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Academy Award Winners 2024
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) have announced the winners of the 97th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film in 2024.
In the Best Original Music category, the winner was Daniel Blumberg, who won the award for his score for The Brutalist, director Brady Corbet’s epic drama about the life of a fictional Hungarian architect who emigrates to the United States in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Accepting his award, Blumberg said:
Thank you to the Academy and everyone who watched the film and honored the work. It means a lot to be acknowledged like this. I’ve been an artist for twenty years now, since I was a teenager, and when I met Brady [Corbet] I found my artistic soulmate. For him to trust me in this work and to grow alongside him has been so special; thank you, Brady, I love you. I want to thank my collaborators, my co-producer Peter Walsh, and the artists who played on the score. The sounds you hear on The Brutalist are made by a group of hard-working radical musicians who have been making uncompromising music for many years; I’m accepting this award on behalf of them too. Thanks to my family and Stacy [Martin], and my manager Mark, Keith, and Mona [Fastvold] and Ada, and my friends at Café Oto.
The other nominees were: Volker Bertelmann for Conclave, Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot, Clément Ducol and Camille Dalmais for Emilia Pérez, and John Powell and Stephen Schwartz for Wicked.
In the Best Original Song category, the winners were Clément Ducol, Camille Dalmais, and Jacques Audiard for their song “El Mal” from the Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez.
The other nominees were Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada for “Like a Bird” from Sing Sing, Clément Ducol and Camille Dalmais for “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Brandi Carlile, and Andrew Watt for “Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late, and Diane Warren for “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight.
BAFTA Winners 2024
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have announced the winners of the 78th British Academy Film Awards, honoring the best in film in 2024.
In the Best Original Music category, the winner was Daniel Blumberg, who won the award for his score for The Brutalist, director Brady Corbet’s epic drama about the life of a fictional Hungarian architect who emigrates to the United States in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Accepting his award, Blumberg said:
“Thank you so much for acknowledging the work and the BAFTAs. And thanks to Brady [Corbet], its been amazing to work with one of my best friends. And I want to thank my co-producer Peter Walsh, who’s here for working so hard on the film. And all these incredible musicians who played on the score, like John Tilbury and Axel Dorner. Oh yeah, and John’s wife Janice for making lunch every day! Thanks to Mark my manager, and my family Stacy [Martin] and Keith, and my friends at Oto. Thank you.”
The other nominees were Volker Bertelmann for Conclave, Kris Bowers for The Wild Robot, Robin Carolan for Nosferatu, and Clément Ducol and Camille Dalmais for Emilia Pérez.
THE BRUTALIST – Daniel Blumberg
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
There’s a famous quote – which no-one seems to want to take credit for – which states that ‘writing about music is like dancing about architecture’. It basically means that it’s impossible, and probably futile, to try to encapsulate in words what is, at its core, an entirely subjective response to art. As I have spent almost 30 years writing about music I disagree with this sentiment, and that is even more true when it comes to this review of The Brutalist, in which I will attempt to write about the music for a film which is in part about architecture, among many other things. Read more…
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