Now that the 90th Academy Award nominees have been named, we at SCAD Radio couldn’t help but look at whose names appeared on the list this year in the music categories. 2017 was a fairly good year for music, so logically that should have extended to the music that we hear in movies. Thankfully, that idea rang true and this year was filled with fantastic musical achievements in film.<\/p>\n
If you don’t know the nominees, we’ve taken some time to jot down the names and films which will be up for the award on March 4th, 2018, plus our opinions on how the music turned out.<\/p>\n
Dunkirk \u2014\u00a0<\/em>Hans Zimmer<\/p>\n It’s Hans Zimmer. I don’t know what to say other than he does his job well, but it gets lost inside Nolan’s work. You barely notice it, but when you listen to it, you wonder why you couldn’t hear it during the film.<\/p>\n Phantom Thread \u2014\u00a0<\/em>Jonny Greenwood<\/p>\n This is a good shot of classical music for anyone who is in desperate need of it. Part of me is afraid that this score, though great, will win the Oscar even though it’s exactly what it is and nothing more. Nice classical music.<\/p>\n