As far as I’m concerned, the two most memorable scores of the year belong to Cloud Atlas and Beasts of the Southern Wild. That said, I made an egregious and unforgivable mistake when filling out my Critics’ Choice nominations and forgot to include not one of them, but BOTH of them! Shame. I feel it. Now I have to hope my fellow BFCA members came through where I failed.
That said, today the Academy has released a complete list of all 104 original scores competing for Best Original Score at the 2013 Oscars.
I have not yet posted my predictions for Best Original Score and while I am making a fuss above concerning Cloud Atlas and Beasts of the Southern Wild, I think both of those stand a very strong chance at a nomination this year. I also think it’s a safe bet to put money on John Williams for a nomination for his Lincoln score where he was a bit restrained compared to his normal, over-the-top self in everything Steven Spielberg.
Dario Marianelli for Anna Karenina seems likely and so does Alexandre Desplat for Argo, which was one of the three scores I did nominate for a Critics’ Choice Award.
Additional likely contenders include Mychael Danna for Life of Pi, Jonny Greenwood for The Master and I would like to see Thomas Newman under consideration for Skyfall, but as much as I like that score itself, I’m not entirely sure it was 100% right for the movie. Oh, and while Danny Elfman getting a little attention for his Silver Linings Playbook score, that one didn’t make the list, so hopefully eyes will turn to his work on Frankenweenie, which was a great little throwback and worthy of some attention.
I will say I’m a little surprised to see Hans Zimmer listed for The Dark Knight Rises as I expected that score to be disqualified on the grounds it was too close to his score for The Dark Knight, but it’s nice to see that bit of controversy won’t have to be discussed this year.
Have a look at the full list below and let me know which scores you’re pulling for in the comments below.
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Henry Jackman, composer
- After the Wizard – Stephen Main, composer
- Alex Cross – John Debney and Sebastian Morton, composers
- The Amazing Spider-Man – James Horner, composer
- Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli, composer
- Argo – Alexandre Desplat, composer
- Battleship – Steve Jablonsky, composer
- The Bay – Marcelo Zarvos, composer
- Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, composers
- Being Flynn – Damon Gough, composer
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Thomas Newman, composer
- Big Miracle – Cliff Eidelman, composer
- Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story – David Cieri, composer
- Brave – Patrick Doyle, composer
- Brooklyn Castle – B. Satz, composer
- Chasing Ice – J. Ralph, composer
- Chasing Mavericks – Chad Fischer, composer
- Chicken with Plums – Olivier Bernet, composer
- Chimpanzee – Nicholas Hooper, composer
- Cloud Atlas – Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek, composers
- Compliance – Heather McIntosh, composer
- Contraband – Clinton Shorter, composer
- The Dark Knight Rises – Hans Zimmer, composer
- Dark Shadows – Danny Elfman, composer
- Darling Companion – James Newton Howard, composer
- Deadfall – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, composers
- The Dictator – Erran Baron Cohen, composer
- Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – John Powell, composer
- End of Watch – David Sardy, composer
- Ethel – Miriam Cutler, composer
- Flight – Alan Silvestri, composer
- For a Good Time, Call… John Swihart, composer
- For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada – James Horner, composer
- Frankenweenie – Danny Elfman, composer
- Fun Size – Deborah Lurie, composer
- Girl in Progress – Christopher Lennertz, composer
- The Grey – Marc Streitenfeld, composer
- The Guilt Trip – Christophe Beck, composer
- Hidden Moon – Luis Bacalov, composer
- Hitchcock – Danny Elfman, composer
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Howard Shore, composer
- Hotel Transylvania – Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
- House at the End of the Street – Theo Green, composer
- The Hunger Games – James Newton Howard, composer
- Hyde Park on Hudson – Jeremy Sams, composer
- Ice Age Continental Drift – John Powell, composer
- The Impossible – Fernando Velázquez, composer
- Jack Reacher – Joe Kraemer, composer
- John Carter – Michael Giacchino, composer
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – Andrew Lockington, composer
- Lawless – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, composers
- Life of Pi – Mychael Danna, composer
- Lincoln – John Williams, composer
- Lola Versus – Will Bates and Philip Mossman, composers
- Looper – Nathan Johnson, composer
- The Lucky One – Mark Isham, composer
- LUV – Nuno Malo, composer
- The Man with the Iron Fists – RZA and Howard Drossin, composers
- Marvel’s The Avengers – Alan Silvestri, composer
- The Master – Jonny Greenwood, composer
- Men in Black 3 – Danny Elfman, composer
- Middle of Nowhere – Kathryn Bostic, composer
- Mirror Mirror – Alan Menken, composer
- The Odd Life of Timothy Green – Geoff Zanelli, composer
- On the Road – Gustavo Santaolalla, composer
- The Pardon – Ashley Irwin, composer
- Parental Guidance – Marc Shaiman, composer
- People Like Us – A.R. Rahman, composer
- The Possession – Anton Sanko, composer
- Prometheus – Marc Streitenfeld, composer
- Promised Land – Danny Elfman, composer
- The Raid: Redemption – Mike Shinoda and Joseph Trapanese, composers
- Red Tails – Terence Blanchard, composer
- Rise of the Guardians – Alexandre Desplat, composer
- Ruby Sparks – Nick Urata, composer
- Safe House – Ramin Djawadi, composer
- Safety Not Guaranteed – Ryan Miller, composer
- Saint Dracula – Sreevalsan J. Menon, composer
- Savages – Adam Peters, composer
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World – Rob Simonsen and Jonathan Sadoff, composers
- The Sessions – Marco Beltrami, composer
- Sinister – Christopher Young, composer
- Skyfall – Thomas Newman, composer
- Smashed – Eric D. Johnson and Andy Cabic, composers
- Snow White and the Huntsman – James Newton Howard, composer
- Taken 2 – Nathaniel Mechaly, composer
- Ted – Walter Murphy, composer
- Think Like a Man – Christopher Lennertz, composer
- This Means War – Christophe Beck, composer
- A Thousand Words – John Debney, composer
- The Three Stooges – John Debney, composer
- Trashed – Vangelis, composer
- Trouble with the Curve – Marco Beltrami, composer
- 21 Jump Street – Mark Mothersbaugh, composer
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – Carter Burwell, composer
- Until They Are Home – Jamie Dunlap, composer
- War of the Worlds The True Story – Jamie Hall, composer
- The Watch – Christophe Beck, composer
- West of Memphis – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, composers
- Where Do We Go Now? – Khaled Mouzanar, composer
- Won’t Back Down – Marcelo Zarvos, composer
- The Words – Marcelo Zarvos, composer
- Wreck-It Ralph – Henry Jackman, composer
- Zero Dark Thirty – Alexandre Desplat, composer
