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Oscar Nominees 2015 (Part 6 of 6): Prediction, Best Original Score

Film Music Notes Posted on February 20, 2015 by Mark RichardsFebruary 20, 2015

While predicting the future is something we can only dream of, I have always found that digging into the past reveals recurring patterns that tend to point in a particular direction. Even so, with this year’s Oscar race for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Desplat, Gary Yershon, Hans Zimmer, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Oscars | 7 Replies

Oscar Nominees 2015, Best Original Score (Part 2 of 6): Alexandre Desplat’s The Imitation Game

Film Music Notes Posted on January 29, 2015 by Mark RichardsFebruary 14, 2019

In addition to earning two Oscar nominations in 2014, Alexandre Desplat managed to score some of the year’s biggest box-office successes as all five of the films he scored ranked within the top fifty-five. These include The Grand Budapest Hotel, … Continue reading →

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Oscar Nominees 2015, Best Original Score (Part 1 of 6): Alexandre Desplat’s The Grand Budapest Hotel

Film Music Notes Posted on January 21, 2015 by Mark RichardsAugust 28, 2017

2014 was another busy year for Alexandre Desplat, who scored a total of five films released that year, of which both The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Imitation Game have been nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Score. The … Continue reading →

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Oscar Nominees 2014 (Part 6 of 6): Prediction, Best Original Score

Film Music Notes Posted on March 2, 2014 by Mark RichardsMarch 2, 2014

          All five of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Original Score have something obvious going for them. The score for Gravity is for one of the year’s biggest blockbusters, that for Her has sentimental appeal, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Desplat, John Williams, Oscars, Steven Price, Thomas Newman | 7 Replies

Oscar Nominees 2014, Best Original Score (Part 3 of 6): Alexandre Desplat’s Philomena

Film Music Notes Posted on February 11, 2014 by Mark RichardsNovember 17, 2014

2013 was a relatively quiet year for Alexandre Desplat, at least by the composer’s industrious standard, scoring three films as opposed to the seven of the previous two years. Nevertheless, he has managed to earn his seventh Oscar nomination for … Continue reading →

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Oscar Prediction 2013: Best Original Score

Film Music Notes Posted on February 21, 2013 by Mark RichardsApril 19, 2013

        This is the last in a series of six posts on the 2013 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score. I have already parsed each of the five nominated scores in some detail in my previous posts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Desplat, Dario Marianelli, John Williams, Mychael Danna, Oscars, Thomas Newman | 1 Reply

Oscar Nominees 2013: Alexandre Desplat’s Score for Argo

Film Music Notes Posted on January 29, 2013 by Mark RichardsJuly 20, 2013

This is the first in a series of six posts on the 2013 Oscar nominees for Best Original Score. The first five posts will discuss each of the nominees individually, and the sixth post will give my prediction for the … Continue reading →

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