Movie Scores that Deserved to be Oscar Nominated, but were snubbed?

[Emil Petrov Joined: Jun 12th, 2011 Topics: 5 Posts: 33 View Predictions]

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I am a weird in my choice of music. You see, I listen only to original scores…no pop, rock, metal, rap or anything else, ONLY film scores. That is just the music that I love.

I have over 10,000 film tracks in my PC and can’t help but wander how some of these scores were not nominated for an Oscar. There are some that are out of this word and are now iconic, yet the music branch did not nominate them.

Here are some examples of snubs that are IMO criminal:
John Williams for Hook and Jurassic Park
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard for The Dark Knight
Danny Elfman for Batman Returns
Thomas Newman for The Green Mile

These are criminal snubs for me.

Do you have any to add?

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[micominerva Joined: Dec 29th, 2017 Topics: 4 Posts: 14 View Predictions]

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First Man by Justin Hurwitz, should be the biggest snub of the past decade

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[Jackr123 Joined: Nov 11th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 67 View Predictions]

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Requiem for a Dream and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Also, how was Jurassic Park snubbed?

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[Labyrinth Joined: Feb 21st, 2021 Topics: 1 Posts: 441 View Predictions]

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Mica levi for Under the Skin. They should have won by a landslide.

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[GD Joined: Dec 1st, 2016 Topics: 1 Posts: 753 View Predictions]

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The Harry Potter movie scores are criminally underrated.

First of all, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by John Williams should have won Best Music Score at the 2004 Oscar.

Secondly, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by John Williams, Harry Potter and the Hald-Blood Prince by Nicholas Hooper and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 AND Part 2 by Alexandre Desplat should have been nominated for the Oscar for Best Music Score in 2002, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

 

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[Jeffrey Kare Joined: Jan 23rd, 2013 Topics: 120 Posts: 5094 View Predictions]

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These are the following movie scores that I could think of off the top of my head that I thought deserved Oscar nominations:

Arrival
Back to the Future
Deep Impact
First Man
Jurassic Park
The Land Before Time
Psycho
Rebecca (2020)

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[The Oscarguy Joined: Jan 11th, 2021 Topics: 4 Posts: 364 View Predictions]

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I am too lazy at the moment so I will just name the two incredibly obvious picks from the last few years:

First Man and Tenet

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[Butz Joined: Oct 15th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 1288 View Predictions]

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Tenet had easily the best and most memorable score of 2020. That snub was a bad joke.

Letterboxd: Ray_In_Bruges

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[Bassett Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 1 Posts: 2607 View Predictions]

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Malcolm X by Terrence Blanchard

FYC

Best Actress - Pénélope Cruz, Olivia Colman

Best Actor - Denzel Washington

Best Supporting Actress - Aunjanue Ellis, Kathryn Hunter

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[Magnus Joined: Jan 20th, 2020 Topics: 1 Posts: 515 View Predictions]

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Parasite and The Piano!

FYC
Picture: Dune
Director: Jane Campion
Actress: Kristen Stewart
Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch
Sup. Actress: Kirsten Dunst
Sup. Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee
Original: The Worst Person in the World
Adapted: The Power of the Dog
Cinematography/Editing/Score/Production Design/Sound: Dune
Costumes: Cruella
Animated/Doc: Flee
International Feature: The Worst Person in the World

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[William Gillquist Joined: Jan 1st, 2020 Topics: 14 Posts: 857 View Predictions]

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Michael Giacchino for Inside Out and The Incredibles.

FYC Oscars: Licorice Pizza (Best Picture, Best Director, Original Screenplay), The Mitchells vs The Machines (Best Picture, Animated Feature, Original Screenplay), Wes Anderson (Best Director), Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of MacBeth), Andrew Garfield and Robin de Jesus (Tick, Tick...BOOM!), Jayne Houdyshell (The Humans), Stephen Karam (Adapted Screenplay), Attica and Summer of Soul (Best Documentary)

FYC Razzies: Dear Evan Hansen (in all eligible categories)

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[Milk Money Joined: Oct 2nd, 2013 Topics: 0 Posts: 648 View Predictions]

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Beasts of the Southern Wild.

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[Emil Petrov Joined: Jun 12th, 2011 Topics: 5 Posts: 33 View Predictions]

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OMG, I forgot a big one. Pirates of the Caribbean. The first three movies all deserved to be nominated!

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[Honey Joined: Jan 30th, 2017 Topics: 0 Posts: 363 View Predictions]

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Studio Ghibli, literally not even 1 movie?

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[Awardsfan1990 Joined: Mar 28th, 2015 Topics: 100 Posts: 5240 View Predictions]

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Peter Gabriel’s score for The Last Temptation Of Christ immediately comes to mind for me.

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