January 12, 2009
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Rahman wins Golden Globe
It's already "old" news in this age of electronics but Indian composer A.R. Rahman received his first Golden Globe last night for the score for Slumdog Millionare. In truth, this little under-the-radar- film has consistently been receiving positive audience feedback and plenty of critical support for the past few months. With this score, Rahman becomes the first Indian composer to be nominated in the original score category. Though AMPAS does not always pay much attention to foreign composers, Rahman's win may give his score a slight edge over a few film scores this year.
It is a rough year to determine just what might pass for Oscar-worthy consideration.
Unlike past years I have not had much chance to hear some of the scores that are connected with these latest rounds of films.
The Dark Knight's score is supposedly being cleared for consideration. Hard to imagine it could be considered given the collaborative effort involved.
Some really wild picks:
Synechdoche, New York (Jon Brion) --which probably will not get a nod at all, though Brion's song might show up in the mix.
Wall-E (Thomas Newman) -- probably one of the better animated scores of the year.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat) -- haven't heard it, but Desplat might at least get this score on the short list.
Defiance (James Newton Howard) -- I did not think this was all that great personally, but this might get Howard a nod in lieu of The Dark Knight.
Add to that Rahman's score and those are some really random possibilities. I know we all want the last John Williams Indiana Jones score to be on that list--but really? And, perhaps Eastwood will be the one "composer" nominated in this category. Iglesias' Che might be there too.
We will all know soon. Happy guessing.
Comments (2)
I'm going to get a chance to hear Mulhy's score later this week so I am looking forward to that---but the film would need a lot of momentum I think to get much notice. I forgot about the Horner--it's probably a sign of the times that people we would have thought of right away are so far removed from the picture these days.
I'm sort of surprised by the Rahman win. Even so, "Slumdog Millionaire" probably performed well at the Globes due to the fact that the Hollywood Foreign Press were involved. I wish that Nico Mulhy's "The Reader" and James Horner's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" were getting a bit of attention in addition to some that you've mentioned. Ah, well.
Back at ya later
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