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• [1] Joe Blow from North Pole February 20, 2008 - 04:16PM

  I liked Michael Clayton - futuristic, evocative and modern, unlike some of the more traditional scores...

  
  
• [2] Masko Dougherty from Hastings On Hudson, NY February 21, 2008 - 09:54AM

  What was the "technical disqualification" of the Music for --There Will Be Blood--from the Oscars?

  
  
• [3] Gregory Mortenson from Tri-State February 21, 2008 - 11:26AM

  from Wired.com blog:

  The disqualification has been attributed to a designation within Rule 16 of the Academy's Special Rules for Music Awards (5d under "Eligibility"), which excludes "scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other pre-existing music."

  Greenwood's score contains roughly 35 minutes of original recordings and roughly 46 minutes of pre-existing work (including selections from the works of Arvo Pärt, as well as pieces in the public domain, such as Johannes Brahms' "Concerto in D Major"). Peripheral augmentation to the score included sporadic but minimal useage (15 minutes) of the artist's 2006 composition "Popcorn Superhet Receiver."

  
  
• [4] ab February 21, 2008 - 01:35PM

  I have the Michael Clayton soundtrack-- very atmospheric/ambient, moody. I love it. It worked quite well in the movie really setting the tone which I think really contributed to the overall weighty impact of the movie.

  
  
• [5] Noah Wimmer from The Bronx February 21, 2008 - 02:07PM

  I don't get the hype. I thought There Will Be Blood was the worst movie i've seen in a very very long time and the soundtrack was god awful! it induced anxiety through the whole movie which didn't go with the film AT all. (in my own unsophisticated opinion) it was overly repetitive. The soundtrack made me THINK something would happen, but nothing ever did!! Aggh, I saw it a week ago and I still get mad about it. Worst movie ever.

  agh, it just came on the show .. I'm gonna have to turn it off, it just prokes an awful reaction in my belly

  
  
• [6] Gabriel from NYC February 21, 2008 - 02:21PM

  Innovative does not mean good. This score was innovative (not necessarily original) and it is pretty good but it doesn't entirely work. It deserves recognition for being different but it is too flawed to be Oscar worthy. Jonny Greenwood will only develop as a movie composer, his future scores may deserve the hype he is getting now for There Will Be Blood.

  To the speak to something one of the guests saiid the beginning of the score wasn't original at all. Tense, yes but it certainly has been done before. Have you not seen 2001: A Space Odyssey?

  
  
• [7] Gabriel from NYC February 21, 2008 - 02:23PM

  Noah. You are absolutely right. I thought something was wrong with me for not liking this movie. Its just not that good. PTA once again proves his mediocrity.

  
  
• [8] Noah Wimmer from The Bronx February 21, 2008 - 02:29PM

  Thank you, it's always good to get exterior confirmation that reaffirms you're not nuts. My girlfriend also didn't like it, so we're not alone in the universe.

  
  
• [9] Mike Barker from Flushing February 21, 2008 - 02:30PM

  The score from "There will be blood" is amazing. As I watched, I thought I wanted to listen to it. It, however, violates a basic rule of film scores; I noticed it throughout the movie.