Up Wins Best Score at the Grammy Awards
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The unstoppable force that is UP won the Grammy Awards last night, who would have thought it? By the way, that was an attempt of irony. Michael Giacchino is three for three with already having won Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globe Awards earlier this year.
Here are the nominees in full:
* Up by Michael Giacchino
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Alexandre Desplat
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by Nicholas Hooper
* Milk by Danny Elfman
* Star Trek by Michael Giacchino
We congratulate Michael Giacchino yet again!
Source: Grammy.com
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The main melody of the movie “Up” sounds like a COPY (albeit a beautiful and embellished copy) of the song “Sabda Alam” which was popular in Indonesia in the 70’s.
Seriously! Listen to this midi
http://www.mobidest.com/node/1201
If you play it at 1.5 speed it is spot on in the main melody part! My husband, who was born in Indonesia, and I both enjoyed the movie, but afterward he said, “I feel like I’ve heard the song before…” and realized he was singing along with it. It was so popular that there were even spin-off versions poking fun at it over the years. You can also utube it for yourself.
I love the music, but think the original artists should be recognized!…specially when the soundtrack and song “Married Life” won Golden Globe and Grammy Awards for Giacchino. Next up the Academy’s… What do you think?
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Jorn Tillnes Reply:
February 2nd, 2010 at 5:12 am
You are of course right, they are pretty much the same. I asked my wife, who is Indonesian, and she recognized it right away. I wonder though… what are the chances that Michael Giacchino has listened to this 70s Indonesia song? Or maybe he created a song that sounds the same by coincidence? It’s certainly interesting and funny if true, but it goes to show what I have been saying all along, composers copy from other artists or themselves either they want/mean it or not. Of course I expect the people who accuse James Horner for this will keep very quiet
If Giacchino blatantly knew about this song, I certainly hope some credit goes to the original composer.
Thanks for the find! I truly enjoyed this.
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