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jonny greenwood’s score for “there will be blood”, which i discussed in my previous post, has been disqualified from consideration for an oscar this year. when the nominations came out this morning and he wasn’t on the list, i assumed that he had just been overlooked for his amazing work, which was in my estimation … Continue reading jonny greenwood and “popcorn superhet receiver”: no oscar for you
jonny greenwood for “there will be blood”? um, no. i know. let’s give the oscar to the most cloying and obvious score in recent memory. honestly. i didn’t think much of atonement. the young girl (saorise ronan) was phenomenal, but the movie itself was badly in need of some editing. i nearly fell asleep while … Continue reading and the oscar for best score goes to…
the new yorker’s alex ross writes intelligently and movingly about “popcorn superhet receiver” and jonny greenwood’s score for “there will be blood”. it’s a subject i’ve been droning on about a lot lately. if you haven’t seen the movie to hear the score in context, at least buy the soundtrack. trust me. both are incredible.
kirk and i saw “there will be blood” recently and came out raving about the score, which was by jonny greenwood of radiohead. i thought it was the best thing about the movie, daniel day-lewis included. kirk didn’t go that far, but that’s what makes the phone book. so when i got a ny times … Continue reading popcorn superhet receiver