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franz_conrad Standard Userer	The LA winner... Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil and The Queen Runner-up: Thomas Newman, The Good German and Little Children http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/lafca.html Look forward to hearing the three scores there I haven't heard, and seeing all four films. The NY Online Film Critics Assoc. winner... Philip Glass, The Illusionist Looking forward to seeing this music in the context of the film. http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/2007/critic_awards/NYOFC.html Congrats to both composers. Nice to see some real film composers taking critic awards (though the critic associations are usually pretty good - HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE last year).
posted 12-10-2006 05:36 PM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	These are all great choices (though I prefer Glass' score for the IMAX film Roving Mars over The Illusionist. I'd like to see Desplat recognized again this year at the Oscars. I'm still pretty upset about Gustavo Santaolalla's win last year. Hopefully the Academy gets back to their rules and allows a gifted composer to win this year. I'm looking forward to John Taverner's Children of Men and hopefully the Academy might consider Arnold's score for Casino Royale amongst the best of the year.
posted 12-10-2006 08:54 PM PT (US)

Turkish Non-Standard Userer	Second that CASINO ROYALE Nom. I'd also love to see Mansell and Kronos Quartet's THE FOUNTAIN in there, as well.
posted 12-11-2006 08:45 AM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	I'd like to see Mansell and the players honored for The Fountain as well considering it's also one of my favorites this year. But something tells me not to hold my breath because of the lack of critical steam the film has garnered. It's a shame also because it's a marvellous film technically. The visual effects alone are worth a nod because of the ingenuity of the all as well as the fact that many of them are actual special effects achieved through chemical reactions. Although this year has been sort of void of a huge effects-driven spectacle I'm sure it will be an interesting show-down. Hopefully, Superman Returns' effects team get their due with a nod as well. As for score, I'm placing my money on Desplat for perhaps both The Painted Veil and The Queen, Newman for The Good German (you just can't deny a classic Golden Age-inspired score), Horner for All the King's Men (trust me on this terrible choice), and Glass for The Illusionist. I'm hoping they might consider Arnold's Casino Royale, Mansell's The Fountain, Howard Shore's The Departed, Patrick Doyle's Eragon (seriously, give Doyle some due), David Julyan's The Prestige, Alberto Iglesias' Volver, and John Taverner's Children of Men.
posted 12-11-2006 09:12 AM PT (US)

franz_conrad Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by nuts_score: *John Taverner's Children of Men.* This one isn't really a score. It feels more like a music editor cutting up bit of a pre-composed piece. There is one strong standout scene, but I imagine with the heavy use of alternative rock (King Crimson, Alphex Twin, Radiohead, others) and some other classical excerpts (Penderecki being the most striking), this one won't be eligible.
posted 12-11-2006 12:46 PM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	It sounds as though Children of Men has a very diverse score. Cuaron did the same with Great Expectations and developed a great form between Doyle's score and the various music by other artists. I'm still very much looking forward to the film. After it, Pan's Labirynth and Rocky Balboa, my 2006 is as good as over. That is, unless Letters from Iwo Jima gets a better response than the tepid Flags of our Fathers. It, too, won the L.A. Critics Award and I'm now feeling that the Academy is going to set their West Coast bias straight on Eastwood again.
posted 12-11-2006 01:19 PM PT (US)

franz_conrad Standard Userer	Another interesting set of nominations... from the Broadcast Film Critics Association... Best Composer Phillip Glass The Illusionist Clint Mansell The Fountain Thomas Newman The Good German Gustavo Santaolalla Babel Howard Shore The Departed Hans Zimmer The Da Vinci Code
posted 12-12-2006 03:17 PM PT (US)

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