So who else is mad about the Academy's decisions in the music category?

I sure am. WALL-E and Milk have frankly two of the most colorful and unique scores I've heard in years and the fact that they can be beaten out by Slumdog's score for the sole reason that it sounds "exotic" makes me pretty bitter. After sampling all the nominated scores, I can safely say that in my opinion, Slumdog was probably the least of the nominees (though certainly not bad in an objective sense). I didn't really care whether it was Elfman or Newman who took home the score, but I really feel like they both got hugely ripped off tonight. Thoughts?

Max

WALL-E SHOULD'VE WON.

If not that, then definitely Alexandre Desplat's beautiful score for the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Slumdog's music wasn't that great.

slumdog wasn't that great movie at all...

Slumdog should have been automatically disqualified from winning the best music award just because of the one recurring theme that plays every time he and that girl were reunited. Because the chord progression was CM-Am-FM-GM, which is heart and soul, and every time it played i wanted to go vomit.

Aweful choice. They just gave it away without consideration as to what an actual "original score" was. The Slumdog score was one of the worst most blatant pieces of trash scores I've heard in a move in a long time. Wall-E or Defiance I think should have won. But, oh well.

Once again agreeing. WALL_E's score was absolutely beautiful and fit the movie so perfectly. Elfman is a genius as well (although I've yet to see Milk), I would've been very happy with either of them winning the award, but the Slumdog score just seemed underwhelming, but I guess it was the year of Slumdog.

*giggles*

I love how this shows YC's slight disposition towards film/game music.

Instant, disgruntled thread about the Oscars.....whilst the Grammys didn't even make a ripple.

;)

That said, I haven't seen Slumdog Millionaire, but suspect the music is pretty good...it won an oscar, after all.

I haven't seen Slumdog.

What I remember from Wall-E, the music was okay. The best stuff was from Hello Dolly, and that wasn't original to Wall-E, so....

Yeah. Wall-E was mostly a rip off from Hello Dolly. The underscores were not that original.

Instant, disgruntled thread about the Oscars.....whilst the Grammys didn't even make a ripple.

Incidentally, I think Michael Gandolfi should have won best classical composition but that's just because he was my teacher last semester :)

Wall-E was mostly a rip off from Hello Dolly. The underscores were not that original.

Oh my god, Newman uses extended tertian chords which are a part of his tonal language anyway, it MUST be ripped off ENTIRELY from Hello Dolly. Ugh. I defy you to actually listen to the score CD and then say that to my face. "Foreign Contaminant" would be a good point of departure, but either of the main robots' themes would also be fine. I've said this before, but once again, it would be wonderful if you'd offer up some actual backup to your sweeping generalizations.

You expect

a MOVIE AWARDS PROGRAM

to have anything meaningful insofar as a technical field like soundtrack composition.

Would you take industry advice from the "Best Mixer" category? Or would you listen to a trade magazine? Carry the same logic to music.

It all seems very political to me

They're just deaf.

lol, in modern-day context, once a film hits ultimate success, so does its soundtrack (regardless thrash or not), though i agree there is really nothing to slumdog's ost, just functional. The world for what it is today.

I finally saw Slumdog Millionaire, and think you're all off yer rockers.

The music was spectacular, and wildly appropriate. Is it just because it's more "pop" oriented and not orchestral quasi-stolen drivel that it doesn't appeal to you?

Wall-E's score was amazing.

I am unashamed in saying this.

Wall-E's score was amazing.

I am unashamed in saying this.

Good, no need to be ashamed with your opinion. I also tend to agree...but, I don't know where the "shock and dismay" at Slumdog winning the oscar comes from, seeing as I found it to be an equally stunning and effective soundtrack.

I finally saw Slumdog Millionaire, and think you're all off yer rockers.

The music was spectacular, and wildly appropriate. Is it just because it's more "pop" oriented and not orchestral quasi-stolen drivel that it doesn't appeal to you?

i personally thought it was a great film, and i am also a very pop guy, but i do not think that the soundtrack deserves the number of awards it got; IMHO it is much more like a hype kind of thing rather than something that really deserved what it got. But still like i said, it was functional, but there were really many better options out there. (AS ALWAYS, whats new.)

I'm not surprised at all. Thomas Newman winning an oscar would have been surprising.