Due to a medical issue, the 83-year-old composer had to withdraw from scoring Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies.” Thomas Newman will replace him.
Hard to believe: John Williams is not scoring Steven Spielberg's 'Bridge of Spies'
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:39 am · March 18th, 2015
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Alexandre Desplat and John Williams win Grammys for 'Grand Budapest,' 'Book Thief'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:41 pm · February 8th, 2015
Alexandre Desplat has won the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 2015 Grammy Awards, while John Williams has won a prize for his work on 2013’s “The Book Thief.”
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Notable facts and figures from the 2014 Oscar nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:58 am · January 16th, 2014
From Meryl Streep’s record 18th nod to Megan Ellison’s rare double, we round up some unusual statistic and records from this year’s Oscar nominations.
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From 'All is Lost' to 'The Wolverine,' 114 films vying for the Best Original Score Oscar
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:49 pm · December 12th, 2013
The Academy today revealed the 114 films in contention for the Best Original Score Oscar. All the widely predicted contenders are present, but don’t look for “Frozen,” “Nebraska” or “The Lone Ranger.”
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'The Book Thief' tries to escape its Oscar bait trappings
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:06 pm · November 8th, 2013
Geoffrey Rush, Sophie Nelisse, Brian Percival and Markus Zusak discuss the new WWII drama “The Book Thief.” A well intentioned movie that can’t escape its Oscar bait trappings.
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Off the Carpet: Fox enters the Oscar season with 'The Book Thief' and 'Walter Mitty'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:25 am · October 7th, 2013
This weekend, 20th Century Fox arrived to the 2013 film awards season with a pair of hopefuls that couldn’t be more different from the outside. Nevertheless, Brian Percival’s “The Book Thief” and Ben Stiller’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” both of which will be viewed as cloying in some circles, are made with an honesty that could stave off some of the cynicism and register. At the end of the day, though, neither is the slam dunk contender the studio may have hoped for a year after “Life of Pi.”
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Fox's potential awards sleeper 'The Book Thief' gets a trailer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:20 am · August 21st, 2013
Emily Watson, Geoffrey Rush and young Sophie Nélisse star in the WWII drama.
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Roundup: The case against 'Argo'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:15 am · February 19th, 2013
Also: Why black characters still fall short in this year’s Oscar crop.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Music – Original Score
Posted by gerardkennedy · 2:21 pm · February 4th, 2013
Best Original Score, are you ever predictable. This year’s nominees are not diverse in terms of being films not cited in other categories – Best Picture nominees took three of the spots, while the other two contenders are from films that have nine nominations between them. Also predictably, only one first-time nominee is in the mix. Diversity was nonetheless made up for in the nationalities of the composers (four countries represented) and the locales of the nominated films – the nominees are set on three different continents and the movies’ themes resulted in Russian, Indian and Persian influences, among others, on the music.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 102 — Oscar nominations and the BFCA Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:40 am · January 11th, 2013
In today’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss last night’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards as well as the nominations for the 85th annual Academy Awards.
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'The Mission' tops Variety composers' poll of the all-time greatest film scores
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:56 pm · November 14th, 2012
40 composers, from Michael Giacchino to Cliff Martinez, were surveyed.
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Spielberg talks 'Lincoln' on '60 Minutes': 'He was a father of a nation in need of repair.'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:27 pm · October 21st, 2012
The director discusses his latest as a personal endeavor.
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John Williams wins five awards from International Film Music critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:19 am · February 24th, 2012
The International Film Music Critics Association has offered up the final precursor awards announcement of the season as we head into the weekend, which will bring the Independent Spirit Awards and, finally, the Oscars. And John Williams had a great day, it turns out.
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Round-up: Streep saluted at the Berlinale
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 am · February 17th, 2012
Also: Missing 2D ‘Titanic,’ and why isn’t Williams the Best Actress frontrunner?
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John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Chemical Brothers nominated by film music critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:37 am · February 10th, 2012
This year’s list of International Film Music Critics Association nominees was predictably dominated by John Williams, who landed seven nominations across the various categories for his two Oscar-nominated scores: “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War Horse.” Not too far back with five nods was “The Artist” composer Ludovic Bource.
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From 'Jaws' to 'Star Wars,' 'Raiders' to 'Tintin': John Williams celebrates his 80th birthday
Posted by Roth Cornet · 7:16 pm · February 8th, 2012
In celebration of his 80th birthday, we look at some of composer John Williams’s most indelible and iconic cinematic scores, including, “Star Wars, “Jaws,” “Harry Potter” and “E.T.”
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Music (Original Score)
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:17 am · February 7th, 2012
While the music branch’s choices (or lack thereof) in Best Original Song could be considered shocking, the opposite was true about their final five in Best Original Score. Three of the titles are Best Picture nominees, the branch’s favorite composer of all time is double-nominated yet again and all but one of the finalists have been nominated previously.
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'Drive,' 'A Better Life' and 'Attack the Block' among scores not eligible for Oscar this year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:03 pm · December 22nd, 2011
The Academy has announced a list of 97 film scores eligible for consideration in the Best Original Score category this year. Typically, it’s this announcement that brings the bad news of this or that score either not being submitted or being ruled ineligible for whatever reason.
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