Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
#1Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:18am
according to the "For your consideration" ad....
Is it really eligible? That would be great if he could win another Oscar, especially for SWEENEY. But I'm not seeing how it's an original score.
Updated On: 12/18/07 at 11:18 AM
#2re: Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:24amInteresting...
--Aristotle
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#2re: Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:34am
Rule Sixteen
Special Rules for the Music Awards
A. CATEGORIES
I. Original Score:
An original score is a substantial body of music in the form of original dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.
II. Original Song:
An original song consists of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. There must be a clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition (not necessarily visually presented) of both lyric and melody, used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits.
III. Original Musical:
An original musical consists of not fewer than five original songs (as defined in A.II above) by the same writer or team of writers either used as voice-overs or visually performed. Each of these songs must be substantively rendered, clearly audible, intelligible, and must further the storyline. What is simply an arbitrary group of songs unessential to the storyline of the film will not be considered eligible. The adapter (if any) or the composer of the instrumental score may be considered eligible — in this category only — if his or her contribution is deemed relevant and substantial.
B. ELIGIBILITY
1. The work must be specifically created for the eligible feature-length motion picture.
2. The work must be the result of a creative interaction between the film maker(s) and the composer(s) or songwriter(s) who have been engaged to work directly on the film.
3. The measure of the work's qualification shall be its effectiveness, craftsmanship, creative substance and relevance to the dramatic whole.
4. The work must be recorded for use in the film prior to any other usage including public performance or exploitation through any of the media whatsoever.
5. Only the principal composer(s) or song writer(s) responsible for the conception and execution of the work as a whole shall be eligible for an award. This expressly excludes from eligibility all of the following:
(a) supervisors
(b) partial contributors (e.g., any writer not responsible for the over-all design of the work)
(c) contributors working on speculation
(d) scores diluted by the use of themes tracked or other pre-existing music
(e) scores diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs
(f) scores assembled from the music of more than one composer.
6. No more than two statuettes will normally be given in the Original Song category. A third statuette may be awarded when there are three essentially equal contributors to a song.
7. The Executive Committee shall resolve all rules interpretations and all questions of eligibility.
8. It is within the sole and confidential discretion of the Board of Governors to determine what awards, if any, shall be given.
#3re: Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:36amMaybe you should send those rules to the film's producers.
#4re: Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:41amOriginal score refers to the underscoring. If Sondheim wrote any new music specifically for underscoring in the movie, its eligible.
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#5re: Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:42amThere is original scoring happening in the film in addition to some based on pieces from the stage. Not sure if it should be considered for the award as a whole, but still
#6re: Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:55amThey key word is "substantial." What is the percentage of ORIGINAL score versus REUSED score?
--Aristotle
#7re: Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Posted: 12/18/07 at 12:20pmAlso interesting...Laura Michelle Kelly as the supporting actress push.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#8re: Sondheim to be considered for Best Original Score at the Oscars?
Posted: 12/18/07 at 1:27pm
I thought they would submit the kid--his name escapes me--for the Best Supporting Actor category as well.
Glad to see they didn't try to pull a Jennifer Hudson, and put Helena Bonham Carter where she belongs.
Love the actual poster, it rocks.
And yes, like MichaelBennett said, the Score is more about Sondheim's underscoring than his renowned SWEENEY score.
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