Post Tagged with: "Academy Awards"

Oscar 2009 – Some Final Thoughts

For those of us who thought THE HURT LOCKER a competently made yet rambling, dull, insignificant piece of filmmaking (like me), last night’s Academy Awards was an excruciating affair. And producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman (who, as director of HAIRSPRAY, should know better) should be ashamed at how they treated the music categories. A [...]

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9 Favorite Lord of the Rings Cues

In honor of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING concerts performed live to film tonight and tomorrow at Radio City Music Hall, I’ve devoted this month’s “9 on the 9th” to my favorite cues from the trilogy. I’ve used the single-CD editions of the scores since those are the versions I’m more [...]

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