French Dispatch is completely snubbed, even in the production design category!

It’s understandable though, as TFD, i think personally, is Wes at its most pretentious, and the anthology structure of it makes the story kind of devoid of heart/plot development

( that and also because of Oscar’s complex preferential ballot system)

 

And congratulation to the two time Academy Award winner, Hans Zimmer! 😄

 

Two?

He won for scoring LION KING but not for the song written by Elton John.

Right?

 

 

I haven't seen a single film *but my predictions are still correct😄😛

 

* except RAYA ( nominated for animation) and NTTD (nominated for song)

 

 

[A24 4,326]

15 hours ago, pixie_twinkle said:

Power of the Dog and Dune left me completely cold. I haven't seen Licorice Pizza.

 

Really? I've always been a sucker for the revisionist Western and so The Power Of The Dog received my highest score (8/10) last year. Loved the direction and overall filmmaking, with many memberable scenes and moments. However, I do realize it's a sleeping pill for 90% of the viewers out there. 

 

I gave Dune a 7/10 because the scope, scale and epicness entertained me. But just like Blade Runner 2049, it faded from my mind very quickly. For me there is something shallow about Villeneuve's movies. And sometimes his direction isn't what it should be (like the last segent of Dune with the Fremen).

 

I didn't see Licorice Pizza either. Or Pig ... 

[bruce marshall 1,315]

My pick.

Female director = victory.

[JNHFan2000 2,944]

Dune is a terrific score and Zimmer really went out of his way to make new sounds, use voices in an interesting way.

From the nominees for score I think Dune and Zimmer are the most deserving.

If I put Dune and for example Power Of The Dog's scores next to each it's not really a contest.

[bruce marshall 1,315]

" Deserves got nothing to do with it".

 

Based SOLELY on the recent trends in voting:

BELFAST

Campion for director

Smith for actor

Spanish person for score.

Billie for song.

Summer of Soul for doc.

Bet the house.

😎

[badbu 123]

Social Network vs Inception -> win for social network

Grand Budapest Hotel vs Interstellar -> win for GBH

 

Hans should have won the oscar many times after lion king. 

I hope so much that he wins this time, but I don't think so.

 

[bruce marshall 1,315]

Wasn't LAST NIGHT IN SOHO expected to be nominated?

14 minutes ago, badbu said:

Social Network vs Inception -> win for social network

Grand Budapest Hotel vs Interstellar -> win for GBH

 

Hans should have won the oscar many times after lion king. 

I hope so much that he wins this time, but I don't think so.

 

Although I disagree about INCEPTION , his scores for INTERSTELLAR and THIN RED LINE were clearly the best of their year.

[A24 4,326]

 

3 hours ago, bruce marshall said:

" Deserves got nothing to do with it".

 

Based SOLELY on the recent trends in voting:

 

Campion for director

 

 

 

I didn't know Jane Campion directed The Power Of The Dog until after the movie was over. And I would give her the Oscar and not because she's a woman. I also didn't know it was Greenwood who did the score but I was glad it wasn't Zimmer. He would have given us  a typical Western score performed on a Dobro guitar like the one on the cover of Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits.

 

The last time it was Spielberg versus Campion, Steven won, so the Academy might let Campion win for a change.