Oscars

Just like Jason Bourne final realizing who he was, last night the little golden guy and his army of academy members realized that the sound work in The Bourne Ultimatum was their favorite of the year. As such supervisors Karen M. Baker and Per Hallberg were awarded the best sound editing Oscar and mixers David Parker, Scott Milan, and Kirk Francis the best sound mixing Oscar. Congrats to all the winners and make sure to go buy tickets to the academy’s THE ART of SOUND event on Saturday March 8th featuring a panel discussion with these craftsmen as well as showing off clips from all the nominees! ...

Early this morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominees, with news dropping yesterday thatJonny Greenwood’s work on “There Will Be Blood” and Michael Brook’s for “Into the Wild” was deemed ineligible by the academy for a best score nod. I added polls to the sidebar, feel free to vote for YOUR favorite in each category(please only vote once, come on). Winners will be announced on Sunday February 24th. Congrats to all the nominees! ...

Continuing the coverage of potential Oscar nods, Variety shifted their gaze over to the Best Score and Song categories, HERE. I especially dig the piece, “Composers lower film score volume”, mentioning among others, composer Carter Burwell’s polarized efforts on “No Country for Old Men” and “Before the Devil Knows your Dead.” Data preservation for the cinematography community.