I've already trashed Oscar for not throwing a Best Song nomination to Eddie Vedder's "Guaranteed" from Into the Wild while finding room for 1-2-3 songs from Enchanted and a sappy ballad from the saptacular August Rush. Worse, it ignored Jonny Greenwood's landmark score from There Will Be Blood because the Radiohead innovator referenced other music. Apparently sampling is not a term the Academy of Motion Pictures Farts & Biases has ever heard.
With the Grammy awards this Sunday, it's time to see how music people do with judging movie music. Here are the Grammy nominees for BEST MOVIE SONG:
"Falling Slowly" (from Once)/Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, songwriters "Guaranteed" (from Into the Wild)/Eddie Vedder, songwriter "Love You I Do" (from Dreamgirls)/Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters "The Song of the Heart" (from Happy Feet)/Prince Rogers Nelson, songwriter "You Know My Name" (from Casino Royale)/David Arnold & Chris Cornell, songwriters
Jeez, talk about time warps! Dreamgirls, Happy Feet and Casino Royale came out two years ago.
Put that stupidity down to Grammy's dragass eligbility time frame, which is Oct. 1, 2006, to Sept. 30, 2007. That leaves "Falling Slowly," the emo hit from Once the only song Oscar and Grammy have in common. But I'm giving Grammy points for including Eddie Vedder, whose songs for Into the Wild helped raise that film's already high-level game. Vedder, after winning a Grammy in 1996, famously said, "I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything." Hmm.
Moving on to the BEST MOVIE SCORE, here are Grammy's picks:
Babel/Gustavo Santaolalla, composer Blood Diamond/James Newton Howard, composer The Departed/Howard Shore, composer Happy Feet/John Powell, composer Pan's Labyrinth/Javier Navarrete, composer Ratatouille/Michael Giacchino, composer
Double jeez. Only one new movie in the bunch—Ratatouille, which is a solid choice. Maybe next year, time eligibility rules will let in Jonny Greenwood's There Will Be Blood and Dario Marianelli's tonally experimental score for Atonement, which even tin-earred Oscar found the balls to nominate. If so, congrats are in order. In the meantime, can some friendo find a way to wipe the mold off of Oscar and Grammy rules and recognize the importance of music to movies in a timely manner?
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dori | February 11, 2008 7:27 PM
I agree that Vedder should have been recognized on air for his contribution. Wouldn't have minded seen him play either! My general critique of the Grammies is that there was a paucity of rock performances, except for John Fogarty and the Foo Fighters with John Paul Jones and all(Loved them!). Why not include Springsteen, the White Stripes, the Eagles, or Steve Earle? And they did not even let Ringo have a go at the drums??? Could have done without so much Hip-Pop. Amy Winehouse is way overrated! 5 Grammies, get real! Also,
Dave Syrie | February 11, 2008 2:21 PM
Good to hear somebody say something on this. I'm sick of hearing about the industry politicing about kids "stealing" music when there is so much absolute crap being produced and promoted.
(That said, I guess I should be happy that the last U2 record isn't nominated again)
All the brave and artistic people always get passed over. Good music will help the industry age well; the over-hyped garbage will just look like litter in a economically-crippled city.
We can't give everybody their due with Grammy lifetime achievement awards can we?
Can't wait to see what the industry does next year when the great "In Rainbows" should get the album nods. Hmm, maybe like the Vedder (and Pearl Jam awards snubs - ie "Man of the Hour", or their last record) snub is the same strike against Greenwood. After all, his Radiohead dumped not just their label but the ugly old industry too.
Savon | February 9, 2008 12:27 PM
At the risk of subjecting myself to merciless ridicule, I confess that the Academy broke my eleven-year-old heart when it chose "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin as Best Original Song over the infinitely superior "The Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera. After that heartbreak, I lost all faith in the Best Original Song category. Thanks for putting dates on the Grammy "eligibility time frame." I thought Jonny Greenwood should have been an Oscar nominee as well, and it's nice to hear there is still a chance for a future Grammy nomination.
blah | February 9, 2008 11:15 AM
if "falling slowly" doesn't win i'm gonna have to choke somebody.
Ben | February 9, 2008 10:56 AM
I absolutely loved the Atonement score. Are there other movies that use the sound effects of the movie in the score the way that this one did?