Our favorite soundtrack of the year for our favorite movie of the year wasn't nominated for an Oscar. Why? It wasn't even eligible. New York magazine explains:
"[Jonny Greenwood's score for There Will Be Blood]was disqualified from the Best Original Score category because it's "diluted" by a significant amount of "preexisting music" (in addition to the guitarist's 35-minutes of original work, Blood's soundtrack contains 46 minutes worth of pieces by Brahms and Estonian composer Arvo Part, among others). Worst of all is that Paramount Vantage wasn't notified of the Academy's decision until Saturday, making it too late for the studio to appeal, or for Greenwood to quickly write an additional hour of music."
The movie did get 8 other nominations, though.
In other music news, Mitt Romney is the shizznit.
3 comments:
Jonny Greenwood doesn't need an Oscar to know he's cool. I doubt he'd show up for the award anyway.
Just saw the video, "Who let the dogs out?" I'm voting for Mitt!
at least his nerves still tap the edge of his thigh with public discomfort, unlike the ultra-confident "Barbara Ann / Bomb Iran" chuckle McCain so awkwardly de-clothed himself with.
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