TWO-HUNDRED-EIGHTY-NINE FEATURE FILMS ELIGIBLE FOR 2013 ACADEMY AWARDS®

Two-hundred-eighty-nine feature films are eligible for the 2013 Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 86th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days.

Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.

Feature films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category. The “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 86th Academy Awards” is available at:

  http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/reminderlist.html.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT, in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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114 ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORES IN 2013 OSCAR® RACE

Here is the list of 114 music scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2013, and they are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 86th Oscars®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday.

The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:

"Admission," Stephen Trask;
"Ain't Them Bodies Saints," Daniel Hart;
"All Is Lost," Alex Ebert;
"Alone Yet Not Alone," William Ross;
"The Armstrong Lie," David Kahne;
"Arthur Newman," Nick Urata;
"Austenland," Ilan Eshkeri;
"Before Midnight," Graham Reynolds;
"The Best Man Holiday," Stanley Clarke;
"The Book Thief," John Williams;
"The Butterfly's Dream," Rahman Altin;
"The Call," John Debney;
"Captain Phillips," Henry Jackman;
"Closed Circuit," Joby Talbot;
 "The Company You Keep," Cliff Martinez;
 "The Conjuring," Joseph Bishara;
 "Copperhead," Laurent Eyquem;
 "The Counselor," Daniel Pemberton;
 "The Croods," Alan Silvestri;
 "Despicable Me 2," Heitor Pereira;
 "Elysium," Ryan Amon;
 "Ender's Game," Steve Jablonsky;
 "Enough Said," Marcelo Zarvos;
 "Epic," Danny Elfman;
 "Ernest & Celestine," Vincent Courtois;
 "Escape from Planet Earth," Aaron Zigman;
"Escape from Tomorrow," Abel Korzeniowski;
"Evil Dead," Roque Baños;
"47 Ronin," Ilan Eshkeri;
"42," Mark Isham;
"Free Birds," Dominic Lewis;
"Free China: The Courage to Believe," Tony Chen;
"Fruitvale Station," Ludwig Goransson;
"G.I. Joe: Retaliation," Henry Jackman;
"Gangster Squad," Steve Jablonsky;
"Gravity," Steven Price;
"The Great Gatsby," Craig Armstrong;
"The Hangover Part III," Christophe Beck;
"Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters," Atli Örvarsson;
"Haute Cuisine," Gabriel Yared;
"Her," William Butler and Owen Pallett;
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," Howard Shore;
"Hollywood Seagull," Evgeny Shchukin;
"Hours," Benjamin Wallfisch;
"How Sweet It Is," Matt Dahan;
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," James Newton Howard;
"Identity Thief," Christopher Lennertz;
"The Incredible Burt Wonderstone," Lyle Workman;
"Insidious: Chapter 2," Joseph Bishara;
"Instructions Not Included," Carlo Siliotto;
"The Internship," Christophe Beck;
"The Invisible Woman," Ilan Eshkeri;
 "Iron Man 3," Brian Tyler;
 "Jack the Giant Slayer," John Ottman;
 "Jobs," John Debney;
 "Kamasutra 3D," Sreejith Edavana and Saachin Raj Chelory;
 "Labor Day," Rolfe Kent;
 "Lee Daniels' The Butler," Rodrigo Leão;
 "Live at the Foxes Den," Jack Holmes;
 "Love Is All You Need," Johan Söderqvist;
 "Mama," Fernando Velázquez, composer
 "Man of Steel," Hans Zimmer, composer
 "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom," Alex Heffes;
 "The Missing Picture," Marc Marder;
 "Monsters University," Randy Newman;
 "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones," Atli Örvarsson;
 "Mud," David Wingo;
 "Murph: The Protector," Chris Irwin and Jeff Widenhofer;
 "Now You See Me," Brian Tylerr;
 "Oblivion," Anthony Gonzalez and Joseph Trapanese;
 "Oldboy," Roque Baños;
 "Olympus Has Fallen," Trevor Morris;
 "Oz The Great and Powerful," Danny Elfman;
 "Pacific Rim," Ramin Djawadi;
 "Pain & Gain," Steve Jablonsky;
 "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters," Andrew Lockington;
 "Philomena," Alexandre Desplat;
 "The Place beyond the Pines," Mike Patton;
"Planes," Mark Mancina;
"Prisoners," Jóhann Jóhannsson;
"R.I.P.D.," Christophe Beck;
"Reaching for the Moon," Marcelo Zarvos;
"Romeo & Juliet," Abel Korzeniowski;
"Runner Runner," Christophe Beck;
"Rush," Hans Zimmer;
"Safe Haven," Deborah Lurie;
"Salinger," Lorne Balfe;
 "Saving Mr. Banks," Thomas Newman;
 "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," Theodore Shapiro;
 "Short Term 12," Joel P. West;
 "Side Effects," Thomas Newman;
 "The Smurfs 2," Heitor Pereira;
 "The Spectacular Now," Rob Simonsen;
 "Star Trek Into Darkness," Michael Giacchino;
 "Stoker," Clint Mansell;
 "Thor: The Dark World," Brian Tyler;
 "Tim's Vermeer," Conrad Pope;
 "Trance," Rick Smith;
 "Turbo," Henry Jackman;
 "12 Years a Slave," Hans Zimmer;
 "2 Guns," Clinton Shorter;
 "The Ultimate Life," Mark McKenzie;
 "Unfinished Song," Laura Rossi;
 "Wadjda," Max Richter;
 "Walking with Dinosaurs," Paul Leonard-Morgan;
 "Warm Bodies," Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders;
 "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," Will Bates;
 "We're the Millers," Theodore Shapiro and Ludwig Goransson;
 "What Maisie Knew," Nick Urata;
 "Why We Ride," Steven Gutheinz;
 "The Wind Rises," Joe Hisaishi;
 "Winnie Mandela," Laurent Eyquem;
 "The Wolverine," Marco Beltrami.

A Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements.  The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.

To be eligible, the original score must be a substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must be written specifically for the motion picture by the submitting composer.  Scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs, or assembled from the music of more than one composer shall not be eligible.

The 86th Academy Awards® nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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Composer Thomas Newman Leads with Most Original Music Scores Eligible for Oscar Nomination

Ninety-seven scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures are in competition for nominations in the Original Score category for the 84th Academy Awards.

Composer Thomas Newman

Composer Thomas Newman has the most original scores eligible for nomination. He has four: The Adjustment Bureau, The Debt, The Help, and The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep. One, or more of these feature motion pictures will get a best picture nod.

Thomas Newman, has exemplary musical pedigree, being the son of composer Alfred Newman; nephew of Lionel Newman and Emil Newman; and cousin of Randy Newman. An accomplished pianist, Newman almost always plays piano on his own scores, typically during slow, moody passages.

He has been nominated for nine best score Oscars, but has never won, not even for such motion pictures as Finding Nemo, Road to Perdition, Little Women, American Beauty, and The Shawshank Redemption. I think 2012 may be this Newman's year.

Composer Alexandre Desplat is not nominated for The Tree of Life. It could be because much of the music for that movie consists of vintage recordings, and that movie score was disqualified. Desplat is nominated for three other scores: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and The Ides of March.

A possible cousin of mine, one of the James among many in the Horner family, this one known as James Roy and an Oscar-winning composer (Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, etc.), is not nominated this year, either.

The venerable John Williams is nominated for The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse, both collaborations with Steven Spielberg. They have worked together going back to Jaws. Williams won Oscars for Jaws, ET, and Shindler's List. See his full music composition repertoire.

