Oscar Scores, from Elegant to Exotic
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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(Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight))
The Oscar nominees for best song and score range from the exotic sounds of “Slumdog Millionaire” to the lush elegance of “Milk” and “Benjamin Button” to the colorful “Wall-E” and the violin-flavored “Defiance” (with soloist Joshua Bell). Today, we survey the music categories and look at who stands a shot at taking home a statuette. Also: Oregon songster M. Ward, shares his cheerful and eclectic new album "Hold Time."
The Best Original Score Poll: Vote for your favorite!
The Best Original Score Poll: Vote for your favorite!
Scoring Success at the Oscars
Every year, it seems, there are complaints about the Oscars' music branch and the occasionally head-scratching nominees in the song and score Oscar categories. And the winners are anything but predictable. Today, film music historian and Variety writer Jon Burlingame walks us through the various contenders.
Soundcheck's Picks of the Week
Three new releases picked by the Soundcheck staff. Click here to read our full reviews -- and to download a free song from Benjy Ferree.
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor; Colin Currie, Percussion - Works by James MacMillan, Thomas Ades, Jennifer Higdon (LPO label) -- Picked by ...
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor; Colin Currie, Percussion - Works by James MacMillan, Thomas Ades, Jennifer Higdon (LPO label) -- Picked by ...
M. Ward Live
With critics and fans still buzzing about She & Him, his countrified team-up with actress-singer Zooey Deschanel, songwriter and guitarist Matt Ward returns to his solo stage name for a new album called "Hold Time." The disc is released this week. M. Ward joins us to perform live in our ...
Oscar's smackdown
As so often happens, this year's nominations for the Academy Awards are full of "what were they thinking" moments. For me, the biggest oversight is in the nominations for best original score, where Carter Burwell's music for In Bruges didn't get a nod, despite being so integral to the ...
Picks of the Week
Three outstanding new releases, as picked by the Soundcheck staff -- plus a free song download. Listen to our segment here.
Benjy Ferree, “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Bobby Dee, Bobby Dee” (Domino) [
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