It’s a case of one score to rule them all, as Howard Shore’s stirring epic soundtrack for The Lord of the Rings trilogy was voted the U.K.’s favorite movie music.
Shore’s score for the Rings film, which has won three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes and four Grammys, came out ahead of some of the greatest and most recognizable soundtracks of all time, including John Williams’ music for Schindler’s List and Star Wars, which came second and third respectively.
The list of the top 100 film scores was compiled by popular U.K. radio station Classic FM, as part of their annual Movie Music Hall of Fame. More than 10,000 people voted for this year’s edition and the winner was revealed on Sunday by Jonathan Ross, the former presenter of the BBC’s Film program.
“Many thanks to all the Classic FM listeners,” Shore told...
Shore’s score for the Rings film, which has won three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes and four Grammys, came out ahead of some of the greatest and most recognizable soundtracks of all time, including John Williams’ music for Schindler’s List and Star Wars, which came second and third respectively.
The list of the top 100 film scores was compiled by popular U.K. radio station Classic FM, as part of their annual Movie Music Hall of Fame. More than 10,000 people voted for this year’s edition and the winner was revealed on Sunday by Jonathan Ross, the former presenter of the BBC’s Film program.
“Many thanks to all the Classic FM listeners,” Shore told...
- 8/29/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Queer music artists have always been influential. However, many have gone under appreciated throughout history. When it comes to award shows, queer artists have also been very much present, despite society’s homophobia and transphobia. So to celebrate Pride month, here are 10 music-related queer award show moments worth remembering. For 10 others, check here.
Angela Morley becomes the first openly trans person to earn an Academy Award nomination
The first trans person to be nominated for an Oscar contended for music. The great Angela Morley achieved this in 1974 as one of the four composers for the film “The Little Prince.” Morley’s nomination was a huge step forward in LGBTQ+ history, and it’s rare even to this day, with the number of trans individuals nominated for the Oscar still being very small.
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Angela Morley becomes the first openly trans person to earn an Academy Award nomination
The first trans person to be nominated for an Oscar contended for music. The great Angela Morley achieved this in 1974 as one of the four composers for the film “The Little Prince.” Morley’s nomination was a huge step forward in LGBTQ+ history, and it’s rare even to this day, with the number of trans individuals nominated for the Oscar still being very small.
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- 6/24/2023
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir is already in the history books after she won the best original score Oscar for “Joker” (2019). Now, she could break a new record with two bonafide awards contenders.
Todd Field’s “Tár,” a fictional psychological drama about one of the greatest living composers and conductors, has received critical acclaim after debuting at many of the fall film festivals. One of the highly praised elements was the incredible music featured in the film. However, in a movie about a composer, many casual cinema-goers were left wondering what was original or pre-purposed (unless you are an expert on musical compositions). Focus Features has confirmed to Variety exclusively that the film’s music by Guðnadóttir meets the requirement for Academy Awards and will be submitted for consideration.
Final determinations for eligibility are ultimately made by the Academy’s music branch. For a score to qualify, a film must feature music...
Todd Field’s “Tár,” a fictional psychological drama about one of the greatest living composers and conductors, has received critical acclaim after debuting at many of the fall film festivals. One of the highly praised elements was the incredible music featured in the film. However, in a movie about a composer, many casual cinema-goers were left wondering what was original or pre-purposed (unless you are an expert on musical compositions). Focus Features has confirmed to Variety exclusively that the film’s music by Guðnadóttir meets the requirement for Academy Awards and will be submitted for consideration.
Final determinations for eligibility are ultimately made by the Academy’s music branch. For a score to qualify, a film must feature music...
- 9/30/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
After becoming the first solo female composer to win a Golden Globe for original score, Iceland native Hildur Guonadottir became the third solo woman to ever win an Oscar in the category, thanks to her haunting music for “Joker” — a gender-related feat that was 22 years in the making. She also is just the ninth female ever nominated for Best Musical Score, earning one of the 11 bids – the most for any 2019 release — for the comic-book-inspired drama starring Joaquin Phoenix.
The first female to compete for a musical score Academy Award was Angela Morley, who collaborated with Douglas Gamley to adapt Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe‘s music for 1974’s “The Little Prince.” She would get a second chance with the Sherman Brothers with her adapted score for 1977’s “The Slipper and the Rose.” Marilyn Bergman would become the first-ever female winner in 1983 along with husband Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand,...
