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 Posted:   Dec 16, 2018 - 11:18 PM   
 By:   itscorez   (Member)

Today we will be informed about the 15 scores that will be the finalists for the best score oscar final five.
I would like to know your predictions and your comments on the possible entries.
My final 15 are as follows:
1) FIRST MAN/Hurwitz
2) MARY POPPINS/Shaiman
3) BLACKKKLANSMAN/Blanchard
4) BLACK PANTHER/Goransson
5) QUIET PLACE/Beltrami
6) BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS/Burwell
7) BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE/Giacchino
8)MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS/Richter
9) HEREDITARY/Stetson
10)SUSPIRIA/Yorke
11) ISLE OF DOGS/Desplat
12) IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK/Britell
13) VICE/Britell
14) ON THE BASIS OF SEX/Danna
15) WELCOME TO MARWEN or READY PLAYER ONE/Silvestri

I won't be surprised if one of the scores for BOY ERASED/Bensi & Juriaans, THE WIFE/Pook and the Zimmer one will be included.
WELCOME TO MARWEN is going to be out in the cinemas on December 21st and i'm not sure if it has been submitted by the composer or the production company of the movie but i believe that a Silvestri score should be in the finalists after the great year the composer had in 2018.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 5:43 AM   
 By:   Ado   (Member)

throw a dart at the wall

otherwise, I think a current is favoring Shaiman's Poppins, for a few reasons

 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 8:12 AM   
 By:   Shaun Rutherford   (Member)

6) BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS/Burwell
This should have been disqualified, if it wasn't already. Too much pre-existing material adapted into the score.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 10:36 AM   
 By:   trados   (Member)

My bet (alphabetical order):

1) BLACK PANTHER/Goransson
2) BLACKKKLANSMAN/Blanchard
3) COLETTE/Ades
4) FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD/Newton Howard
5) FIRST MAN/Hurwitz
6) IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK/Britell
7) INCREDIBLES 2/Giacchino
8) ISLE OF DOGS/Desplat BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS/Burwell
9) MARY POPPINS RETURNS/Shaiman
10) MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS/Richter
11) QUIET PLACE/Beltrami
12) READY PLAYER ONE/Silvestri
13) SUSPIRIA/Yorke
14) THE SISTERS BROTHERS/Desplat
15) WIDOWS/Zimmer

Alternatives:
VICE/Brotell
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE/Greenwood

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 10:44 AM   
 By:   films1   (Member)

thread is misleading , why people feel the need to guess at these things is beyond me .

 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 10:47 AM   
 By:   Scott Bettencourt   (Member)

I posted my predictions at the end of last Friday's column (in alpha order):

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
First Man
Free Solo
If Beale Street Could Talk
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
On the Basis of Sex
A Quiet Place
Red Sparrow
The Sisters Brothers
Widows

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 11:51 AM   
 By:   itscorez   (Member)

thread is misleading , why people feel the need to guess at these things is beyond me .

Perhaps it's not the most mind provoking thread but oscars is a hot topic from December to March for thousands
of people...anyone is free to post his opinion and thoughts about the scores that he/she thinks might get the honor to be nominated for the academy award. It's not about posting a list per se.

 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 12:03 PM   
 By:   Scott Bettencourt   (Member)

thread is misleading , why people feel the need to guess at these things is beyond me .

Perhaps it's not the most mind provoking thread but oscars is a hot topic from December to March for thousands
of people...anyone is free to post his opinion and thoughts about the scores that he/she thinks might get the honor to be nominated for the academy award. It's not about posting a list per se.


I think the "misleading" part is that the thread is about predictions, not about the actual list (which I hope will be imminent).

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 12:04 PM   
 By:   Montana Dave   (Member)

thread is misleading , why people feel the need to guess at these things is beyond me .

Perhaps it's not the most mind provoking thread but oscars is a hot topic from December to March for thousands
of people...anyone is free to post his opinion and thoughts about the scores that he/she thinks might get the honor to be nominated for the academy award. It's not about posting a list per se.


No, itscorez, FILMS 1 is correct, your threads heading IS misleading. I also thought it was the actual shortlist from the academy, it is not. It is merely your wishes, if you were the ruller of Zardoz. And there's nothing wrong with a list of what you'd hope to be the shortlist, but you should state upfront: this is what I'd select.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 12:09 PM   
 By:   itscorez   (Member)

thread is misleading , why people feel the need to guess at these things is beyond me .

Perhaps it's not the most mind provoking thread but oscars is a hot topic from December to March for thousands
of people...anyone is free to post his opinion and thoughts about the scores that he/she thinks might get the honor to be nominated for the academy award. It's not about posting a list per se.


No, itscorez, FILMS 1 is correct, your threads heading IS misleading. I also thought it was the actual shortlist from the academy, it is not. It is merely your wishes, if you were the ruller of Zardoz. And there's nothing wrong with a list of what you'd hope to be the shortlist, but you should state upfront: this is what I'd select.


You are right...i just wanted to create a general topic about the score oscar with opinions and guesses. I dind't realize it would be such a problem.

