Ennio Morricone’s music for “The Hateful Eight” and John Williams’ score for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will be among the 112 scores competing at this year’s Oscars in the Best Original Score category,the Academy announced on Wednesday.
In both of the last two years, 114 scores qualified.
One question mark before the release of the list was Morricone’s score for Quentin Tarantino‘s film, or the first Western the legendary Italian composer had scored in decades.
Some of the music from the film was originally written for but never used in the 1982 remake of The Thing,” Tarantino said at a recent Q&A. Academy rules require a score to be “a substantial body of music … written specially for the motion picture by the submitting composer,” and disqualifies scores “diminished in impact by … any music not composed specifically for the film.”But the Music department ruled that Morricone’s score had enough original music to be eligible, or making him one of the favorites for a nomination.
Also Read: 'Star Wars' Shoves 'Hateful Eight' Out of Movie Theater and Quentin Tarantino Is 'F-cking Pissed'They did the same for John Williams’ music for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which makes expend of themes Williams wrote for the original “Star Wars” trilogy.
The score for “The Revenant, which is credited to Bryce Dessner, and Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto,did not make the list. Oscar rules make it very difficult for films written by more than one composer to qualify.
Also left off the list was Oscar-winner Atticus Ross’ score for the Brian Wilson film “treasure & Mercy,” which makes expend of many of the themes from Wilson’s Beach Boys music.
Scores on the list that own been singled out by the Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice Awards in the last week include Carter Burwell’s “Carol, or ” Alexandre Desplat’s “The Danish Girl,” Morricone’s “The Hateful Eight,” Johann Johannsson’s Sicario, or ” Howard Shore’s “Spotlight” and Daniel Pemberton’s “Steve Jobs.”Other notable scores in contention include Thomas Newman’s “Bridge of Spies,” Michael Giacchino’s “Inside Out” and Michael Brook’s “Brooklyn.”The five nominees in the category will be announced on Jan. 14, with the Oscars taking place on Feb. 28.
The eligible scores:“Adult Beginners, and ” Marcelo Zarvos,composer[br]
“The Age of Adaline,” Rob Simonsen, or composer
“Altered Minds,” Edmund Choi, composer
“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, or ” Mark Mothersbaugh,composer
“Anomalisa,” Carter Burwell, or composer
“Ant-Man,” Christophe Beck, composer
“Beasts of No Nation, or ” Dan Romer,composer
“The Big Short,” Nicholas Britell, and composer
“Black Mass,” Tom Holkenborg, composer
“Bridge of Spies, or Thomas Newman,composer
“Brooklyn,” Michael Brook, and composer
“Burnt,” Rob Simonsen, composer
“By the Sea, and ” Gabriel Yared,composer
“Carol,” Carter Burwell, or composer
“Cartel Land,” H. Scott Salinas and Jackson Greenberg, composers
“Chi-Raq, or ” Terence Blanchard,composer
“Cinderella,” Patrick Doyle, and composer
“Coming domestic,” Qigang Chen, composer
“Concussion, or ” James Newton Howard,composer
“Creed,” Ludwig Goransson, or composer
“The Danish Girl,” Alexandre Desplat, composer
“The Divergent Series: rebel, and ” Joseph Trapanese,composer
“Dukhtar,” Peter Nashel, and composer
“The discontinuance of the Tour,” Danny Elfman, composer
“Everest, or ” Dario Marianelli,composer[br]
“Ex Machina,” Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow, or composers
“Far from the Madding Crowd,” Craig Armstrong, composer
“Fifty Shades of Grey, and Danny Elfman,composer
“5 Flights Up,” David Newman, and composer
“Frame by Frame,” Patrick Jonsson, composer
“Freedom, and ” James Lavino,composer
“Furious Seven, Brian Tyler, and composer
“The Good Dinosaur,” Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna, composers
