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Golden Globe Nominations 2001
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the nominations for the 59th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2001.
In the Best Original Score category, the nominees are:
- CRAIG ARMSTRONG for Moulin Rouge!
- ANGELO BADALAMENTI for Mulholland Drive
- PIETER BOURKE and LISA GERRARD for Ali
- JAMES HORNER for A Beautiful Mind
- HOWARD SHORE for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- JOHN WILLIAMS for A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- CHRISTOPHER YOUNG for The Shipping News
- HANS ZIMMER for Pearl Harbor
These are first nominations for Armstrong, Shore, and Young. It is the second nomination for Bourke, the second nomination for Badalamenti, the third nomination for Gerrard, the fourth nomination for Zimmer, the fifth nomination for Horner, and the nineteenth nomination for Williams. Gerrard previously won for Gladiator in 2000. Zimmer previously won for The Lion King in 1994 and Gladiator in 2000. Williams previously won for Jaws in 1975, Star Wars in 1977, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in 1982.
In the Best Original Song category, the nominees are:
- DAVID BAERWALD for “Come What May” from Moulin Rouge!
- ENYA BRENNAN, NICKY RYAN, and ROMA RYAN for “May It Be” from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- PAUL MCCARTNEY for “Vanilla Sky” from Vanilla Sky
- GORDON SUMNER (STING) for “Until” from Kate & Leopold
- DIANE WARREN for “There You’ll Be” from Pearl Harbor
The winners of the 59th Golden Globe Awards will be announced on January 20, 2002.
Remembering Alex North, 1910-1991
Composer Alex North died ten years ago today, on September 8, 1991, at his home in Los Angeles, California, after a short illness. He was 80.
North was born Isadore Soifer in December 1910, in Chester, Pennsylvania, the son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. His father died during surgery for appendicitis in 1915, leaving the family in severe with financial hardships. In the late 1920s, Isadore’s older brother Jacob began writing articles for radical labor publications, and to shield his family from right wing political persecution, Jacob adopted the pseudonym “Joseph North”. Soon the family followed his lead, and Isadore Soifer became Alex North.
In the Second World War, North served as a captain in the U.S. Army Special Services division, where he was responsible for “self-entertainment” programs in mental hospitals. He also composed music for more than twenty-six documentary films for the Office of War Information, which kick-started his love for film music.
After the war North studied at the Curtis Institute, the Juilliard School in New York, and in Moscow with noted Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. A lifelong advocate for serious music in American life, he began his career composing for theater and modern dance, working with such figures as John Steinbeck and choreographer Anna Sokolow.
North’s Hollywood breakthrough came in 1951 with director Elia Kazan’s A Streetcar Named Desire, where his use of dissonance, blues motifs, and psychological underscoring created a new musical language for film. North’s score for director Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960), with its sweeping orchestral palette and stirring themes, remains a landmark of epic film scoring. Read more…
Academy Award Nominations 2000
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have announced the nominations for the 73rd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film in 2000.
In the Best Original Score category, the nominees are:
- TAN DUN for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
- ENNIO MORRICONE for Malèna
- RACHEL PORTMAN for Chocolat
- JOHN WILLAMS for The Patriot
- HANS ZIMMER for Gladiator
This is the first Oscar nomination for Tan, the 5th nomination for Morricone, the 3rd nomination for Portman, the 34th nomination for Williams, and the 6th nomination for Zimmer. Portman previously won for Emma in 1996. Williams previously won for Fiddler on the Roof in 1971, Jaws in 1975, Star Wars in 1977, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial in 1982, and Schindler’s List in 1993. Zimmer previously won for The Lion King in 1994.
In the Best Original Song category, the nominees are:
- TAN DUN, JORGE CALANDRELLI, and JAMES SCHAMUS for “A Love Before Time” from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
- BOB DYLAN for “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys
- BJÖRK GUÐMUNDSDÓTTIR, LARS VON TRIER, and SJÓN SIGURÐSSON for “I’ve Seen It All” from Dancer in the Dark
- RANDY NEWMAN for “A Fool In Love” from Meet the Parents
- GORDON SUMNER (STING) and DAVID HARTLEY for “My Funny Friend and Me” from The Emperor’s New Groove
The winners of the 73rd Academy Awards will be announced on March 25, 2001.