The first female to compete for a musical score Academy Award was Angela Morley, who collaborated with Douglas Gamley to adapt Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe‘s music for 1974’s “The Little Prince.” She would get a second chance with the Sherman Brothers with her adapted score for 1977’s “The Slipper and the Rose.” Marilyn Bergman would become the first-ever female winner in 1983 along with husband Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
A version of this story about Hildur Guðnadóttir and “Joker” first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
Eight days after becoming the first woman ever to win a Golden Globe for a film score, “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir became the ninth woman to land an Oscar nomination in the film-score categories. And even that number isn’t terribly accurate, because two of the women who preceded her were songwriters or lyricists nominated in now-defunct categories, and another was Angela Morley, who was only credited with conducting, arranging and orchestrating.
“When I started to work in the States, I definitely felt some reluctance to trust me because I was a woman,” said Guðnadóttir, who was born and raised in Iceland at the time when the country had a single mother as its president, and whose grandmother was one of Iceland’s first female doctors.
Eight days after becoming the first woman ever to win a Golden Globe for a film score, “Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir became the ninth woman to land an Oscar nomination in the film-score categories. And even that number isn’t terribly accurate, because two of the women who preceded her were songwriters or lyricists nominated in now-defunct categories, and another was Angela Morley, who was only credited with conducting, arranging and orchestrating.
“When I started to work in the States, I definitely felt some reluctance to trust me because I was a woman,” said Guðnadóttir, who was born and raised in Iceland at the time when the country had a single mother as its president, and whose grandmother was one of Iceland’s first female doctors.
- 1/29/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
After becoming the first solo female composer to win a Golden Globe for original score, Iceland native Hildur Guonadottir is the ninth woman Oscar-nominated in the Best Musical Score category for her work on “Joker,” earning one of the 11 bids – the most for any 2019 release — for the comic-book-inspired drama starring Joaquin Phoenix.
The first woman to compete for a musical score Academy Award was Angela Morley, who collaborated with Douglas Gamley to adapt Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe‘s music for 1974’s “The Little Prince.” She would compete a second time with the Sherman Brothers with her adapted score for 1977’s “The Slipper and the Rose.” Marilyn Bergman would become the first-ever female winner in 1983 along with husband Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand, for Barbra Streisand‘s “Yentl.”
Two more Oscar-nabbing woman composers would follow: Rachel Portman for 1996’s “Emma” and Anne Dudley for 1997’s “The Full Monty.” Lyn...
The first woman to compete for a musical score Academy Award was Angela Morley, who collaborated with Douglas Gamley to adapt Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe‘s music for 1974’s “The Little Prince.” She would compete a second time with the Sherman Brothers with her adapted score for 1977’s “The Slipper and the Rose.” Marilyn Bergman would become the first-ever female winner in 1983 along with husband Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand, for Barbra Streisand‘s “Yentl.”
Two more Oscar-nabbing woman composers would follow: Rachel Portman for 1996’s “Emma” and Anne Dudley for 1997’s “The Full Monty.” Lyn...
- 1/14/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
“Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir became only the fifth woman in Oscar history to be nominated in the original score categories during Thursday’s nominations announcement.
The Icelandic cellist has been on a winning streak, taking home Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Society of Composers & Lyricist awards in recent days. Her music for the comic-book villain, to which star Joaquin Phoenix danced as it was being played on the set, has been much discussed in the industry.
Her nomination was the seventh for a female composer writing an original dramatic score: Ann Ronell was nominated in 1945; Rachel Portman three times, winning for “Emma”; Anne Dudley, who won for “The Full Monty” in 1999; and Mica Levi, nominated for “Jackie” in 2010. Angela Morley was nominated twice in the 1970s for adaptation scores, a category that has been discontinued.
Guðnadóttir was the only newcomer in the category.
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The Icelandic cellist has been on a winning streak, taking home Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Society of Composers & Lyricist awards in recent days. Her music for the comic-book villain, to which star Joaquin Phoenix danced as it was being played on the set, has been much discussed in the industry.
Her nomination was the seventh for a female composer writing an original dramatic score: Ann Ronell was nominated in 1945; Rachel Portman three times, winning for “Emma”; Anne Dudley, who won for “The Full Monty” in 1999; and Mica Levi, nominated for “Jackie” in 2010. Angela Morley was nominated twice in the 1970s for adaptation scores, a category that has been discontinued.
