If he does get another Oscar, it may have to be for lifetime achievment, because as much as I admire his work his last three scores have not been his best work.

They weren't bad, but there were better out there.

He really needs a memorable score if he wants another gold statue. Further, it can't be just a great score, it has to be for a film that will draw the attention of the academy. Jerry Goldsmith's track record is not good in this regard.

I'm afraid that I have to put Elmer Bernstein in the same boat as Jerry Goldsmith. His scores lately have been nothing to get terribly excited about.

Ennio Morricone though has had some excellant scores in the past few years and even got nominated for Malena. As much as I admire Tan Dun's work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon I thought Malena was better. I really thought he should have won for Legend of 1900 in 98, but he wasn't even nominated!

The Oscars® don't have an ear for film music (in my opinion) so I don't follow them. To receive one would be a nice ego booster for the composer, but other than that... *shrug*

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Originally posted by John Zimmer:
Yeah he should win some more....but not this year Williams has got it!!

Jz

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I wouldn't count on it. No bad reflection on Williams' work this year. It's just that his scores this year seem like long shots. The Academy might view Potter as yet another handsome but by-the-numbers Williams fantasy score (remember, they completely ignored Phantom Menace) and A. I. may be too esoteric for them to appreciate.

The score Oscar will likely go to some exotic or period score.

More to the topic, though. Goldsmith should have at least 4 or 5 Oscars if the things were based on any genuine measure of excellence.

Are you telling me that if Goldsmith was nominated for Last Castle that you wouldn’t be ecstatic, especially if he won?

Personally, if he got a Lifetime Achievement award, I think that it would be fitting. How many composers deserve it more? Truly, his award would be for a lifetime of accomplishment and innovation. Certainly, he should receive something like this while he is living and can enjoy the appreciation he deserves.

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Originally posted by Graham Watt:
Thankfully, memories are short for crap like awards, and true genius will last, oblivious to the annual circus.

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- Hanzimer won an Oscar for BEST SCORE
- Roberto BenignO won an Oscar for BEST ACTOR
- Gwenieth Platrhow won an Oscar for BEST ACTRESS
- Mel Gigson won an Oscar for BEST DIRECTOR

The same goes for The Last Castle. If the Academy nominated him for that effort and he won, I'd be satisfied. It's a score that ranks with his very, very finest.

However, something has me thinking that, someday, the Academy will recognize Goldsmith with a lifetime achievement award, in which case another singular win would hurt his chances. In all honesty, if I had to choose [and I think it's accurate to say that I would have to do so], I'd rather see him get the lifetime achievement award--because that's what he really deserves to win. His career is much more substantial than a handful of should-have-been-Oscar-winning-scores, anyway. [Frankly, I'm not as bothered by the fact that he does not have more wins as I am that he has not received more nominations. There's where he's really under-represented, in my estimation.] Virtually year-in and year-out, the composer has represented excellence and genius at Hollywood's most sophisticated and thoughtful level. In short, he's lived a life worthy of notice. Let's hope that influential people see that.

In the end, though, no matter what happens, it is always better for everyone to think that he was under-appreciated than over-appreciated. If he never wins another Oscar, I'd say he's in pretty good company in the won-one-or-less club.

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Originally posted by Bulldog:
[B]Yeah, 'Round Midnight was nothing short of the most spectacular Oscar embarrassment ever. Hoosiers deserved that God-damn statue.

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I think The Mission deserved it more.

HAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

....why THE MISSION didn't win is beyond me?!...as was the Academy's decision that Dexter Gordon's beautiful sax playing was written specially for the film?!...how much Herbie Hancock score was there anyway??

Dammit! Morricone should have won for THE MISSION which to this day is still one of the greatest and most beautiful scores ever written!

The Academy will probably feel guilty one day and give Morricone one of those 'sorry we didn't give you one when you deserved it' Oscars like they did to Alex North!

Morricone's score is the soul of THE MISSION and brings the movie to even a higher level of importance and relevance.

Mewwy Chwistmas!

Hancock's Round Midnight was an ADAPTATION at best yet it beat out superior original scores in the ORIGINAL SCORE category.

And more recenty it took over 5 years for them to realize that Menkin's MUSICALS (the Academy members, like most everyone else, are suckers for songs) for Disney were robbing other great scores in the SCORE category.

Score Oscars should be awarded to works because they enhance the films they accompany; by the level and significance of how well they serve to communicate pictures' messages. Rarely, if ever, has a score been as brilliant as Hoosiers in this regard. The fact remains from my accidental double post (sorry) that Goldsmith, as Franklin Schaffner noted, "has no peer" in regard to "the blending of music and dramatic content."

But I also think that Hoosiers contains wonderful music, as rich and rewarding to listen to now as when I first did in 1987. It is just my opinion, but, musically, I believe it is the work of a genius at the top of his craft.

Here's the important part--dramatically, there's no question.