BAFTA Nominations 2000
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the 54th British Academy Film Awards, honoring the best in film in 2000.
In the Best Original Music category, which is named in memory of the film director Anthony Asquith, the nominees are:
- T-BONE BURNETT and CARTER BURWELL for O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- TAN DUN for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
- STEPHEN WARBECK for Billy Elliot
- NANCY WILSON for Almost Famous
- HANS ZIMMER and LISA GERRARD for Gladiator
These are the first nominations for Burnett, Burwell, Dun, Gerrard and Wilson. It is the second nomination for Warbeck, and the third nomination for Zimmer.
The winners of the 54th BAFTA Awards will be announced on February 25, 2001.
Golden Globe Nominations 2000
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the nominations for the 58th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2000.
In the Best Original Score category, the nominees are:
- TAN DUN for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
- MAURICE JARRE for Sunshine
- ENNIO MORRICONE for Malèna
- RACHEL PORTMAN for Chocolat
- MARTY STUART, LARRY PAXTON, and KRISTIN WILKINSON for All the Pretty Horses
- HANS ZIMMER and LISA GERRARD for Gladiator
These are first nominations for Dun, Stuart, Paxton, Portman, and Wilkinson. It is the second nomination for Gerrard, the third nomination for Zimmer, the seventh nomination for Morricone, and the tenth nomination for Jarre. Zimmer previously won for The Lion King in 1994. Morricone previously won for The Mission in 1986 and The Legend of 1900 in 1999. Jarre previously won for Doctor Zhivago in 1965, A Passage to India in 1984, Gorillas in the Mist in 1988, and A Walk in the Clouds in 1995.
In the Best Original Song category, the nominees are:
- GARTH BROOKS and JENNY YATES for “When You Come Back to Me Again” from Frequency
- BOB DYLAN for “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys
- BJÖRK GUÐMUNDSDÓTTIR, LARS VON TRIER, and SIGURJÓN SIGURÐSSON for “I’ve Seen It All” from Dancer in the Dark
- STAFFAN OLSSON (BOSSON) for “One in a Million” from Miss Congeniality
- GORDON SUMNER (STING) and DAVID HARTLEY for “My Funny Friend and Me” from The Emperor’s New Groove
The winners of the 58th Golden Globe Awards will be announced on January 21, 2001.
Jack Nitzsche, 1937-2000
Composer Jack Nitzsche died on August 25, 2000, in hospital on Los Angeles, of cardiac arrest brought on by a recurring bronchial infection. He was 63.
Bernard Alfred Nitzsche was born in Chicago, Illinois, in April 1937, the son of German immigrants, and raised on farm in Michigan. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1950s with aspirations of becoming a jazz saxophonist, but soon found his calling in arranging and studio work. He initially worked for Sonny Bono, but later found his niche working as an arranger for producer Phil Spector. He played a pivotal role in shaping Spector’s the “Wall of Sound,” and was an important contributor to legendary recordings by pop and rock artists including The Ronettes, The Righteous Brothers, Jackie De Shannon (‘Needles and Pins’), and Ike and Tina Turner (‘River Deep Mountain High’).
Later, in the 1960s and ’70s, he collaborated with a wide array of artists, including The Rolling Stones – contributing keyboards and orchestration on several albums, especially songs such as ‘Paint It, Black’ and ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ – and Neil Young, with whom he had a long and occasionally volatile creative partnership.
Nitzsche’s film work was equally distinguished. His first important score was for the 1970 thriller Performance starring Mick Jagger, and he provided ‘uncredited contributions’ to the soundtrack for The Exorcist in 1973. He received his first Oscar nomination for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1975, and he won an Oscar for the song “Up Where We Belong” from An Officer and a Gentleman in 1982, which he co-wrote with Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings.