Guðnadóttir was the only newcomer in the category.
John Williams received a record 52nd Oscar...
- 1/13/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
“1917” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” were the big winners at the 2020 Golden Globes. The Sam Mendes-directed World War I drama took home big wins for Best Picture Drama and Best Director, while Tarantino’s beloved “Hollywood” dominated all films with three wins: Best Picture Comedy, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Brad Pitt. But Todd Phillips’ controversial comic book film “Joker” also had a major awards night, nabbing two prizes for Best Actor Drama and Best Original Score. The film’s Globes total was greater than other heavy-hitters like “Marriage Story” (one win for Laura Dern amid a ceremony-topping six nominations) and “The Irishman” (shut out amid five nominations).
With two wins, “Joker” is now the most awarded comic book film in Golden Globes history. Joaquin Phoenix’s acting win is the second time a performer has won a Globe for playing the Joker. Heath Ledger...
With two wins, “Joker” is now the most awarded comic book film in Golden Globes history. Joaquin Phoenix’s acting win is the second time a performer has won a Globe for playing the Joker. Heath Ledger...
- 1/6/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Only seven women have been nominated in the original score categories at the Oscars: Lynn Ahrens, Marilyn Bergman, Anne Dudley, Micachu, Angela Morley and Rachel Portman. Three — Bergman, Dudley and Portman — turned those nominations into victories. Bergman won in the now-defunct Original Song Score category back in 1984 for “Yentl,” sharing the prize with lyricist-husband Alan Bergman and composer Michael Legrand. Portman prevailed in 1997 for “Emma,” while Dudley won the following year for “The Full Monty.”
“Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir could well be the first female contender for Best Original Score since Micachu, who was nominated in 2016 for “Jackie.” Before that, it was Portman who was last nominated – in 2000 for “Chocolat.” Guðnadóttir just won an Emmy for her score to the limited series “Chernobyl.” Portman picked up this same prize in 2015 for “Bessie.”
Guðnadóttir would be the fifth-ever Icelandic Oscar nominee. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film...
“Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir could well be the first female contender for Best Original Score since Micachu, who was nominated in 2016 for “Jackie.” Before that, it was Portman who was last nominated – in 2000 for “Chocolat.” Guðnadóttir just won an Emmy for her score to the limited series “Chernobyl.” Portman picked up this same prize in 2015 for “Bessie.”
Guðnadóttir would be the fifth-ever Icelandic Oscar nominee. Friðrik Þór Friðriksson was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film...
- 11/28/2019
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Joaquin Phoenix has swallowed up most of the attention for “Joker,” but another aspect of the Warner Bros. film has managed to impress moviegoers: the original score. Composer Hildur Guonadottir was honored with the Best Soundtrack award at the Venice Film Festival for her work on “Joker,” and now she is in the hunt to score her first Oscar nomination.
Should “Joker” earn that original score bid, it would be only the seventh comic book film to do so in Oscar history, following “The Mask of Zorro” (1940), “Superman” (1978), “Dick Tracy” (1990), “Men in Black” (1997), “The Adventures of Tintin” (2011) and last year’s winner “Black Panther.” It would be the first nomination in this category for a film based on characters in the Batman universe, with even “The Dark Knight” failing to score a bid in 2008. This would suggest a bias against such films, so “Joker” would seemingly be at a disadvantage.
Should “Joker” earn that original score bid, it would be only the seventh comic book film to do so in Oscar history, following “The Mask of Zorro” (1940), “Superman” (1978), “Dick Tracy” (1990), “Men in Black” (1997), “The Adventures of Tintin” (2011) and last year’s winner “Black Panther.” It would be the first nomination in this category for a film based on characters in the Batman universe, with even “The Dark Knight” failing to score a bid in 2008. This would suggest a bias against such films, so “Joker” would seemingly be at a disadvantage.
- 11/24/2019
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
When Laverne Cox was first nominated for an Emmy for her work on Netflix’s groundbreaking series “Orange Is the New Black” in 2014, she became the first openly transgender person to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy in any acting category. (And only the second nominee at all since composer Angela Morley in 1990.) When she won her Daytime Emmy Award for producing the docu-series “Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word,” she became the first openly transgender person to win that award.
