2009 Oscar Nominated Music / Upcoming Score Notables
List of and linked Oscar nominated scores and songs, plus new and upcoming notable soundtrack releases…
Category: FILM MUSIC
Try Harder
Editor’s Blog and blather on the failings of Bruce Willis’ latest film, Surrogates (2009), plus a review of the film, the score, and an interview with composer Richard Marvin…
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid)
The confusions within Christian Alvart’s Pandorum, a relatively bloodless Whiteout, and Jerry Goldsmith’s Innerspace…
John Woo’s Redemption
After languishing in Hollywood for several years, John Woo’s finally redeemed himself by tackling an expansive historical epic in Chinese. In Asia, Red Cliff was released in two parts – the first in 2009, the second a year later – and then on DVD and Blu-ray, while the rest of the world was apparently offered a shorter cut fashioned by the producers (including Woo) to keep the length and ‘all that unfamiliar cultural material’ to a minimum, and leaving the big battle scenes as highlights…
And so begins another year
Rather than dole out a best-of list of this and that, I thought I’d use the holiday time to finish up a number of reviews that should’ve been done with ages ago, and start work on some peripheral projects that have been in the planning stages for some time…
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