His other important scores include Cruising (1980), Starman (1984), The Razor’s Edge (1984), The Jewel of the Nile (1985), 9½ Weeks (1986), Stand By Me (1986), Revenge (1990), Mermaids (1990), and Blue Sky (1994). His last major score was the for the Sean Penn-director drama The Crossing Guard in 1995; he suffered a stroke in 1998 which ended his scoring career. Read more…
BAFTA Nominations 1999
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the 53rd British Academy Film Awards, honoring the best in film in 1999.
In the Best Original Music category, which is named in memory of the film director Anthony Asquith, the nominees are:
- RY COODER and NICK GOLD for Buena Vista Social Club
- THOMAS NEWMAN for American Beauty
- MICHAEL NYMAN for The End of the Affair
- GABRIEL YARED for The Talented Mr. Ripley
These are the first nominations for Cooder, Gold, Newman. It is the second nomination for Nyman, and the second nomination for Yared. Yared previously won for The English Patient in 1996.
The winners of the 53rd BAFTA Awards will be announced on April 9, 2000.
Academy Award Nominations 1999
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have announced the nominations for the 72nd Academy Awards, honoring the best in film in 1999. After four years of being a split category between Drama scores and Comedy/Musical scores, the category re-combined back into one overall Best Score category.
In the Best Original Score category, the nominees are:
- JOHN CORIGLIANO for The Red Violin
- THOMAS NEWMAN for American Beauty
- RACHEL PORTMAN for The Cider House Rules
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Angela’s Ashes
- GABRIEL YARED for The Talented Mr Ripley
This is the 2nd Oscar nomination for Corigliano, the 4th nomination for Newman, the 2nd nomination for Portman, the 33rd nomination for Williams, and the 2nd nomination for Yared. Portman previously won for Emma in 1996. Williams previously won for Fiddler on the Roof in 1971, Jaws in 1975, Star Wars in 1977, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial in 1982, and Schindler’s List in 1993. Yared previously won for The English Patient in 1996.
In the Best Original Song category, the nominees are:
- PHIL COLLINS for “You’ll Be in My Heart” from Tarzan
- AIMEE MANN for “Save Me” from Magnolia
- RANDY NEWMAN for “When She Loved Me” from Toy Story 2
- TREY PARKER and MARC SHAIMAN for “Blame Canada” from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- DIANE WARREN for “Music of My Heart” from Music of the Heart
The winners of the 72nd Academy Awards will be announced on March 26, 2000.
Golden Globe Nominations 1999
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the nominations for the 57th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 1999.
In the Best Original Score category, the nominees are:
- ANGELO BADALAMENTI for The Straight Story
- PIETER BOURKE and LISA GERRARD for The Insider
- GEORGE FENTON for Anna and the King
- ENNIO MORRICONE for The Legend of 1900
- THOMAS NEWMAN for American Beauty
- MICHAEL NYMAN for The End of the Affair
- JOCELYN POOK for Eyes Wide Shut
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Angela’s Ashes
- GABRIEL YARED for The Talented Mr. Ripley
These are first nominations for Badalamenti, Bourke, Gerrard, Newman, and Pook. It is the second nomination for Fenton, the second nomination for Yared, the third nomination for Nyman, the sixth nomination for Morricone, and the eighteenth nomination for Williams. Morricone previously won for The Mission in 1986. Yared previously won for The English Patient in 1996. Williams previously won for Jaws in 1975, Star Wars in 1977, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in 1982.
In the Best Original Song category, the nominees are:
- MADONNA CICCONE and WILLIAM WAINWRIGHT for “Beautiful Stranger” from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- PHIL COLLINS for “You’ll Be in My Heart” from Tarzan
- GEORGE FENTON, ROBERT KRAFT, and KENNETH EDMONDS (BABYFACE) for “How Can I Not Love You” from Anna and the King
- AIMEE MANN for “Save Me” from Magnolia
- RANDY NEWMAN for “When She Loved Me” from Toy Story 2
The winners of the 57th Golden Globe Awards will be announced on January 23, 2000.
BAFTA Nominations 1998
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the 52nd British Academy Film Awards, honoring the best in film in 1998.