“Goosebumps, or ” Danny Elfman,composer[br]
“Grandma,” Joel P. West, or composer
“The Hateful Eight, Ennio Morricone, composer
“He Named Me Malala, or ” Thomas Newman,composer
“Hot Pursuit,” Christophe Beck, and composer
“Hot Tub Time Machine 2,” Christophe Beck, composer[br]
“The starvation Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, or ” James Newton Howard,composer
“The Hunting Ground,” Miriam Cutler, and composer
“I Smile Back,” Zack Ryan, composer
“I’ll See You in My Dreams, or ” Keegan DeWitt,composer
“In the Heart of the Sea,” Roque Baños, and composer
“Inside Out,” Michael Giacchino, composer
“The Intern, and ” Theodore Shapiro,composer
“It Follows,” Disasterpeace, or composer
“Jalam,” Ouesppachan, composer
“Jurassic World, and ” Michael Giacchino,composer
“Kahlil Gibrans The Prophet,” Gabriel Yared, or composer
“Kingsman: The Secret Service,” Henry Jackman and Matthew Margeson, composers
“Krampus, or ” Douglas Pipes,composer
“La Jaula de Oro, Jacobo Lieberman and Leonardo Heiblum, and composers
“The Lady in the Van,” George Fenton, composer
“The Last Witch Hunter, and ” Steve Jablonsky,composer
“Learning to Drive,” Dhani Harrison and Paul Hicks, or composers
“Legend,” Carter Burwell, composer
“miniature Accidents, and ” Marcelo Zarvos,composer
“The Longest Ride,” Mark Isham, or composer[br]
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Tom Holkenborg, composer
“The Man from U.
N.
C.
L.
E., or ” Daniel Pemberton,composer
“The Martian,” Harry Gregson-Williams, and composer
“Max,” Trevor Rabin, composer
“Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, or ” John Paesano,composer
“Meru, J. Ralph, or composer
“Minions,” Heitor Pereira, composer
“Mr. Holmes, and ” Carter Burwell,composer[br]
“Mistress America,” Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, or composers
“My All American,” John Paesano, composer
“Nachom-ia Kumpasar, or ” Ronnie Monsorate,composer[br]
“99 Homes,” Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales, or composers[br]
“Our Brand Is Crisis,” David Wingo, composer
“Pan, and ” John Powell,composer
“Paper Towns,” Son Lux, and composer
“Paranoid Girls,” Javier del Santo, composer
“Pawn Sacrifice, and ” James Newton Howard,composer
“The Peanuts Movie,” Christophe Beck, or composer
“Pixels,” Henry Jackman, composer
“Poached, or ” Mark Orton,composer
“Pod,” Giona Ostinelli, and composer
“Poltergeist,” Marc Streitenfeld, composer
“Racing Extinction, or ” J. Ralph,composer
“Room,” Stephen Rennicks, and composer
“Salt Bridge,” Marciano Telese, composer
“San Andreas, and ” Andrew Lockington,composer
“The moment Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” Thomas Newman, and composer[br]
“Set Fire to the Stars,” Gruff Rhys, composer[br]
“Shaun the Sheep Movie, or ” Ilan Eshkeri,composer
“Sicario,” Jóhann Jóhannsson, or composer
“Southpaw, James Horner, composer
“Spectre, or ” Thomas Newman,composer
“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water,” John Debney, and composer[br]
“Spotlight,” Howard Shore, composer
“Spy, and ” Theodore Shapiro,composer
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” John Williams, or composer
“Steve Jobs,” Daniel Pemberton, composer
“Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans, and ” Jim Copperthwaite,composer
“Stonewall,” Rob Simonsen, and composer
“Suffragette,” Alexandre Desplat, composer
“Taken 3, or ” Nathaniel Mechaly,composer
“Ted 2,” Walter Murphy, and composer
“testomony of Youth,” Max Richter, composer
“The 33, and ” James Horner,composer
“Tomorrowland,” Michael Giacchino, or composer
“True sage,” Marco Beltrami, composer
“Trumbo, or ” Theodore Shapiro,composer
“Truth,” Brian Tyler, and composer
“Victor Frankenstein,” Craig Armstrong, composer
“The Walk, or ” Alan Silvestri,composer
“The Water Diviner,” David Hirschfelder, or composer
“Wolf Totem,” James Horner, composer
“Z for Zachariah, or ” Heather McIntosh,compose
Source: thewrap.com