Once and for all: The Winner Is . . .

[Adam 1]

Also, in a film like Ray, that is about the life of Ray Charles, featuring the music the man has written and performed is of pivotal importance.

Being denied a nomination on the basis of that, seems a bit questionable.

I agree that's unfair but I think its probably designed to avoid what happened with Fame winning. If the rule was honest it would say scores will be ineligible to win when there are a lot of songs because the academy is incapable of making the basic distinction between scores and songs. And, in fact, if Ray was nominated, the guy could very well win based on those songs that were written by Ray Charles years ago. But, still, there's no reason a best score couldn't be contained in a movie with lots of songs, so its a very unfair rule, as are many of them.

- Adam

[Josh500 1,615]

Folks, keep your fingers crossed!!! Tomorrow the nominations are announced. LOL

[Luke Skywalker 1,795]

TOMORROW??

Arent they next month?

Luke, crossing fingers ,but thinking that in a fair world we wouldnt need to cross them...

[Romão 2,274]

Well, I don't think it's unfair to deny Ray a nomination. The songs were not written for the movie. It would be like nominating a movie for best production design just because it was shot in La Sagrada Familia.

[Adam 1]

The score was denied nomination. I don't remember the guys' name but Ray had original underscore. So its unfair, in my mind, to deny someone a chance for a nomination just because the movie happens to have lots of songs. There's no reason a best score can't be contained within a movie that has lots of songs. Its also unfair that, if nominated, many would confuse songs and score and vote for the songs, but that's not the score composer's fault.

- Adam

[Hlao-roo 389]

Craig Armstrong...who, like Mark Isham, is a terrific mood scorer...although Ray, like his Quiet American score, is a bit monochromatic for my taste...too insistently downbeat and reliant on atmospherics. Some nice blues stuff in there, though.

[Josh500 1,615]

Hey, this poll was right . . . sorta. Why don't you guys vote more for option no. 1???