In the Best Original Music category, which is named in memory of the film director Anthony Asquith, the nominees are:
- DAVID HIRSCHFELDER for Elizabeth
- BARRINGTON PHELOUNG for Hilary and Jackie
- STEPHEN WARBECK for Shakespeare In Love
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Saving Private Ryan
These are the first nominations for Pheloung and Warbeck. It is the third nomination for Hirschfelder, and the ninth nomination for Williams. Hirschfelder previously won for Strictly Ballroom in 1992. Williams previously won for Jaws and The Towering Inferno in 1975, Star Wars in 1978, The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in 1982, Empire of the Sun in 1988, and Schindler’s List in 1993.
The winners of the 52nd BAFTA Awards will be announced on April 11, 1999.
Academy Award Nominations 1998
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have announced the nominations for the 71st Academy Awards, honoring the best in film in 1998.
In the Best Original Dramatic Score category, the nominees are:
- DAVID HIRSCHFELDER for Elizabeth
- RANDY NEWMAN for Pleasantville
- NICOLA PIOVANI for Life is Beautiful
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Saving Private Ryan
- HANS ZIMMER for The Thin Red Line
In the Best Original Musical or Comedy Score category, the nominees are:
- JERRY GOLDSMITH, MATTHEW WILDER, and DAVID ZIPPEL for Mulan
- RANDY NEWMAN for A Bug’s Life
- MARC SHAIMAN for Patch Adams
- STEPHEN WARBECK for Shakespeare in Love
- HANS ZIMMER and STEPHEN SCHWARTZ for The Prince of Egypt
These are the first Oscar nominations for Piovani, Warbeck, Wilder, and Zippel, and is the second nomination for Hirschfelder. These are the 6th and 7th nominations for Newman, the 32nd nomination for Williams, the 5th nomination for Zimmer, the 17th nomination for Goldsmith, the 3rd nomination for Shaiman, and the 3rd nomination for Schwartz.
Goldsmith previously won for The Omen in 1976. Schwartz previously won for Pocahontas in 1996. Williams previously won for Fiddler on the Roof in 1971, Jaws in 1975, Star Wars in 1977, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial in 1982, and Schindler’s List in 1993. Zimmer previously won for The Lion King in 1994.
In the Best Original Song category, the nominees are:
- CAROLE BAYER SAGER, DAVID FOSTER, TONY RENIS, and ALBERTO TESTA for “The Prayer” from Quest for Camelot
- ALLISON MOORER and GWIL OWEN for “A Soft Place to Fall” from The Horse Whisperer
- RANDY NEWMAN for “That’ll Do” from Babe: Pig in the City
- STEPHEN SCHWARTZ for “When You Believe” from The Prince of Egypt
- DIANE WARREN for “”I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” from Armageddon
The winners of the 71st Academy Awards will be announced on March 21, 1999.
Golden Globe Nominations 1998
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the nominations for the 56th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 1998.
In the Best Original Score category, the nominees are:
- BURKHARD DALLWITZ and PHILIP GLASS for The Truman Show
- JERRY GOLDSMITH for Mulan
- RANDY NEWMAN for A Bug’s Life
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Saving Private Ryan
- HANS ZIMMER and STEPHEN SCHWARTZ for The Prince of Egypt
These are the first nominations for Dallwitz and Schwartz. This is the second nomination for Glass, the second nomination for Newman, the second nomination for Zimmer, the ninth nomination for Goldsmith, and the seventeenth nomination for Williams. Zimmer previously won for The Lion King in 1994. Williams previously won for Jaws in 1975, Star Wars in 1977, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in 1982
In the Best Original Song category, the nominees are:
- CAROLE BAYER SAGER, DAVID FOSTER, TONY RENIS, and ALBERTO TESTA for “The Prayer” from Quest for Camelot
- CHRIS DIFFORD, MARTI FREDERIKSEN, and MICK JONES for “The Flame Still Burns” from Still Crazy
- ALANIS MORISSETTE for “Uninvited” from City of Angels
- STEPHEN SCHWARTZ and KENNETH EDMONDS (BABYFACE) for “When You Believe” from The Prince of Egypt
- GORDON SUMNER (STING) for “The Mighty” from The Mighty
- MATTHEW WILDER and DAVID ZIPPEL for “Reflection” from Mulan
The winners of the 56th Golden Globe Awards will be announced on January 24, 1999.
