Original Score
Who’s Nominated: Atonement, The Kite Runner, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, 3:10 to Yuma
Who’s Missing: The haunting score of There Will Be Blood deserves almost as much praise as Daniel Day Lewis’ performance. I can’t imagine the film with a single note missing. However, once again the antiquated rules of the Academy strike again and the score was disqualified from the race. It’s a shame that one of the best scores I’ve heard in years, by Radiohead member Jonny Greenwood, will fall on deaf ears Oscar night.
Who Should Win: I’ve only heard two of the nominees but the score from Michael Clayton was such a surprise I think it is deserving of the win. Why surprising? Because in a movie like Clayton one does not expect to walk away remembering the score. Like the aforementioned There Will Be Blood, this score complimented and heightened the film.
Who Will Win: This is the first of many tricky categories. My gut says Ratatouille for its Parisian overtures but Atonement’s epic scale will make it a tight race. I’m going to stick to my instincts though and say Ratatouille pulls it out.
Original Song
Who’s Nominated: Once, August Rush, and 3, count them 3, songs from Enchanted
Who’s Missing: Two words…Spider Pig. It's in the movie, it's over the credits and most importantly it's stuck in proverbial pop culture skull. The Simpsons Movie gave the world a gift in Spider Pig, isn’t it time we gave back?
Who Should Win: I dare you to listen to Falling Slowly from Once and not find yourself moved by it in some fashion. The song drills down to your very soul and in a film filled with great music stands out above the rest. I was disappointed to see the minimum recognition the film received but recognizing the music is appropriate and deserving.
Who Will Win: As much as it pains me to say it I’ll say Enchanted takes this home. Now of course the question is which song. I’m going to go with Happy Working Song. It’s one of the few clips I’ve seen from the film and I’ve got to say I enjoyed the song and laughed pretty hard. The self mockery Disney pulls off here will be appreciated by the voters and will pay off with Oscar gold.
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