The International Film Music Critics Association announces the winners of its seventh annual awards for excellence in musical scoring in 2010 Film Score of the Year: John Powell, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Best Score for an Animated Film: John Powell, HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Best Score for a Drama Film: Alexandre Desplat, THE KING’S SPEECH Best Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller...
Collider has the disappointing news that the Academy’s unpredictable music branch has disqualified this year’s scores from three top composers: Carter Burwell, Michael Brook and Clint Mansell. [Mansell's] work for Darren Aronofsky‚Äôs Black Swan has been deemed ineligible for Oscar consideration due to its usage of music from Tchaikovsky‚Äôs Swan Lake… According...
There are a few songs to keep in mind for this year, although this is a very bizarre category, along with Doc Feature and Foreign Film that is almost impossible to guess correctly. Their picks are usually kind of wacky – like snubbing Bruce Springsteen for The Wrestler song…. This list was sent to me by a publicist but I think it’s a pretty good compilation....
A few weeks ago reader jennybee sent me a link to this incredible look inside Inception composer Hans Zimmer’s lavish creative lair. These vignettes are from a beautiful site called Stuck In Customs, devoted to HDR photography (High Dynamic Range imaging that adjusts the contrast of shots to achieve the full spectrum of light and color perceived by the human eye,...