BOFFY VI: Return of the Jedi - Ballots (pick one for each category, only rank Best Picture) Due 3/2 at 11:59PM EST

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12 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

Hmm....having some trouble picking a 5th nominee for Original Score. My not being enamored with TLJ's score catches up with me.

if you like Giacchino (which I think you do), War and Coco are both top notch efforts by him this year

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5 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Cool. I didn't want to give it a Screenplay nomination considering how many Pixar tropes it uses, and it wasn't eligible much elsewhere! 

Read the screenplay. It's actually very well-written.

 

Moreover, there are several things in animation people don't think about being eligible for other stuff. Also, putting I, Tonya above it in soundtrack is UNFORGIVABLE

 

(Also it has a damn great hero)

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Poe Blankeron said:

Read the screenplay. It's actually very well-written.

 

Moreover, there are several things in animation people don't think about being eligible for other stuff. Also, putting I, Tonya above it in soundtrack is UNFORGIVABLE

 

(Also it has a damn great hero)

Coco has like two songs. I, Tonya has Fleetwood Mac. Kind of an easy choice there.

[4815162342]

4 minutes ago, Poe Blankeron said:

Coco 

 

I almost always wait for DVD to see Pixar films. So not likely.

[filmlover]

War for the Planet of the Apes made Score on my ballot. Haunting work.

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4 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Coco has like two songs. I, Tonya has Fleetwood Mac. Kind of an easy choice there.

 

Coco has five songs that are actually used like a soundtrack, and I, Tonya uses the EXACT SAME FLEETWOOD MAC SONG FROM GUARDIANS 2, SO NOMINATE THAT INSTEAD.

 

(I liked I, Tonya relatively speaking but god, its soundtrack was way too obvious.)

 

3 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

 

I almost always wait for DVD to see Pixar films. So not likely.

Fair, but I thought you were a fellow who sometimes listened to scores out of context before a film. You're all good then

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[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Poe Blankeron said:

 

 I, Tonya uses the EXACT SAME FLEETWOOD MAC SONG FROM GUARDIANS 2, SO NOMINATE THAT

I did.

[The Panda]

My issue with the Apes score is it’s a little jumpy and doesn’t go that far beyond its three main themes.

 

A few of the themes are pretty nice though.

[4815162342]

1 minute ago, Poe Blankeron said:

 

 

Fair, but I thought you were a fellow who sometimes listened to scores out of context before a film. 

 

I don't. Also nominating a score without seeing the movie is bad form since how the score fits within the context of the film is important.

[WrathOfHan]

This year was WEAK for scores. There's a reason I only put Phantom Thread and Dunkirk in my list (SOW probably would've made it too if I listened to more than the first track)

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2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I did.

maybe i should change my lineup to

 

Alien: Covenant

Free Fire
Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Logan Lucky

Okja

[That One Girl]

Shape of Water, Star Wars, Apes, Phantom Thread, A Cure for Wellness, A Ghost Story, Blade Runner 2049, King Arthur, Good Time etc. all had really good/great scores

[The Panda]

Shape of Water and The Last Jedi had the most complete scores of the year (haven’t listened to Phantom Thread).  

 

A lot of other movies had solid scores but didn’t feel as complete as those two.

Edited January 29, 2018 by New Year New Panda

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2 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

 

I don't. Also nominating a score without seeing the movie is bad form since how the score fits within the context of the film is important.

I agree entirely tbh; I just thought you, @ddddeeee, and the other particular fans of film scores here did that

 

I rarely listen to film scores out of context in general too

[WrathOfHan]

I hate how TLJ pretty much only reuses previous music. It's by far the weakest score in the series.

[That One Girl]

oh yeah I accidentally snubbed King Arthur's score.  but I don't think it'd fit in so just slot that in as my #6 pick

[The Panda]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

I hate how TLJ pretty much only reuses previous music. It's by far the weakest score in the series.

There’s some new stuff and it plays with a lot of the existing themes.  But if it weren’t for RO, id agree there.

 

Still, the worst score of the episodes is better than most scores out there.

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[4815162342]

My current Score lineup, pending some relistens in the next 24ish hours:

 

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Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water
Patrick Doyle for Murder on the Orient Express
Michael Giacchino for War for the Planet of the Apes
Thomas Newman & Jeremy Turner for Five Came Back
Max Richter for Hostiles

 

[The Panda]

Just now, 4815162342 said:

My current Score lineup, pending some relistens in the next 24ish hours:

 

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Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water
Patrick Doyle for Murder on the Orient Express
Michael Giacchino for War for the Planet of the Apes
Thomas Newman & Jeremy Turner for Five Came Back
Max Richter for Hostiles

 

Wish I could have seen Hostiles because I like Max Richter.  

[CoolioD1]

good time was the best score of the year. duuuuuh.