This year, she’s nominated for her work in one episode of the final season of “Orange,” the women’s prison drama that forever altered the fabric of television and transgender representation in Hollywood. This is her third nomination for playing hairdresser Sophia Burset on the Netflix drama, this time for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama series. If she wins, she’d become the first openly transgender person...
This year, she’s nominated for her work in one episode of the final season of “Orange,” the women’s prison drama that forever altered the fabric of television and transgender representation in Hollywood. This is her third nomination for playing hairdresser Sophia Burset on the Netflix drama, this time for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama series. If she wins, she’d become the first openly transgender person...
- 8/29/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
For most of the awards season the Oscar front-runner for Best Documentary Feature was “Jane,” which profiles the famous primatologist Jane Goodall. So it was a big surprise when “Jane” was left out of the race entirely. That leaves the category wide open, but while Honorary Oscar champ Agnes Varda has moved out front for her film “Faces Places” according to our latest racetrack odds, we might be underestimating Yance Ford, who could make history for his intensely personal documentary “Strong Island.” He would be the first openly transgender man to win an Oscar.
Transgender artists have previously been nominated for music: Angela Morley for the song scores of “The Little Prince” (1974) and “The Slipper and the Rose” (1977), and Anohni for her original song “Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction” (2015). Yance Ford is the first openly trans nominee for Best Documentary Feature, and he would also be only the third black filmmaker to win this category,...
Transgender artists have previously been nominated for music: Angela Morley for the song scores of “The Little Prince” (1974) and “The Slipper and the Rose” (1977), and Anohni for her original song “Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction” (2015). Yance Ford is the first openly trans nominee for Best Documentary Feature, and he would also be only the third black filmmaker to win this category,...
- 2/23/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Tuesday morning’s Academy Award nominations included several historic nomination for women and people of color, including Rachel Morrison, Jordan Peele, and Greta Gerwig. However, the biggest victory may belong to the transgender representation of two smaller films, Best Documentary nominee “Strong Island” and Best Foreign Film nominee “A Fantastic Woman.”
With Yance Ford’s “Strong Island,” a powerful and deeply personal film about the murder of Ford’s brother, he became the first transgender director of an Oscar-nominated film. After many years producing documentaries, “Strong Island” is Ford’s first feature-length film.
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“A Fantastic Woman” stars Chilean transgender actress Daniela Vega, and the significance of her casting cannot be overstated; playing trans has long been a one-way ticket to Oscar glory for cisgender actors like Jared Leto and Hillary Swank.
With Yance Ford’s “Strong Island,” a powerful and deeply personal film about the murder of Ford’s brother, he became the first transgender director of an Oscar-nominated film. After many years producing documentaries, “Strong Island” is Ford’s first feature-length film.
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“A Fantastic Woman” stars Chilean transgender actress Daniela Vega, and the significance of her casting cannot be overstated; playing trans has long been a one-way ticket to Oscar glory for cisgender actors like Jared Leto and Hillary Swank.
- 1/23/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Micachu (Courtesy: Daniel Bergeron Photography)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
When it comes to the world of composing for films, it’s most definitely a man’s world — but this year there’s one woman who is a part of the conversation: Mica Levi, a.k.a. Micachu. Let’s get to know the 29-year-old talent that is garnering Oscar attention this year for working on Jackie and see where this talent fits into Academy Awards history.
Micachu, the daughter of two musicians who began writing and playing music at the age of four, is an English multihyphenate — singer, songwriter, composer, and producer — best known for creating experimental music in the band Micachu & The Shapes. The Surrey native has released six mixtapes, six albums (two of which were soundtracks — more on those later), and, while at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, even wrote an orchestral piece for the London Philharmonic Orchestra...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
When it comes to the world of composing for films, it’s most definitely a man’s world — but this year there’s one woman who is a part of the conversation: Mica Levi, a.k.a. Micachu. Let’s get to know the 29-year-old talent that is garnering Oscar attention this year for working on Jackie and see where this talent fits into Academy Awards history.
Micachu, the daughter of two musicians who began writing and playing music at the age of four, is an English multihyphenate — singer, songwriter, composer, and producer — best known for creating experimental music in the band Micachu & The Shapes. The Surrey native has released six mixtapes, six albums (two of which were soundtracks — more on those later), and, while at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, even wrote an orchestral piece for the London Philharmonic Orchestra...
