SoundCast Episode 22: 83rd Oscars - Post Mortem

Episode #22 - 83rd Oscars - Post Mortem

Recorded February 28, 2011
Published March 1, 2011

The crew jumps online talk about the 83rd Academy Awards show.  What they liked, didn't like, their reaction to the winner of Best Original Score, and some ideas on how the show could be improved.

Episode Highlights

0:00 — Opening of the 22nd Academy Awards
0:23 — Intros
01:35 — News: Mars Needs Moms, Rango, Captain America
10:04 — More from Opening of the 22nd Academy Awards
11:23 —What we liked about the Oscars
16:10 — What we didn't like about the Oscars
23:44 — Winners Reactions
30:37 — Twittering the Oscars
36:40 — Best Score winner reactions
46:40 — How the Oscars could be improved
54:48 — Conclusion

Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast)

00:00 — "Hooray For Hollywood" (Hooray For Hollywood) - Ray Davies
10:04 — "Hollywood Newsreel A" (Hooray For Hollywood) - Ray Davies
22:15 — "I Love You" (The Last Sin Eater) Mark McKenzie
35:57 — "Hand Covers Bruise"  (The Social Network) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
40:20 — "Opening Titles Part 1" (The King's Speech) Alexander Desplat
43:53 —  "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (The Social Network) - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
43:53 —  "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (The Social Network) - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
54:42 — "Hooray For Hollywood" (Hooray For Hollywood) - Ray Davies

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Best Original Score Oscar Winner is... Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network

Last night, the 83rd Annual Oscar Award show aired on ABC, but only after more Red Carpet coverage than even the Super Bowl garners. As for the show itself, it was the typical night of laughs, cringes, nods of approval and head-shakes of disappointment.

If you are reading this post, then the most relevant award was the BEST SCORE category, which went to TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS for their a-typical score for THE SOCIAL NETWORK. The response to this win has been, as most years go,...divided; however, it was not a surprise. The BEST SONG award was somewhat of a surprise; going to RANDY NEWMAN for "We Belong Together" from TOY STORY 3. Newman's speech was certainly one of the best of the night.

The big winners turned out to be INCEPTION (4) (for almost all of the tech awards) and THE KING'S SPEECH (4) (for many of the big, non-tech awards.)  But here are all 25 winners to get you caught up quickly:

1. Best Picture: "The King's Speech."
2. Actor: Colin Firth, "The King's Speech."
3. Actress: Natalie Portman, "Black Swan."
4. Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, "The Fighter."
5. Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, "The Fighter."
6. Directing: Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech."
7. Foreign Language Film: "In a Better World," Denmark.
8. Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, "The Social Network."
9. Original Screenplay: David Seidler, "The King's Speech."
10. Animated Feature Film: "Toy Story 3."
11. Art Direction: "Alice in Wonderland."
12. Cinematography: "Inception."
13. Sound Mixing: "Inception."
14. Sound Editing: "Inception."
15. Original Score: "The Social Network," Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
16. Original Song: "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3," Randy Newman.
17. Costume Design: "Alice in Wonderland."
18. Documentary Feature: "Inside Job."
19. Documentary (short subject): "Strangers No More."
20. Film Editing: "The Social Network."
21. Makeup: "The Wolfman."
22. Animated Short Film: "The Lost Thing."
23. Live Action Short Film: "God of Love."
24. Visual Effects: "Inception."

Like every year, we say "Congrats to all of the winners.  But, Academy, let's do better next year."

So what did you think of THE SOCIAL NETWORK winning Best Score?

16th Annual - Critics Choice Award Winners

In case you missed it last night, The Broadcast Film Critics Association's annual film awards were handed out last night at the CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS aired on VH1.  The big winners, as one might have guessed, were THE FIGHTER, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, and INCEPTION.

While INCEPTION bagged six total awards, glaringly missing from them was the Best Score award, which most devastatingly went to TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS for THE SOCIAL NETWORK.

While I offer up congrats to the duo, I am starting to tremble all the more as wins like this will only hasten the trend of more artists from other genres coming into the original score genre and delivering disappointing, albeit unique, experiences like THE SOCIAL NETWORK.  Of course, this movement is well under way with this same duo being linked to the remake of THE GIRL WITH DRAGON TATOO (the original film taking home the Critics Choice Award for Best Foreign Film), with DAFT PUNK in TRON LEGACY, and with THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS doing the upcoming HANNA.

