Brian Wise
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The Contenders for Best Original Score: Vote for your favorite
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 08:16 AM
The Oscar nominees for best original 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). The Oscars ceremony will be held Sunday. [poll id="6"]
Slumdog Millionaire (“Jai Ho”) by A.R. Rahman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ("Benjamin and Daisy") by Alexandre Desplat
Defiance score by James Newton Howard & Joshua Bell
Milk score by Danny Elfman
WALL·E score by Thomas Newman
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