- 1/6/2017
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
This forgotten Alistair MacLean action thriller packs a rare starring role for the young Anthony Hopkins -- he's really good as secret agent Philip Calvert, battling gold thieves in the Scottish Isles. He's got a James Bond attitude in a more down-to-Earth adventure. When Eight Bells Toll Blu-ray Kl Studio Classics 1971 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date March 8, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley, Nathalie Delon, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Ferdy Mayne, Wendy Allnutt, Maurice Roëves, Derek Bond, Leon Collins, Peter Arne, Oliver MacGreevy, Tom Chatto, Del Henney. Cinematography Arthur Ibbetson Film Editor John Shirley Original Music Angela Morley Written by Alistair MacLean from his novel Produced by Elliott Kastner Directed by Etienne Périer
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Producer Elliott Kastner stretched Alistair MacLean's brand of military action adventure to James Bond extremes in the expensive, very popular Where Eagles Dare of 1968. Several MacLean adaptations got underway,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Producer Elliott Kastner stretched Alistair MacLean's brand of military action adventure to James Bond extremes in the expensive, very popular Where Eagles Dare of 1968. Several MacLean adaptations got underway,...
- 3/8/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The Academy Awards have just erased the silver lining of an awards season that has been rightfully dominated by stories of omission and institutional injustice.
Lost in the justifiable furor over #OscarsSoWhite is the fact that a transgender person has received an Academy Award nomination for the first time since songwriter Angela Morley earned two in the mid-Seventies. Mercury Prize-winning musician Anohni (née Antony Hegarty) has been recognized for her song "Manta Ray," the J. Ralph duet she was commissioned to co-write and perform for the climate crisis documentary Racing Extinction.
Lost in the justifiable furor over #OscarsSoWhite is the fact that a transgender person has received an Academy Award nomination for the first time since songwriter Angela Morley earned two in the mid-Seventies. Mercury Prize-winning musician Anohni (née Antony Hegarty) has been recognized for her song "Manta Ray," the J. Ralph duet she was commissioned to co-write and perform for the climate crisis documentary Racing Extinction.
- 2/25/2016
- Rollingstone.com
On Sunday, movie fans will find out if Eddie Redmayne wins Best Actor for his performance as trans woman Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. Should Redmayne be victorious, he'd not only score back-to-back Oscars but he would also become the latest in a long line of actors who have courted Oscar attention by playing the opposite sex, playing a trans person or in some other way playing a character whose gender differs than the one of which the actors themselves identify. Not that it comes without some criticism, of course. Also up for an Oscar this year is the...
- 2/25/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Huffpo The story of the first trans Oscar nominee, Angela Morley in the 1970s
Gothamist This will be such a sad day in Manhattan. The last remaining gala premiere type single screen movie theater in Manhattan is closing in a couple of weeks for good. Goodbye Ziegfeld Theater where I first saw Michelle Pfeiffer in the pflesh, where I first laid eyes on Moulin Rouge!, where so many filmmakers and actors premiered their films.
The Film Stage Taylor Sheridan who wrote Sicario is looking to make his directorial debut with his new screenplay Wind River
Variety Ettore Scola, the Italian director has died at 84 years of age. Among his best known films were three Foreign Language Film Oscar nominees: A Special Day (1977), The Family (1987) and Le Bal (1983)
Coming Soon Jennifer Lawrence will star in Marita about Fidel Castro's young lover who became involved in an assassination attempt on his life.
Gothamist This will be such a sad day in Manhattan. The last remaining gala premiere type single screen movie theater in Manhattan is closing in a couple of weeks for good. Goodbye Ziegfeld Theater where I first saw Michelle Pfeiffer in the pflesh, where I first laid eyes on Moulin Rouge!, where so many filmmakers and actors premiered their films.
The Film Stage Taylor Sheridan who wrote Sicario is looking to make his directorial debut with his new screenplay Wind River
Variety Ettore Scola, the Italian director has died at 84 years of age. Among his best known films were three Foreign Language Film Oscar nominees: A Special Day (1977), The Family (1987) and Le Bal (1983)
Coming Soon Jennifer Lawrence will star in Marita about Fidel Castro's young lover who became involved in an assassination attempt on his life.
- 1/21/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Refresh your screen periodically for updates as this post will evolve
If you missed the Oscar nominations this morning you can check out the full list at our Official Nomination Index Page. The individual Oscar charts will take some time to update but should go up throughout the day. But while we're all gathered let's have so fun checking off some trivia and stats. This post is dedicated to the first timers in Oscar's club.
