Where The Wild Things Are

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63 Original Songs Tune Up For 2009 Oscar®

Beverly Hills, CA (December 16, 2009) — Sixty-three songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are contending for nominations in the Original Song category for the 82nd Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by song title:


“All Is Love” from “Where the Wild Things Are” and “Hideaway” from “Where the Wild Things Are”

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20091216.html

 

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Karen O’s “Wild Things,” Score Ineligible for Oscars

According to the Wrap, the Oscar rulebook states, "cores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs, or assembled from the music of more than one composer shall not be eligible." So even if Eno put in the necessary work, the Lovely Bones score would probably still be disqualified, the Wrap explains, since it uses portions of Eno's older compositions. That was the same snag that kept Jonny Greenwood's There Will Be Blood score from eligibility a couple of years back.

That "more than one composer" caveat is speculated to be what doomed Where the Wild Things Are. However, there is an exception for when "two composers function as equal collaborators in producing the score, each contributing a substantial amount of original music for the film." That might explain why Nick Cave and Warren Ellis's score for The Road is on the Academy's shortlist. But Where the Wild Things Are also included various other collaborators (including Deerhunter's Bradford Cox and the two other Yeah Yeah Yeahs), so maybe that's the problem.

As previously reported, Karen O's "All Is Love" is on the shortlist for a Best Original Song Oscar, so there's still some chance that she'll pull a Three 6 Mafia and crash the Oscar podium. (She's also up for a Golden Globe and a Grammy.)


http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...os-lovely-bones-scores-ineligible-for-oscars/

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

I'm not really sure who the movie was made for. It seemed a little too dark for children I think, and most adults probably weren't interested if they didn't love the book.

It was pretty scary. It wasn't quite as colorful as the illustrations of the book, but very realistic.

 

[sundaymorning]

Karen O & The Kids = amazing.
Spike Jonze = amazing.
this film is amazing!