• A Beautiful Mind
  James Horner, composer (James Horner)

• Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
  John Williams, composer (John Williams)

• The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring
  Howard Shore, composer (Howard Shore)

• Monsters, Inc.
  Randy Newman, composer (Randy Newman)

• Spider-Man
  Danny Elfman, composer (Danny Elfman)
  

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names
appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• "Hero"
  Chad Kroeger, songwriter (Chad Kroeger Featuring Josey Scott)
  Track from: Spider-Man

• "If I Didn't Have You"
  Randy Newman, songwriter (Randy Newman)
  Track from: Monsters, Inc.

• "Love Of My Life - An Ode To Hip Hop"
  Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Rashid Lonnie Lynn, Robert Ozuna, James Poyser, Raphael Saadiq & Glen Standridge, songwriters (Erykah Badu Featuring Common)
  Track from: Brown Sugar

• "May It Be"
  Enya & Roma Ryan, songwriters (Enya)
  Track from: The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring

• "Vanilla Sky"
  Paul McCartney, songwriter (Paul McCartney)
  Track from: Vanilla Sky
  

Best Instrumental Composition
(A Composer's Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Hedwig's Theme
  John Williams, composer (John Williams)
  Track from: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone - Soundtrack

• Inspiration
  Kenny Werner, composer (Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner)
  Track from: Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner

• The Ride Of The Doors
  Randy Newman, composer (Randy Newman)
  Track from: Monsters, Inc. - Soundtrack

• Signs - Main Titles
  James Newton Howard, composer (James Newton Howard)
  Track from: Signs - Score Soundtrack

• Six Feet Under Title Theme
  Thomas Newman, composer (Thomas Newman)
  Track from: Six Feet Under - Music From The HBO Original Series (Various Artists)
  

Hope JNH wins for Signs.
What's with Monsters Inc. this year?

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Originally posted by jonathan_little:
"Ride of the Doors" from Monsters, Inc.?! Come on, that's a fine cue in the film, but hardly holds up outside of the movie. They could have nominated Jerry's "Clear the Stadium" from Sum of All Fears if they're going to nominate crap like that.

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Or "The Mission". I heard this track on the recent Paramount Scores compilation and it was so beautiful, I'm gonna get the CD (which is an event, in this case; I gave up buying CDs to movies I've never seen long ago).

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Originally posted by little_john:
What timeframe are these nominations covering, anyway? I thought we had said goodbye to that damned A Beautiful Mind forever.

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Apparently, November 2001 (Monsters, Inc.) - October 2002 (Brown Sugar).

While not a terrible score by any means,in my opinion,Horner's A Beautiful Mind was certainly one of his most derivative.Yet NARAS saw fit to nominate that score.

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
Best Song - dunno. But next year's Grammy must go to Shore for Gollum's Song

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I hope Gollum's Song gets nominated for an oscar just so we can see it performed by Torrisi and Orchestra.

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Originally posted by workaluk:
~WHEN YOU JERKS FIND A SOUNDTRACK BETTER THEN BRAVEHEART OR TITANIC,YOU CAN SAY ALL YOU WANT ABOUT HORNER.....
BUT SINCE THERE IS NONE.SHUT UP..................................

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How about GONE WITH THE WIND or LAWRENCE OF ARABIA or (etc. etc. etc.)

Workaluk, we know you're new to the board, but that's no excuse for your attitude.

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  
• The Fellowship of the Ring
  
• Monsters, Inc.

Like you already saw i'm a big fan and the excuses that they give to make a joke,are at least common to every other composer.....

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by workaluk:
I'm sorry if i offended anyone,but every time a new post appears,it seems that everyone likes to make a joke about James Horner's scores.

Like you already saw i'm a big fan and the excuses that they give to make a joke,are at least common to every other composer.....
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Ahh...welcome to the site (and community) where the two most frequently bashed composers are unquestionably Hans Zimmer (I guess you can throw in anyone else from Media Ventures as well) and James Horner. The avant garde fans tend to have a field day with them whenever they are the topics of discussion.... The bottom line is, you like what you like. That's pretty much all there is to it. If you are going to argue with them, at least do it with some thought. Just don't get personal about it. Insult after insult is pretty mindless.

The Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Best Song
Die Another Day - 'Die Another Day'
Father and Daughter - 'The Wild Thornberrys'
Gollum's Song - 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Fran Walsh (lyrics) and Howard Shore (music)*
Hero - 'Spider-Man'
Lose Yourself - '8 Mile'

Best Score
Catch Me If You Can
Far From Heaven – Elmer Bernstein, Max Lichtenstein*
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Punch Drunk Love
Road to Perdition

I don't really remember it, but then again I didn't remember much of "May It Be" three weeks after watching "Fellowship." Now I practically know that one by heart since it was nominated for an Oscar (I have the show on tape and always watch Enya).

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Though Braveheart is unquestionably my favorite soundtrack. But then again, haven't heard all the soundtracks out there, so I can't say it's the best. Its true the Horner gets alot of bashing here, and perhaps it is a little overboard, but he is prone to cloning music. When he is able to get origonal, though, he can create some fantastic work.