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Post by JangoB on Dec 25, 2023 15:24:09 GMT
What's your predicted five?
Mine is (in order of likelihood):
1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Poor Things
4. The Boy and the Heron
5. The Zone of Interest
Not too sure about anything aside from the top 3 but I really feel that Hisaishi can pull this off. Or maybe the branch does its typical thing and gives the bottom two slots to John Williams and Thomas Newman. Wouldn't be surprised by American Symphony here too.
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Post by Brother Fease on Dec 25, 2023 15:43:26 GMT
Going with Spidey, Zone, Oppy, Flowers, and Poor. I wouldn't be surprised if American Sympathy gets in for Score and Song.
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Post by wilcinema on Dec 25, 2023 17:47:34 GMT
What's your predicted five? Mine is (in order of likelihood): 1. Oppenheimer 2. Killers of the Flower Moon 3. Poor Things 4. The Boy and the Heron 5. The Zone of Interest Not too sure about anything aside from the top 3 but I really feel that Hisaishi can pull this off. Or maybe the branch does its typical thing and gives the bottom two slots to John Williams and Thomas Newman. Wouldn't be surprised by American Symphony here too. I have the same five. |
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Post by stephen on Dec 25, 2023 17:51:32 GMT
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
It seems weird not to predict John Williams, but Dial of Destiny had no cultural footprint and I do think that there's enough strength for all of these candidates that we might see a Williams-less year.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Dec 25, 2023 18:07:24 GMT
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of InterestIt seems weird not to predict John Williams, but Dial of Destiny had no cultural footprint and I do think that there's enough strength for all of these candidates that we might see a Williams-less year. Williams missed for Crystal Skull, so there’s also precedent for him not getting nominated for a tepidly received Indiana Jones film too. |
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Dec 25, 2023 18:34:43 GMT
NGNG:
The Boy and the Heron
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
The Zone of Interest
I know Killers has momentum, but something’s gotta go for Spidey. (Would two animated movies actually make it in the mix? I don’t know, but there’s the fun.)
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Post by mhynson27 on Dec 26, 2023 3:51:39 GMT
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
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Post by DanQuixote on Dec 26, 2023 11:47:30 GMT
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
I feel like one of the stalwarts (Giacchino, Newman) will replace one of the cooler choices (Levi, Hisaishi) in the end though.
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Post by wonky on Dec 26, 2023 20:22:57 GMT
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of InterestIt seems weird not to predict John Williams, but Dial of Destiny had no cultural footprint and I do think that there's enough strength for all of these candidates that we might see a Williams-less year. Williams missed for Crystal Skull, so there’s also precedent for him not getting nominated for a tepidly received Indiana Jones film too. And the last time they skipped him was The BFG, another forgettable summer movie. I think it's the closest thing he has to an Achilles heel with the music branch...before those you gotta jump back to 1992 where he went nomless for Far and Away (boring summer release) and Home Alone 2 (derivative sequel) |
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Post by JangoB on Dec 26, 2023 21:09:01 GMT
Williams missed for Crystal Skull, so there’s also precedent for him not getting nominated for a tepidly received Indiana Jones film too. And the last time they skipped him was The BFG, another forgettable summer movie. I think it's the closest thing he has to an Achilles heel with the music branch...before those you gotta jump back to 1992 where he went nomless for Far and Away (boring summer release) and Home Alone 2 (derivative sequel) Plus last year he had the whole "it's his last score!" element with The Fabelmans. Nothing like that with this one. |
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Post by JangoB on Jan 14, 2024 22:23:26 GMT
I've just read that Mica Levi's score for The Zone of Interest is only 14 minutes long and that 10 of those are the movie's opening and closing. And apparently it's a pretty experimental one, more in the "sound design" realm. That doesn't sound like something this branch'll go for. Dropping it, at least for now.
And while thinking about its replacement, I've read the synopsys of American Symphony and... yeah, I think it can become the first doc in a long time to get a nomination here. It's literally about Jon Batiste (an Oscar winner and a very respected figure in the world of music) composing a symphony while his wife is treated for cancer. Now, I haven't seen it so I don't know how much music is there, and maybe it's an offbeat prediction, but I can easily imagine the branch embracing something like this. Or maybe the answer's easier and they'll just go with Thomas Newman or John Williams. Anyway, my updated prediction is:
1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Poor Things
4. The Boy and the Heron
5. American Symphony
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jan 19, 2024 6:20:05 GMT
final answer
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jan 19, 2024 16:02:04 GMT
The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jan 22, 2024 18:15:17 GMT
The Boy and the Heron Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse this exact lineup. I just don’t see how Spider-Verse doesn’t make it in |
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Post by stephen on Jan 22, 2024 18:17:29 GMT
The Boy and the Heron Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse this exact lineup. I just don’t see how Spider-Verse doesn’t make it in John Williams inertia could easily knock it out. |
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jan 22, 2024 20:42:38 GMT
this exact lineup. I just don’t see how Spider-Verse doesn’t make it in John Williams inertia could easily knock it out. As much as I love his Dial of Destiny work (probably more than most), I think it gets blanked outside of VFX. Even The Book Thief had a prime November release. |
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Post by stephen on Jan 22, 2024 20:56:19 GMT
John Williams inertia could easily knock it out. As much as I love his Dial of Destiny work (probably more than most), I think it gets blanked outside of VFX. Even The Book Thief had a prime November release. I think in some way, that likely VFX nod probably guarantees Williams gets in over the hump, like Crystal Skull did. I'd feel a lot more confident in him missing if the film were going to blank everywhere else. |
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Post by finniussnrub on Jan 22, 2024 21:08:08 GMT
As much as I love his Dial of Destiny work (probably more than most), I think it gets blanked outside of VFX. Even The Book Thief had a prime November release. I think in some way, that likely VFX nod probably guarantees Williams gets in over the hump, like Crystal Skull did. I'd feel a lot more confident in him missing if the film were going to blank everywhere else. Williams "missed" for Crystal Skull. |
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Post by stephen on Jan 22, 2024 21:15:56 GMT
I think in some way, that likely VFX nod probably guarantees Williams gets in over the hump, like Crystal Skull did. I'd feel a lot more confident in him missing if the film were going to blank everywhere else. Williams "missed" for Crystal Skull. Oh did he? Well forget what I said. Still, I think it's hard to bet against Williams because he's got so goddamn many nods. |
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Post by finniussnrub on Jan 22, 2024 21:23:03 GMT
Williams "missed" for Crystal Skull. Oh did he? Well forget what I said. Still, I think it's hard to bet against Williams because he's got so goddamn many nods. I concur it's hard to bet against him, but it is notable that his last return to Indiana was one of the few times he missed. And Defiance was the "fifth" nominee that year, so they very easily could've done the lazy name check and chose not to. |
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