Best Nominated Dramatic Film Score - 1998 (game)

[W.A. Mozart]

I see that there is a long thread about film music here, so I'd like to try to launch a game regarding film scores.

Each year, the Academy Awards give two musical awards to films:
- One for "Best Original Song"
- One for "Best Original Score"

The second one is for the original incidental music (non-diegetic music) composed for films, namely for the music written to dramatize  the scenes of the films.

Between 1996 and 1999, the Oscar "Best Original Score" was splitted in two parts:
- Best Original Dramatic Score
- Best Original Musical of Comedy Score


This game is about the incidental music, the so called "scores". We will take the five nominated film scores for each year between 1990 and the current year and we will vote our favourite one.

The scores with the highest number of votes in each year will qualify for the second part of this game, in which the qualified scores of each year will fight between each others.


Today we will start with "Best Original Dramatic Score" of 1998. Don't ask me why do I start with the 1998: it's a long story!

So, here you simply have to vote your favourite film score between the five that were nominated in 1998 for the Oscar "Best Original Dramatic Score".
The game will start only if there will be at least five votes in this first battle.

IMPORTANT: since this is a competition between ORIGINAL SCORES, you should evaluate only the music which belongs to the score (the incidental music, which is outside of the film) and only its original parts. So, for example, the music played by the quartet inside Titanic is not relevant.
Thanks to the videos containing my selections, you ensure to listen only to music which is relevant for the competition.

[W.A. Mozart]

So, the question is very simple.

Which is your favourite score between (see the videos posted below):
- Titanic (music composed by James Horner)
- Amistad (music composed by John Williams)
- Will Hunting (music composed by Danny Elfman)
- Kundun (music composed by Philip Glass)
- L.A. Confidential (music composed by Jerry Goldsmith)


Only one vote! The votations will close on 27 July, in the exact moment in which I will anounce the closure.


Read the OP for more details.


Here below you find five videos containing my selection of the best parts of each suite, together with images from the film.

The typical structure of a video (or playlist) is the following:
- Main theme
- Secondary themes
- Final reprise of the main theme with climax


I can embed only Youtube videos, so for the Vimeo videos you will have to click on the links and watch the video in the website.



OSCAR WINNER: Titanic (music composed by James Horner)

The video here below, which cointains my selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 A Life So Changed [main theme]
02:13 Southampton + Take Her To Sea Mr Murdoch [departure]
07:19 Trapped on 'D' Deck [sinking]
16:05 An Ocean Of Memories [final reprise of the main theme with climax]

Amistad (music composed by John Williams)

The video here below, which contains my selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Going Home [main theme]
02:05 Cinques Theme [variation I]
06:19 Crossing the Atlantic [variation II]
09:43 Cinque's Memories of Home
12:21 End Credits [variation III]

GO TO THE VIMEO VIDEO



Will Hunting (music composed by Danny Elfman)


The video here below, which contains my selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Main Titles
03:35 Will's Reflection
07:34 Will's Decisions / Conclusion

GO TO THE VIMEO VIDEO



Kundun (music composed by Philip Glass)

The video here below, which contains my selection of the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Distraught [main theme]
02:59 Lord Chamberlain
05:44 Thirteenth Dalai Lama
09:09 Escape to India [development of the main theme]

L.A. Confidential (music composed by Jerry Goldsmith)

The video here below, which contains the best parts of the suite, is structured as follows:
00:00 Bloody Christmas [main theme]
02:54 The Photos
05:25 Rollo Tomasi
08:32 The Café
10:54 The Keys
12:49 The Victor [final reprise of the main theme]

GO TO THE VIMEO VIDEO

[W.A. Mozart]

I'm the first voter. I vote for Titanic (by James Horner)!

Current results:
- Titanic: 1 vote
- Amistad: 0 votes
- Will Hunting: 0 votes
- Kundun: 0 votes
- L.A. Confidential: 0 votes

The score with the highest number of votes will qualify for the second part of this game, in which all qualified scores for each year will fight between each others.

[DavidW]

I also vote for Titanic.

[W.A. Mozart]

I also vote for Titanic.

Thanks for your vote.

Current results:
- Titanic: 2 votes
- Amistad: 0 votes
- Will Hunting: 0 votes
- Kundun: 0 votes
- L.A. Confidential: 0 votes


We need still three votes to reach the quorum of 5 votes. The votations will close on 27 July

[W.A. Mozart]

Thanks for your vote.

Current results:
- Titanic: 2 votes
- Amistad: 0 votes
- Will Hunting: 0 votes
- Kundun: 0 votes
- L.A. Confidential: 0 votes


We need still three votes to reach the quorum of 5 votes. The votations will close on July 27.

[Abdel Ove Allhan]

Easy...if it's Jerry Goldsmith, it's the best. LA Confidential

[W.A. Mozart]

Easy...if it's Jerry Goldsmith, it's the best. LA Confidential

Thanks for your vote.

Current results:
- Titanic: 2 votes
- Amistad: 0 votes
- Will Hunting: 0 votes
- Kundun: 0 votes
- L.A. Confidential: 1 vote


Two other votes required to reach the quorum of five votes.

[W.A. Mozart]

The votations will expire on July 27. It's your last chance to vote.