John Addison, 1920-1998
Composer John Addison died on December 7, 1998, at his home in Bennington, Vermont, after a short illness. He was 78.
John Mervyn Addison was born in Chobham, Surrey, England, in March 1920, and studied composition at the Royal College of Music. His education was interrupted by service in World War II, where he served with distinction in the British Army, seeing action in Normandy and the Netherlands, and participating in Operation Market Garden. The experience would later inform one of his best-known works: the rousing score to A Bridge Too Far (1977), a film about the Allied operation that Addison survived.
Addison’s breakthrough in film came in 1950 with the British thriller Seven Days to Noon, and over the course of the subsequent decade he wrote scores for popular British films such as The Man Between (1953), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956), Three Men in a Boat (1956), Lucky Jim (1957), A Taste of Honey (1961), and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962).
It was Addison’s sparkling, Oscar-winning score for Tony Richardson’s Tom Jones in 1963 that brought him international recognition. The music’s vivacious period stylings, full of energy and wit, became a defining element of the film’s success. Following his Oscar win Addison split his time between the UK and Hollywood, and in the years thereafter he composed scores for films such as Smashing Time (1967), The Honey Pot (1967), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Sleuth (1972, his second Oscar nomination), Swashbuckler (1976), and The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), earning both critical acclaim and popular success. Notably, Addison also composed the replacement score for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Torn Curtain in 1966, which is now remembered as the film which ended Hitchcock’s relationship with Bernard Herrmann. Read more…
BAFTA Nominations 1997
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the 51st British Academy Film Awards, honoring the best in film in 1997.
In the Best Original Music category, which is named in memory of the film director Anthony Asquith, the nominees are:
- ANNE DUDLEY for The Full Monty
- JERRY GOLDSMITH for L. A. Confidential
- NELLEE HOOPER, CRAIG ARMSTRONG, and MARIUS DE VRIES for William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
- JAMES HORNER for Titanic
These are the first nominations for Armstrong, De Vreis, Dudley, and Hooper. It is the third nomination for Horner, and the fourth nomination for Goldsmith.
The winners of the 51st BAFTA Awards will be announced on April 19, 1998.
Academy Award Nominations 1997
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have announced the nominations for the 70th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film in 1997.
In the Best Original Dramatic Score category, the nominees are:
- DANNY ELFMAN for Good Will Hunting
- PHILIP GLASS for Kundun
- JERRY GOLDSMITH for L.A. Confidential
- JAMES HORNER for Titanic
- JOHN WILLIAMS for Amistad
In the Best Original Musical or Comedy Score category, the nominees are:
- ANNE DUDLEY for The Full Monty
- DANNY ELFMAN for Men in Black
- JAMES NEWTON HOWARD for My Best Friend’s Wedding
- DAVID NEWMAN, STEPHEN FLAHERTY, and LYNN AHRENS for Anastasia
- HANS ZIMMER for As Good As It Gets
These are the first and second Oscar nominations for Elfman, the first Oscar nomination for Glass, the first Oscar nomination for Dudley, and the first nominations for Newman, Flaherty, and Ahrens. This is the 5th nomination for Horner, the 16th nomination for Goldsmith, the 31st nomination for Williams, the 3rd nomination for Howard, and the 4th nomination for Zimmer
Goldsmith previously won for The Omen in 1976. Williams previously won for Fiddler on the Roof in 1971, Jaws in 1975, Star Wars in 1977, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial in 1982, and Schindler’s List in 1993. Zimmer previously won for The Lion King in 1994.
In the Best Original Song category, the nominees are:
- STEPHEN FLAHERTY and LYNN AHRENS for “Journey to the Past” from Anastasia
- JAMES HORNER and WILL JENNINGS for “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic
- ALAN MENKEN and DAVID ZIPPEL for “Go the Distance” from Hercules
- ELLIOTT SMITH for “Miss Misery” from Good Will Hunting
- DIANE WARREN for “How Do I Live” from Con Air
The winners of the 70th Academy Awards will be announced on March 23, 1998.
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