Oscar Nominee Scores Reviewed!

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As you are all aware by now, the Oscar has been given to UP by Michael Giacchino on Sunday. I thought it would be nice to do a roundup of the oscar nominee scores we have reviewed. There’s only one missing: Fantastic Mr. Fox by Alexandre Desplat.

Here are the reviews of the 4 other nominees including the winner UP.

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Surprise! Up by Michael Giacchino Wins an Oscar

Ok, maybe not a surprise, in fact it’s probably one of the least surprising wins ever. I knew it would win and it did. I think you all know my sentiments on that if you listened to the Oscore Noms podcast a couple of weeks ago.

Congratulations to Michael Giacchino are in order for winning Best Score. Although it was expected, it wasn’t an easy feat. He has aloready won everything there is to win so far this year and the Academy Award is the biggest. Here is his acceptance speech:

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Who Wants a 3 Disc Complete Avatar Score? I Do! *SOLD*

UPDATE!

The auction is now over and it was sold for… *drumroll* US $3,060.00! Congratulations to the buyer, but who paid that much for this? Seriously! James Horner, it was you… wasn’t it?

UPDATE 2!

It has leaked already. That’s right. It’s downloadable right now. Here is the tracklist:

CD1:
1. ‘You Don’t Dream in Cryo” (6:27)
2. Quaritch Speech (2:04)
3. First Look (1:46)
4. Real Legs? (:31)
5. Jake Enters His Avatar World (5:49)
6. Into The Na’vi World (:54)
7. Thanator Chase 1 (2:03)
8. Thanator Chase 2 (3:27)
9. Pure Spirits of the Forest (4:19)
10. Jake Meets The Na’vi (10:42)
11. Na’vi Hometree Chant (:19)
12. Na’vi Hometree Chant 2 (:13)
13. Jake Sleeps (1:03)
14. The Plan (1:16)
15. The Plan (from cue 4M1) (:40)
16. The Village / Jake’s First Ride (2:11)
17. The Floating Mountains (End) (2:07)
18. The Floating Mountains (Middle 1) (1:09)
19. The Floating Mountains (Start) (1:50)
20. Becoming One of “The People” (3:16)
21. Night Iridescence (2:08)

CD2:
1. Climbing Up Iknimaya (3:00)
2. Jake’s First Flight (6:34)
3. Intro (:37)
4. Great Leonoptryx (2: 41)
5. A Man of My Word (1:11)
6. Mated For Life (4:36)
7. Scorched Earth (3:39)
8. Quaritch Pulls The Plug (3:40)
9. No Reasoning (3:24)
10. Quaritch Speech (from cue 1M4) (1:03)
11. Quaritch (4:37)
12. The Destruction of Hometree (7:10)
13. Shutting Down Grace’s Lab (2:57)
14. Escape From Hell’s Gate (3:19)
15. Help for Grace (2:26)
16. Bonding with Leonoptryx (1:39)
17. Funeral Chant (:33)
18. Prayers for Grace (2:55)
19. Grace’s Death (2:21)
20. Gathering all the Na’vi Clans for Battle (5:01)
21. Quaritch Takes Over (1:31)

CD3:
1. Battle Plan (1:22)
2. Jake Prays to Eywa (1:52)
3. War (9:19)
4. The Battle Continues (1:26)
5. Quaritch Down (5:10)
6. Fight To The Death (4:58)
7. A New Beginning (3:33)
8. Jake’s First Flight (End credit edit) (1:59)
9. Gathering All The Na’vi Clans (End credit edit) (1:33)

I had to put it up here for you all to see. 3 Discs of score from Avatar by James Horner. Over 2 hours of music! This can be yours for oh… I don’t know, 500 bucks?

Yes indeedy, sources say this For Your Consideration promo is indeed legit and it is now for sale on eBay.

Now if I was a rich man… you know how it goes. I’d snap this out faster than you can say “4-note motif” and lisgten to it until my ears fall off. I’m guessing (rather hoping) that this will hit the internet soon.

Anyway if you want this gem, you have 4 more days to bid on this thing. Current high bid is $202.50 at the time of writing.

Go fetch!

Soundtrack Review: She, A Chinese (2010)

Movie Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the motion picture score: She, A Chinese by John Parish.

“She, A Chinese isn’t your average Hollywood score.”

She, A Chinese is an indie movie written and directed by Xiaolu Guo and starring Lu Huang as the main character Li Mei. It is the story of a young woman who escapes from he Chinese Village to travel West, and I mean West, like London West. However she is not long in paradise as entrapment is very much the case in London as well. A limited release all over and not scheduled for USA as of yet this movie might be hard to come by but it has already won a few prices at Hamburg Film Festival for Best Screenplay and a Golden Leopard at Locarno International Film Festival. The soundtrack is being released by Dreamboat Records and the composer is John Parish.

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Soundtrack Review: Leap Year (2010)

Movie Soundtrack Review: This is a review of the motion picture score Leap Year by Randy Edelman.

“The Irish tones are unmistakable, but there’s a lot more to Leap Year.”

Leap Year: A year containing an extra day in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. That means February has 29 days instead of 28 this year. It only happens once every 4 years. The movie is set in Ireland as the main character, played by Amy Adams, is set to propose to her man on February 29. Of course things don’t go as planned and she is hurdled across Ireland in a funny and romantic comedy. Randy Edelman is the composer and with the Irish roots we should expect something great.
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