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Mar 12, 2023 · Composer Volker Bertelmann won the Academy Award for best score at the 2023 Oscars, for his musical accompaniment to the war film remake All Quiet on the Western Front.
- 2023 Oscar Music Preview: Best Original Song, Score Nominees Talk
Conversations With the 2023 Oscar Best Original Song and...
- 2023 Oscar Music Preview: Best Original Song, Score Nominees Talk
Lift Me Up. from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler. Nominees.
- “Naatu Naatu” RRR (Pen Studios) Music by M.M. Keeravani; Lyric by Chandrabose
- All Quiet on The Western Front Volker Bertelmann
- Babylon Justin Hurwitz
- The Banshees of Inisherin Carter Burwell
- Everything Everywhere All at Once Son Lux
- The Fabelmans John Williams
Composer Keeravani and artist-lyricist Chandrabose have been making music for 33 and 28 years, respectively. This is the first Oscar nomination for both. The global hit “Naatu Naatu” soundtracks the most vibrant and upbeat scene in the otherwise battle-filled film. Why is it important this song is Oscar-nominated? Chandrabose:I [have written] 3,600...
This is the German composer’s second Oscar nod, but his first on his own and his first under his own name. He went by Hauschka when he was nominated alongside Dustin O’Halloran six years ago for scoring Lion. Like that film, All Quiet on the Western Frontis a best picture nominee. What led you to change from crediting yourself as Hauschka to using ...
Hurwitz is a two-time Oscar winner, for best original score and song for La La Land. Babylon is his fifth film with director Damien Chazelle. The movie takes place in the 1920s and the score uses traditional jazz instruments, but how did you come up with something that doesn’t sound like jazz from that era? We’re using the lineup that would be at a...
Burwell’s fourth film with director Martin McDonagh earns him his third Oscar nomination. The movie received nine total nods. The movie, in many ways, seems like a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Did you see it that way? Yes. I was about halfway through writing the music and was reading the Grimm version of Cinderellato my daughter. We got to the part w...
Son Lux — the experimental trio of Ryan Lott, Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia — was tasked with creating a grounding score to soundtrack this aptly titled, multidimensional film. With this nomination, Chang becomes the first Hong Kong-born composer to be recognized. What universe was the most fun to score for? Ian Chang:The opera universe was really fun...
Williams’ 53 total Oscar nods (including five for best original song) are second only to Walt Disney. “It’s nearly impossible to imagine such a number of nominations,” the five-time winner says. Here, he was charged with scoring the semi-autobiographical story of director Steven Spielberg’s life. What pressure did you have scoring this picture give...
Mar 12, 2023 · The Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 2023 Oscars went to Volker Bertelmann for his music for 'All Quiet On The Western Front.' Others nominated in the category were Justin Hurwitz for Babylon, Carter Burwell for The Banshees of Inisherin, Son Lux for Everything Everywhere All At Once, and John Williams for The Fabelmans.
Best Original Song tends to be one of the starrier races at every Oscars — this is the field that, in recent years, has made Oscar winners of Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Lady Gaga, John Legend, and Adele, amongst others — but the nominees for the upcoming 95th Oscars are downright galactic.
Mar 6, 2023 · This year's crop of Oscar nominees for best original song may not have a James Bond theme or a ubiquitous Disney banger, but it's got range: a viral dance number, a pair of ballads by major pop...
We're thrilled to celebrate the talented composers in this year's Original Score category: Volker Bertelmann ( All Quiet on the Western Front ), Justin Hurwitz ( Babylon ), Carter Burwell ( The Banshees of Inisherin ), Son Lux ( Everything Eveywhere All At Once) and John Willams ( The Fabelmans ).
