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Oscar Nominee Scores Reviewed!

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As you are all aware by now, the Oscar has been given to [...]

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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 [...]

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Original Score Nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards

One surprise at this year’s Oscar nominations for best score: The Hurt Locker by Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders. The rest were no-brainers, although I wouldn’t mind seeing some more surprises. Here are the nominees in full:
Music (Original Score)

“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans [...]

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Up Wins Best Score at the Grammy Awards

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* [...]

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IFMCA 2009 Nominees For Best Score Announced!

Awesome! Love the International Film Music Critics Awards, simply because it is the best award “show” only for film music. Here are this year’s nominees:
FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
• AVATAR, music by James Horner • DRAG ME TO HELL, music by Christopher Young • STAR TREK, music by Michael Giacchino • THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW [...]

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