Excellent choices! Better than any other awards group.
I think it is time people realise that Academy actually nominate some of the best scores of the year. The fact Yershon's "Mr. Turner" is on the list, means the composers are listening to film music and now what they vote!
My vote would go to Grand Budapest Hotel. No question. The rest are competent but unremarkable. They could be attached to any number of movies. Budapest is zippy, memorable, imaginatively orchestrated and uniquely stuck to that movie like glue.
My money is on Jóhannsson. I know a lot of people felt he missed out last year on "Prisoners."
I haven't heard any of the nominated scores so I guess I have some listening to do. Fortunately, most of them (with the exception of Budapest Hotel) are on Spotify.
Either Zimmer or Jóhannsson will get this (and probably the latter, considering his Golden Globe win).
Agreed. Desplat's scores will probably cancel each other out. Mr. Turner's a relatively low profile film (haven't even heard much about the score - any good?). I would give the edge to Johannsson, given the Golden Globes win and the whole Interstellar's-score-is-too-loud controversy, even though I would personally pick Zimmer as the winner.
Speaking of which, anyone surprised to see Interstellar nominated in the sound mixing category given the problems hearing the dialogue in many theatres (intentional or not)?
I'm happy for INTERSTELLAR and THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING -- both excellent scores. I hope INTERSTELLAR wins.
As for MR. TURNER, I found the score completely uninteresting. And I've hardly ever liked a Desplat score, these two being no exception. I just don't get what the big deal is with Desplat, nor will I ever, I think.
I project a Zimmer win (unfortunately) due to Desplat's voters cancelling each other out.
Unfortunate? I find the score wonderful, no matter the quality of the film. The more I listen, the more I love it. Desplat has never tripped my trigger ( aside from Hostage ).
Desplat just can't catch a break with these Oscar nominations; every year he delivers great scores and gets nominated but then something gets in the way of him of winning (in this case double nominations that will cancel each other out).
Am I crazy for wishing that Joel McNeely's "A Million Ways to Die in the West" would have scored a nomination? I don't think it would deserve to win, but a nomination would have recognized an honest-to-god throwback western score. I know the academy never recognizes anything about films that flop (and it flopped hard) but McNeely's score was a genuine delight.
not at all, good sir ! I tried... TRIED..to love that animated Guardians score that people went nuts for a few years back but just couldn't.