This year's nominees come from all over here. We have sci fi, action, romance, and indie drama. What's not different is the composers for each movie—we still have many of the usual suspects, including John Williams, Hans Zimmer, and Alexandre …
Tag: Best Score

Best Score
This is a big year for beautiful scores. The Hateful Eight, Carol, and The Danish Girl were all superb, but shockingly Oscars favourite Alexandre Desplat (The Danish Girl) wasn’t even nominated this year. Ennio Morricone has never won the Oscar despite a fantastic career, …

Oscars 2014 — Best Original Score
John Williams (The Book Thief) is the only winner in this category, having picked up five statues in 48 previous nominations. Thomas Newman (Saving Mr Banks) received his 12th nomination, and Alexandre Desplat (Philomena) his 6th, while Steven Price (Gravity) …