The eligible scores along with the composer(s) are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:

The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
African Cats, Nicholas Hooper
Albert Nobbs, Brian Byrne
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Mark Mothersbaugh
Anonymous, Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser
Another Earth, Phil Mossman and Will Bates
Answers to Nothing, Craig Richey
Arthur Christmas, Harry Gregson-Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
@urFRENZ, Lisbeth Scott
Atlas Shrugged Part, Elia Cmiral
Battle: Los Angeles, Brian Tyler
Beastly, Marcelo Zarvos
The Big Year, Theodore Shapiro
Captain America: The First Avenger, Alan Silvestri
Cars 2, Michael Giacchino
Cedar Rapids, Christophe Beck
Conan the Barbarian, Tyler Bates
The Conspirator, Mark Isham
Contagion, Cliff Martinez
Coriolanus, Ilan Eshkeri, composer
DAM999, Ousepachan, composer
The Darkest Hour, Tyler Bates
The Debt, Thomas Newman
Dolphin Tale, Mark Isham
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Dream House, John Debney
The Eagle, Atli Orvarsson
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Alexandre Desplat
Fast Five, Brian Tyler
The First Grader, Alex Heffes
The Flowers of War, Qigang Chen
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
The Greatest Miracle, Mark McKenzie
Green Lantern, James Newton Howard
Hanna, Tom Rowlands
Happy Feet Two, John Powell
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2," Alexandre Desplat
The Help, Thomas Newman
Hop, Christopher Lennertz
Hugo, Howard Shore
I Don’t Know How She Does It, Aaron Zigman
The Ides of March, Alexandre Desplat
Immortals, Trevor Morris
In Search of God, Rupam Sarmah
In the Land of Blood and Honey, Gabriel Yared
In Time, Craig Armstrong
Insidious, Joseph Bishara
The Iron Lady, Thomas Newman
J. Edgar, Clint Eastwood Jane Eyre, Dario Marianelli
The Lady, Eric Serra
Like Crazy, Dustin O’Halloran
Margaret, Nico Muhly
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Michael Giacchino
Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Rolfe Kent
Moneyball, Mychael Danna
Monte Carlo, Michael Giacchino
New Year’s Eve, John Debney
Norman, Andrew Bird
One Day, Rachel Portman, composer
Puss in Boots, Henry Jackman
Rampart, Dickon Hinchliffe
Real Steel, Danny Elfman
Rebirth, Philip Glass
Red Riding Hood, Alex Heffes and Brian Reitzell
Restless, Danny Elfman
Rio, John Powell
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Patrick Doyle
The Rite, Alex Heffes
The Rum Diary, Christopher Young
Sanctum, David Hirschfelder
Sarah’s Key, Max Richter
Senna, Antonio Pinto
Shame, Harry Escott
The Skin I Live In, Alberto Iglesias
The Smurfs, Heitor Pereira
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Rachel Portman
Super 8, Michael Giacchino
Take Shelter, David Wingo
The Thing, Marco Beltrami
Thor, Patrick Doyle
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
Tower Heist, Christophe Beck
W.E., Abel Korzeniowski
War Horse, John Williams
Warrior, Mark Isham
Water for Elephants, James Newton Howard
The Way, Tyler Bates
We Bought a Zoo, Jon Thor Birgisson
We Need to Talk about Kevin, Jonny Greenwood
Win Win, Lyle Workman
Winnie the Pooh, Henry Jackman
X-Men: First Class, Henry Jackman
Young Adult, Rolfe Kent
Your Highness, Steve Jablonsky

A Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be sent with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.

To be eligible, the original score must be a substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must be written specifically for the motion picture by the submitting composer. Scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs, or assembled from the music of more than one composer will not be eligible.

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood and Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network.

281 Feature Films Vie for 2008 Oscar® Nominations

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has certified 281 feature films eligible for the Academy Award® for Best Picture of 2008, and only five will be nominated to compete. Participants in these films are eligible for other Oscar nominations such as Best Director, Best Actress, Best Costumes, etc.

To be eligible for 81st Academy Awards® consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, 31 December and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days. Feature films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category.

Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format. See the full list (in .pdf) of 281 films, and read more about the rules, by clicking the title of this post.

The 81st Oscar nominations will be announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Thursday, 22 January 2009, at in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, 22 February 2009, in the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.