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sakman Oscar® Winner	Every so many months we get a post regarding "favorites" or "Oscar" potentials. So, here we are with just 3 months to go (basically), what are your top 5 favorites so far this year? Mine have been/are (alphabetical order): Arnold: The Musketeer Blanchard: The Caveman's Valentine Elfman: Planet of the Apes Goldenthal: Final Fantasy Williams: A.I. I doubt any have a shot at an Oscar nod, maybe "A.I."
posted 09-20-2001 09:16 PM PT (US)

Brendan Anderson Oscar® Nominee	I think this has been a great year! Here are my favorites: Jurassic Park III - Davis The Musketeer - Arnold Atlantis - Howard The Mummy Returns - Silvestri Final Fantasy/A.I./Caveman's Valentine (3-way tie ) And I'd also like to give the "wildcard" vote to Varese's "Cast Away" Silvestri compilation...not only is the score from Cast Away very nice, but this comp. disc is one of the finest and well put together I've ever come across.
posted 09-20-2001 09:49 PM PT (US)

Hasta Oscar® Winner	1. A.I. - Williams 2. Final Fantasy - Goldenthal 3. Mists of Avalon - Holdridge 4. Moulin Rouge - Armstrong
posted 09-20-2001 10:09 PM PT (US)

John Zimmer Oscar® Winner	A.I. (John Williams) Soon to be Harry Potter The Mummy Returns (Alan Silvestri) These 2 are tied Atlantis (James Newton Howard) Jurrasic Park III (Don Davis) Jz
posted 09-21-2001 08:53 AM PT (US)

wistiti Oscar® Winner	So far this year: 1) The Mists of Avalon (Lee Holdridge) 2) All the Pretty Horses (Three people and a few others...) 3) The Crimson Rivers (aka Les Rivières Pourpres) (Bruno Coulais) 4) The Tailor of Panama (Shaun Davey, Victor Heredia) 5) Enemy at the Gates (James Horner, Dmitry Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, traditional, etc. etc. etc.) 6) The Brotherhood of Wolves (aka Le Pacte des Loups) (Joseph LoDuca) The rest of this year's scores were either pure and simple noise, or had nothing even remotely interesting.
posted 09-21-2001 10:31 AM PT (US)

Michael Oscar® Winner	My favourite scores this year: The Gift (Young), probably the best Young score so far Final Fantasy The Score (Shore), noone talks about it, but it´s absolutely great Michael
posted 09-21-2001 11:03 AM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Michael, I'm looking forward to hearing Shore's THE SCORE, I just haven't seen it in my local stores yet!
posted 09-21-2001 11:35 AM PT (US)

mieville Oscar® Nominee	Vidocq - Bruno Coulais Solarmax - Nigel Westlake Final Fantasy - Elliot Goldenthal Band of Brothers - Michael Kamen
posted 09-22-2001 02:47 AM PT (US)

Dylan Oscar® Winner	I still think the greatest film and the greatest score of 2001 is Monkeybone. And I personally don't think my opinion will change. Planet of the Apes by Danny Elfman would be my second choice.
posted 09-22-2001 11:03 AM PT (US)

Dylan Oscar® Winner	I forgot to list 3rd and 4th place. 3. Shrek by John Powell and Harry Gregson Williams. A magnificent achievment that has yet to see a score release. 4. Evolution by John Powell. Full of themes, including the very nice "hero" theme, and is another very Elfman-esq score to be released this year.
posted 09-22-2001 11:06 AM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	My picks, and I have a bunch! Some got releases, some did not this list is not in order of favorite. 1. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2. AI 3. Shrek 4. The Tailor of Panama (great score, check it out Davey delivers!) 5. Mists of Avalon 6. Atlantis: The Lost Empire 7. The Mummy Returns 8. Evolution --Bri [Message edited by Crono/Kyp on 09-22-2001]
posted 09-22-2001 09:25 PM PT (US)

SPQR Oscar® Winner	Final Fantasy
posted 09-23-2001 02:35 AM PT (US)

juha Oscar® Winner	A.I. The Mummy Returns Atlantis Final Fantasy Jurassic Park 3
posted 09-23-2001 05:01 AM PT (US)

SFT Oscar® Winner	Elfman´s PLANET OF THE APES Superb action/sci-fi score. SFT NP: King Kong, Max Steiner ***/***
posted 09-23-2001 05:14 AM PT (US)

Richard Street Oscar® Winner	I wasn't impressed at all with Elfman's Planet Of The Apes score. Maybe a few more listens to the disc will change my mind, but I doubt it. My favourites this year have been Jurassic Park III, Don Davis Final Fantasy, Elliot Goldenthal The Mummy Returns, Alan Silvestri I haven't heard a lot of the others listed. NP: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (Elmer Bernstein)
posted 09-23-2001 12:44 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	Pearl Harbor. nobody else mentioned it.....
posted 09-23-2001 12:53 PM PT (US)

Hasta Oscar® Winner	......... for a reason
posted 09-23-2001 12:54 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	I'll mention it. Pearl Harbor. The score is one of the best this summer had to offer, despite the film itself (but this is true of almost every major film released to this moment of the year). The Others is also another one of the best of the year.
posted 09-23-2001 03:14 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	...So far, FINAL FANTASY and A.I. are the ones that turned me on, agree with Richard S, PLANET OF THE APES was a crock o'shite!...what a NOTHING score!
posted 09-23-2001 05:38 PM PT (US)

Richard Street Oscar® Winner	I didn't mention THE OTHERS, though I have the CD, because the film doesn't come out in the UK until the start of November. NP: SPEED (Mark Mancina)
posted 09-25-2001 12:51 PM PT (US)

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