Feel free to contribute "firsts" in the comments!
First Time Lucky
Mad Max Fury Road is the first live action sequel ever nominated for Best Picture whose original wasn't nominated. In fact the entire Mad Max franchise had received zero nominations up until this morning. Mad Max is only the second sequel ever nominated for Best Picture whose original wasn't up for the same prize. The only other example is Toy Story 3 (the first...
If you missed the Oscar nominations this morning you can check out the full list at our Official Nomination Index Page. The individual Oscar charts will take some time to update but should go up throughout the day. But while we're all gathered let's have so fun checking off some trivia and stats. This post is dedicated to the first timers in Oscar's club.
Feel free to contribute "firsts" in the comments!
First Time Lucky
Mad Max Fury Road is the first live action sequel ever nominated for Best Picture whose original wasn't nominated. In fact the entire Mad Max franchise had received zero nominations up until this morning. Mad Max is only the second sequel ever nominated for Best Picture whose original wasn't up for the same prize. The only other example is Toy Story 3 (the first...
- 1/15/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
This year's Emmy nominations saw a historic first: Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox was nominated for the outstanding guest actress in a comedy series award, making her the first openly transgender person nominated in an acting category. (Conductor Angela Morley won several Emmys for music direction.)
The award ultimately went to Cox's Orange costar, Uzo "Crazy Eyes" Aduba – the win was announced during the Creative Arts portion of the awards, which took place on Aug. 16 – but Cox's nomination is a first nonetheless. Now in their 66th year, the Emmy Awards have seen many famous firsts. Have a...
The award ultimately went to Cox's Orange costar, Uzo "Crazy Eyes" Aduba – the win was announced during the Creative Arts portion of the awards, which took place on Aug. 16 – but Cox's nomination is a first nonetheless. Now in their 66th year, the Emmy Awards have seen many famous firsts. Have a...
- 8/20/2014
- by Drew Mackie
- People.com - TV Watch
When the music documentary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man made its North American premiere in Austin in 2007, I interviewed its out filmmaker Stephen Kijak (Cinemania). As a full-fledged proselytizing Scott Walker freak, I would have liked the fact that Stephen has the gay to be enough to get our readers to give it a click, but let's get real. The audience for documentary films about obscure ex-pat musical geniuses is neither large nor disproportionately well-represented on our site.
I found a way to get around that little problem when the publicist for the film sent out a note that one of its associate producers was also available for press events in Austin: actor and AfterElton.com hot 100 listee Gale Harold (Queer as Folk, Desperate Housewives). I interviewed him; the article did well, so my editor was happy; I got to write about one of my musical obsessions, so I was,...
I found a way to get around that little problem when the publicist for the film sent out a note that one of its associate producers was also available for press events in Austin: actor and AfterElton.com hot 100 listee Gale Harold (Queer as Folk, Desperate Housewives). I interviewed him; the article did well, so my editor was happy; I got to write about one of my musical obsessions, so I was,...
- 1/24/2009
- by christiekeith
- The Backlot
Music arranger Angela Morley, who won Emmys for arranging two of Julie Andrews television specials has died at 84 in Scottsdale, Arizona. She's said to have passed away from complications of a fall and a subsequent heart attack. The three-time Emmy winner, also received Oscar nominations for adaptaing the songs in the musicals "The Little Prince" and "The Slipper and the Rose" This prolific woman also wrote her own official bio for her web site, which we reprint below. A very full life! Our thoughts and prayers go out to her partner Christine Parker, along with her son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren during this difficult time.
- 1/19/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
BERLIN -- "Scott Walker -- 30 Century Man" is presented as a straight documentary about an American pop singer who had one U.K. hit in the 1960s as a member of a boy band and has gone missing ever since, but it plays like the slyest of spoofs.
According to Stephen Kijak's film, Walker is a shadowy legend in the music business whose determination to make albums in the face of almost complete indifference by record buyers ranks him alongside Brian Wilson as a lost god of rock.
There might be genuine Walker fans who wish to see their forgotten hero given his due, but those who have not acquired that strange taste will find the film hard to take unless it is viewed as a dead-on parody. It could achieve must-see status among pop ironists. The film is screening here in the Panorama Documentaries section.