 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 3:57 PM   
 By:   Scott Bettencourt   (Member)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Fifteen scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 91st Academy Awards®. One hundred fifty-six scores were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

“Annihilation”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Death of Stalin”
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
“First Man”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“A Quiet Place”
“Ready Player One”
“Vice”

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Fifteen songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 91st Academy Awards®. Ninety songs were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Treasure” from “Beautiful Boy”
“All The Stars” from “Black Panther”
“Revelation” from “Boy Erased”
“Girl In The Movies” from “Dumplin’”
“We Won’t Move” from “The Hate U Give”
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
“Trip A Little Light Fantastic” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
“Keep Reachin’” from “Quincy”
“I’ll Fight” from “RBG”
“A Place Called Slaughter Race” from “Ralph Breaks the Internet”
“OYAHYTT” from “Sorry to Bother You”
“Shallow” from “A Star Is Born”
“Suspirium” from “Suspiria”
“The Big Unknown” from “Widows”

https://www.oscars.org/oscars/91st-oscars-shortlists

 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 4:18 PM   
 By:   SBD   (Member)

Pulled clean out of my assistant's folder (may be a few too many letters there):

Original Score:
Black Panther - Ludwig Goransson
BlackkKlansman - Terence Blanchard
First Man - Justin Hurwitz
Isle of Dogs - Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns - Marc Shaiman

Original Song:
All the Stars - Black Panther
We Won't Move - The Hate U Give
The Place Where Lost Things Go - Mary Poppins Returns
A Place Called Slaughter Race - Ralph Breaks the Internet
Shallow - A Star is Born

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 5:49 PM   
 By:   townerbarry   (Member)

FROM THR. If you have written anything beyond this list....You Fail.



Finally, this was the first year of shortlists for best original score and best original song. Apart from Green Book, which was disqualified because it features too much pre-existing music, all of the best original score Critics' Choice nominees made the cut — Black Panther, First Man, If Beale Street Could Talk, Isle of Dogs and Mary Poppins Returns. Excepting Beale Street, those were also Golden Globe nominees, as was A Quiet Place, which also made the list of 15 here, as did Annihilation, Avengers: Infinity War, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee's longtime collaborator Terence Blanchard has never been Oscar-nominated), Crazy Rich Asians, The Death of Stalin, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Ready Player One and Vice.

 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 6:17 PM   
 By:   Chabudai Joe   (Member)

My Oscar Nominee Prediction


Frontrunners
“Black Panther” Ludwig Göransson
“BlacKkKlansman” Terence Blanchard
“Isle of Dogs” Alexandre Desplat
“Mary Poppins Returns” Marc Shaiman
“First Man” Justin Hurwitz


Contenders
“If Beale Street Could Talk” Nicholas Brittel
“Crazy Rich Asians” Brian Tyler
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” Carter Burwell
“A Quiet Place” Marco Beltrami
“Ready Player One” Alan Silvestri

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 17, 2018 - 7:06 PM   
 By:   Leorx   (Member)

Very weak year overall. I don't really have any favourites among the 15 mentioned scores.

My prediction however is the following 5:

“Black Panther” – Ludwig Goransson
Isle of Dogs - Alexandre Desplat
“First Man” – Justin Hurwitz
“If Beale Street Could Talk” – Nicholas Britell
“Mary Poppins Returns” – Marc Shaiman

With “BlacKkKlansman” – Terence Blanchard being a serious contender that could make it in.

I predict that If Beale Street Could Talk will win the Oscar.

The Big Unknown from Windows is easily my favourite song of all the mentioned ones, but it won't win (or maybe not even get nominated).

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 18, 2018 - 5:31 AM   
 By:   keky   (Member)

And the final shorlist:

Annihilation – Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury
Avengers: Infinity War – Alan Silvestri
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – Carter Burwell
Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson
BlacKkKlansman – Terence Blanchard
Crazy Rich Asians – Brian Tyler
The Death of Stalin – Christopher Willis
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – James Newton Howard
First Man – Justin Hurwitz
If Beale Street Could Talk – Nicholas Britell
Isle of Dogs – Alexandre Desplat
Mary Poppins Returns – Marc Shaiman
A Quiet Placel – Marco Beltrami
Ready Player One – Alan Silvestri
Vice – Nicholas Britell

Better than expected. Nice to see Ready Player One and The Death of Stalin on the list.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 18, 2018 - 1:07 PM   
 By:   trados   (Member)

oscar shorlist for best score


 
 
 Posted:   Dec 18, 2018 - 1:35 PM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

What an incredibly boring list. Not a single one will make it into my own top 10, although READY PLAYER ONE is close. MARY POPPINS is also ok-ish, and A QUIET PLACE was great in the movie itself; less so on album.

 
 Posted:   Dec 18, 2018 - 1:37 PM   
 By:   SchiffyM   (Member)

A QUIET PLACE was great in the movie itself; less so on album.

If Thor were here, he would point out that the Oscars are awarded for music as part of a film, not an album.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 18, 2018 - 1:44 PM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Yeah, I know, I know. But I'm personally always evaluating listenability as well; my own list of the year combines the two.

 
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