While you rejoice in or mourn that winner, below we've listed all of this years winners:



BEST PICTURE: The Social Network

BEST ACTOR: Colin Firth – The King’s Speech

BEST ACTRESS: Natalie Portman – Black Swan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christian Bale – The Fighter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Melissa Leo – The Fighter

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS: Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE: The Fighter

BEST DIRECTOR: David Fincher – The Social Network

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The King’s Speech – David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Inception – Wally Pfister

BEST ART DIRECTION: Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas and Larry Dias & Doug Mowat

BEST EDITING: Inception – Lee Smith

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

BEST MAKEUP: Alice in Wonderland

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Inception

BEST SOUND: Inception

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Toy Story 3

BEST ACTION MOVIE: Inception

BEST COMEDY: Easy A

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION: The Pacific

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Waiting for Superman

BEST SONG: “If I Rise” – performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong – 127 Hours

BEST SCORE: The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross


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The Social Network (Soundtrack) by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - Review

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Review by Christopher Coleman

The story of Facebook, or rather the story of the man behind Facebook, certainly wasn't a tale that one might expect to be made into a feature film as early as 2010. The social site itself is only a few years old and there likely remains a lot of story left to be told about both it and it's founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Made-for-tv not withstanding, a feature film about IT titans Steve Jobs or Bill Gates hasn't even been exploi...err made yet. Now, if a feature film of about one or both of these icons was to be done, I could see the likes of director David Fincher taking the reigns. Instead, Fincher chose to adapt the book, THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES (Ben Mezrich), which tells the tale of the young Mark Zuckerberg and the inception of the global phenomenon, Facebook. THE SOCIAL NETWORK provides us with a measure of insight into what took place in those formative years; deep within the academic bowels of the Harvard campus. Fincher's film paints Zuckerberg as a driven, yet slyly vindictive young man, who also happens to be brilliant. The drive to develop something that will truly set himself apart leads him down a digitally dark path; a path which also happens to lead to great financial gains and pains. As one might expect, THE SOCIAL NETWORK became one of the most talked about films on the internet. No small part of that conversation has been the somewhat surprising inclusion of Nine Inch Nail leader, TRENT REZNOR, and composer ATTICUS ROSS' as creators of the film's original score.

Coming off of the languishing and melancholy score from THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON, aptly provided by Alexander Desplat, it was initially no small surprise when it was announced that Reznor and Ross would be composing the film's score. Reznor's band, NINE INCH NAILS, was hardly known for being melancholy and ATTICUS ROSS' most recent effort THE BOOK OF ELI was anything but languishing. If nothing else, it was a clever bit of marketing to attach the name of "Trent Reznor" to the project, but the most natural question to ask would be "What sort of original score were we in for?"

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Soundcast Interview: Atticus Ross (The Book of Eli)

Interview: Atticus Ross (The Book of Eli)
Recorded December 16, 2009
Published January 11, 2010


Episode Highlights

00:30 - Introduction and Welcome
01:19 - How did you become involved with the Hughes Brothers and this project?
04:50 - Collaborating with family
07:10 - Moving into film music
11:02 - Who are some of your musical influences?
15:00 - Writing music before the film is shot.
18:00 - Finding the balance between sound design and music
21:27 - Eastern/Middle Eastern influence
23:46 - Conclusion

Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast)

00:00 - Panoramic (The Book of Eli) by Atticus Ross
04:54 - Outland (The Book of Eli) by Atticus Ross
10:10 - The Journey (The Book of Eli) by Atticus Ross
11:33 - Main Titles (Blade Runner) by Vangelis
19:46 - Movement (The Book of Eli) by Atticus Ross
23:46 - The Passenger (The Book of Eli) by Atticus Ross

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Reprise Records to Release The Book of Eli (Soundtrack) by Atticus Ross

REPRISE RECORDS TO RELEASE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK TO FEATURE FILM BOOK OF ELI ON JANUARY 12th, 2010

Soundtrack to Post-Apocalyptic Drama Features Original Score by Nine Inch Nails Collaborator Atticus Ross

December 7, 2009 — Burbank, CA — Reprise Records will release the original motion picture soundtrack to the Hughes Brothers-directed feature film Book Of Eli on January 12th, 2010 — three days before the film hits theaters nationwide on January 15th, 2010.

The Book of Eli Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features an original score by composer/musician/producer Atticus Ross, marking his third collaboration with the Hughes Brothers and his first feature film score. Ross’ music is a unique hybrid score of electronic and organic elements; writing with his wife (Claudia Sarne) and brother (Leopold Ross), the basic tracks were recorded at his studio in Los Angeles before departing to London where it was finished in Abbey Road Studios with a full 80 piece orchestra.Ross’ other film credits include co-writing and producing “Go All the Way (Into the Twilight),” the Perry Ferrell single for the hit film Twilight, the score for the Allen Hughes’ vignette for the film New York, I Love You, as well as the music to the Hughes Brothers TV show 'Touching Evil" . Ross has also incorporated his musical style into collaborations and productions of such major artists as NIN (the albums With Teeth, Year Zero, The Slip, and the Grammy-nominated Ghosts), Jane's Addiction, and Korn.

The Book of Eli stars Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, and Gary Oldman in a post-apocalyptic tale in which a lone man, Eli (Washington), fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. The soundtrack will be released in four configurations: standard CD, a digital version available through all digital service providers, and a special exclusive iTunes edition that will feature a remixed track by Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio). A vinyl version will be released in February. Book of Eli is being distributed domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The track-listing for The Book of Eli Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Panoramic

Outland

The Journey

Amen

The Convoy

Solara

Violated

Safe

Human

Meant to be Shared

The Passenger

Den of Vice

Gattling

Blind Faith

Convoy

Destruct

Movement

Carnegie's Demise

The Purpose

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