There was a small group of American singers in England in the '60s who were well-liked because they were so screamingly funny, such as Gene Pitney, P.J. Proby and Walker. Unheralded at home, they had big, tortured voices, featured overwrought arrangements on their records, took themselves with absolute seriousness and spoke the most amusing twaddle.
Walker arrived as part of The Walker Brothers, a boy band in which no one was named Walker and who were not brothers. They had a big hit with "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More," a Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio song that Frankie Valli had recorded earlier without success. They made a couple of albums, followed by solo outings by Scott, and then it was all over.
Although no one else appears to have been curious, Kijak's film asks just what this missing genius has been up to for the past 20 or 30 years. He has a satirist's ear for the telling comment.
David Bowie, the film's executive producer, talks about how influenced he was by Walker even though he bursts out laughing when he's played one of his songs. Legendary transsexual arranger Angela Morley, previously Wally Stott, says Walker would ask for a bit of Sibelius here and some Delius there, but when she played one of the star's tracks, she asks, "Is that one of mine? It's so long ago."
Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn and others rhapsodize about Walker's poetry and imagery, and naturally Sting is on hand to observe of Walker's songwriting: "It reminds me of the darkness behind the romanticism." Of course it does.
Walker's perfectionism over precisely the right sound he demands for his records is demonstrated by showing him listening patiently to a man punching a slab of meat and directing him on the pace and speed of the strikes so that in the end it sounds exactly like a man punching a slab of meat.
Walker is seen at length talking about his music and how he can't listen to it once it's been recorded, though the film allows him to wail away ad nauseum. "It's a nightmare. I never listen to it again," he says. As Neil Innes said in "The Rutles", he's suffered for his music, now it's our turn.
SCOTT WALKER -- 30 CENTURY MAN
Missing in Action Films
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Stephen Kijak
Producers: Mia Bays, Stephen Kijak, Elizabeth Rose
Executive producer: David Bowie
Director of photography: Grant Gee
Editors: Grant Gee, Mat Whitecross
Running time -- 95 minutes
No MPAA rating...
According to Stephen Kijak's film, Walker is a shadowy legend in the music business whose determination to make albums in the face of almost complete indifference by record buyers ranks him alongside Brian Wilson as a lost god of rock.
There might be genuine Walker fans who wish to see their forgotten hero given his due, but those who have not acquired that strange taste will find the film hard to take unless it is viewed as a dead-on parody. It could achieve must-see status among pop ironists. The film is screening here in the Panorama Documentaries section.
There was a small group of American singers in England in the '60s who were well-liked because they were so screamingly funny, such as Gene Pitney, P.J. Proby and Walker. Unheralded at home, they had big, tortured voices, featured overwrought arrangements on their records, took themselves with absolute seriousness and spoke the most amusing twaddle.
Walker arrived as part of The Walker Brothers, a boy band in which no one was named Walker and who were not brothers. They had a big hit with "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More," a Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio song that Frankie Valli had recorded earlier without success. They made a couple of albums, followed by solo outings by Scott, and then it was all over.
Although no one else appears to have been curious, Kijak's film asks just what this missing genius has been up to for the past 20 or 30 years. He has a satirist's ear for the telling comment.
David Bowie, the film's executive producer, talks about how influenced he was by Walker even though he bursts out laughing when he's played one of his songs. Legendary transsexual arranger Angela Morley, previously Wally Stott, says Walker would ask for a bit of Sibelius here and some Delius there, but when she played one of the star's tracks, she asks, "Is that one of mine? It's so long ago."
Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn and others rhapsodize about Walker's poetry and imagery, and naturally Sting is on hand to observe of Walker's songwriting: "It reminds me of the darkness behind the romanticism." Of course it does.
Walker's perfectionism over precisely the right sound he demands for his records is demonstrated by showing him listening patiently to a man punching a slab of meat and directing him on the pace and speed of the strikes so that in the end it sounds exactly like a man punching a slab of meat.
Walker is seen at length talking about his music and how he can't listen to it once it's been recorded, though the film allows him to wail away ad nauseum. "It's a nightmare. I never listen to it again," he says. As Neil Innes said in "The Rutles", he's suffered for his music, now it's our turn.
SCOTT WALKER -- 30 CENTURY MAN
Missing in Action Films
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Stephen Kijak
Producers: Mia Bays, Stephen Kijak, Elizabeth Rose
Executive producer: David Bowie
Director of photography: Grant Gee
Editors: Grant Gee, Mat Whitecross
Running time -- 95 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 2/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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