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PeterK FishChip	Less than 24 hours away from being disappointed? Less than 24 hours away from being vindicated? Less than 24 hours away from who cares? Place your bets! Submit your lists below for what you think will be the five Oscar music nominees announced tomorrow morning. Here are mine: Gladiator Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Malena Erin Brockovich Billy Elliot Scores I'd like to see nominated, let's call 'em the "wildcards": The Gift The Cell Quills Sunshine Traffic
posted 02-12-2001 08:07 AM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	Using PeterK's choices: I think Malena will be nominated, and, from what I've heard of it, should go all the way. But I'm afraid either Zimmer or Tan Dun stand a better chance of taking home the prize. I'm guessing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I also have a feeling Erin Brockovich and Billy Elliot will not make the list, but I don't know what will replace them. Either way, I'm ready to be proven wrong. [Message edited by Al on 02-12-2001]
posted 02-12-2001 08:39 AM PT (US)

Tim_P Oscar® Winner	Scores I think will be nominated: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Billy Elliot Malena Chocolat Gladiator Scores I wish would be nominated, but am sure they won't: Dinosaur What Lies Beneath Family Man Unbreakable Bounce
posted 02-12-2001 08:49 AM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Dinosaur, Gladiator, The Patriot, Hollow Man, Unbreakable. Scott
posted 02-12-2001 09:40 AM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Oscar® Winner	Well the scores I would like to see nominated won't be and the scores that aren't any good will probably get nominated.
posted 02-12-2001 09:45 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	The K's choices are as likely as any, although I'd expect THE PATRIOT to be nominated over MALENA. I didn't see or hear enough last year to make anything like a comprehensive list, but I suppose I'd pick the following: HOWARD SHORE, “The Cell” JOHN POWELL, HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS, “Chicken Run” JERRY GOLDSMITH, “Hollow Man” ENNIO MORRICONE, “Mission To Mars” JOHN WILLIAMS, “The Patriot” Except for THE CELL, though, and CHICKEN RUN, which is definitely growing on me, I don't feel terribly amped about these picks.
posted 02-12-2001 10:46 AM PT (US)

Observer Oscar® Winner	Of my choices Crouching Tiger and Unbrekable are probably the only ones that'll get nominated. Although I will hope (futilly?) for Shore's The Cell. I won't like it, but seeing as Gladiator is inexplicabally (to me anyway) gaining steam in the Oscar race as early as it is, Zimmer might just win it. Even though Tan Dun, James Newton Howard or Howard Shore deserve it much better. On Oscar night, I will be rooting for Tan Dun, cause I love "Night Fight" and "To the South"
posted 02-12-2001 10:57 AM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	Here are mine: Dinosaur Legend of Bagger Vance Pay it Forward Erin Brockovich Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon I'm a dreamer, I know. --Brian Writer & Film/Video Editor
posted 02-12-2001 11:01 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	If Tan Dun is nominated, I'm pretty sure he'll win, as he'll represent the "classy" vote, as John Corigliano did for THE RED VIOLIN (not that I think Corigliano didn't deserve the award). Additionally, CROUCHING TIGER is one of those movies everybody seems to love. I hope to see it tonight or tomorrow. But in the event of a GLADIATOR sweep, which seems to me bizarre but increasingly possible ... well ... we'll have a better idea this time tomorrow. It's liable to clean up in the tech categories.
posted 02-12-2001 11:17 AM PT (US)

soundtrackman Oscar® Winner	Haven't heard all the possible nominees, but James Newton Howard's "Dinosaur" sure deserves a nod (see my other thread below). I haven't enjoyed a score this much in a long, long time. As for "Gladiator," my guess it will be nominated on the power of the film, not because the score deserves it (which, IMHO, it does not).
posted 02-12-2001 11:31 AM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Posted the exact same thing at Filmtracks, but here goes: I'm making two sets of predictions. One that goes by one composer to a film. Another that contains Media Ventures clones. These don't necessarily reflect what I think are the best scores of the year, just what I think the Academy will recognize. 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2. Chocolat 3. The Patriot 4. Dinosaur 5. Cast Away (alternate would be Sunshine) If Media Ventures has their way.... 1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2. Chocolat 3. Dinosaur 4. Gladiator 5. The Patriot (alternate: Chicken Run) Shaun
posted 02-12-2001 11:49 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	As good a bunch of guesses as any, Shaun -- except I don't think the Academy will recognize DINOSAUR. I'd put GLADIATOR in that space. Not that I care, but as I said, GLADIATOR looks likely to sweep the tech nominees, and the album probably sold a lot better than DINOSAUR, and that seems to have a lot to do with how these decisions are made nowadays. CHOCOLAT is a good bet for a nomination, probably much more likely than MALENA. And if the Comedy Score category still existed, I'm sure CHICKEN RUN would be up there. oh well, it's mere hours till we know ... NP: WILD ROVERS (by that guy who won't be nominated for HOLLOW MAN, not in a million billion years)
posted 02-12-2001 03:07 PM PT (US)

sakman Oscar® Winner	I bet there will be a Jarre (Sunshine) or Morricone (Malena/Vatel) score in the bunch, and "Chocolat" might have a nod because of the Golden Globes. My bets: 1. Chocolat 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3. Gladiator 4. Malena 5. The Patriot Long Shots: 1. Chicken Run 2. Dinosaur 3. Unbreakable 4. Sunshine Real Long Shot but deserves it! 1. Titus (1999) [had a limited release and came out in January--like anyone will remember] The most "original" of the lot is probably the Tan Dun score. "Chicken Run" really fit the film wonderfully and deserves a nomination! The rest revisit the composer's styles or rehash old models.
posted 02-12-2001 04:40 PM PT (US)

HAML3T Oscar® Nominee	Gladiator Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Chocolat Sunshine Erin Brokovich* *or otherwise: The Patriot, Quills, All The Pretty Horses, Traffic (as if), Autumn In New York, Dinosaur. Maybe Unbreakable, but I dont think the Academy will be as nice to the M Night Whatever team as they were last year, given his arrogance. The winner will be Gladiator, if nominated, or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. As if the academy wouldn't nominate Gladiator, given its wide release and the fact that so many non-score owners love it and know not what MV is. But then again, the Golden Globes, in awarding/nominating certain scores in the last few years, give a pretty good indication of what won't be awarded come Oscar time - Truman Show, Legend of 1900, Insider, and the other 8 (?) nominations last year. Somehow I don't think Cast Away has a shadow of a chance, given that there was one track of music in the film.
posted 02-12-2001 08:01 PM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	My picks: 1. Gladiator 2. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 3. The Patriot 4. Dinosaur 5. I dunno... NP The Temple of Doom ***/***
posted 02-13-2001 01:25 AM PT (US)

Kris Oscar® Winner	Gladiator Chocolat Chicken Run Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Patriot Runners up: Pay It Forward Legend of Bagger Vance
posted 02-13-2001 02:21 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Good job, Sakman!
posted 02-13-2001 06:28 AM PT (US)

Ozzilla unregistered	You're the man, Sakman!
posted 02-13-2001 07:58 AM PT (US)

sakman Oscar® Winner	That's 2 years in a row that I've managed to pick them correctly...hehehehe....and I think last year's thread about who would win, I was one of the first to predict Corigliano's "The Red Violin". Send your checks...lol
posted 02-16-2001 07:33 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Shakespeare in Love is gonna win. I just got that feeling....
posted 02-16-2001 08:05 PM PT (US)

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