It's three nominations that have been given for two award categories. I understand we love ARR but even he cannot win three awards this Oscars! I am just saying so that you are not disappointed on Feb 23rd morning! :)
2009/2/10 Madhavan Rajan <[email protected]> > I liked all three songs that were nominated. I hope AR does a hattrick > at Oscars (Bagging all three awards!). However, I will be happy even if > Peter Gabriel wins his first Oscar. > > One more thing I would like to quote - Martin Scorcese has created better > films than his own Departed, but academy honoured him for his work in > Departed. So, let's not worry about the academy's choice and instead just > say, if one wins Oscar it's for what he has given to the society till date. > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:52 PM, V S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I heard Wall-E's Down to Earth by Peter Gabriel. I think that is the >> song nominated for Oscar in the category of SDM songs. >> >> The song seems good, but English music has had enumerable equally good >> or even better songs compared to that, whereas our man's SDM songs have >> a novelty value as international level music from India. >> >> And something in this song reminds me of some of Bryan Adams' songs and >> even his voice, not able to pinpoint which one. Anyone. >> >> -- >> Rawat >> >> On 2/10/2009 10:02 AM India Time, _Gopal Srinivasan_ wrote: >> >> > 'Slumdog' vs. 'Wall-E' for best song >> > No clear frontrunner among Oscar nominees >> > By JON BURLINGAME >> > >> > For the third time in the past 20 years, music-branch voters chose only >> three tunes as best >> > song nominees. Two are from the same movie, and two of the singers are >> world-class world-music >> > recording artists. >> > >> > There is no clear-cut favorite this year, unlike, say, eight years ago >> when Bob Dylan's win for >> > "Things Have Changed" was a foregone conclusion, or the year of >> "Titanic" and its ubiquitous >> > Celine Dion song. What happens Feb. 22 depends several factors. >> > >> > First, the "Slumdog" phenomenon: Both of the key songs in "Slumdog >> Millionaire" are nominated, >> > both co-written by leading Indian composer A.R. Rahman (who is also >> nominated for his original >> > score). The soundtrack album is rising fast on the charts, so a >> "Slumdog" win would not >> > surprise. >> > >> > But which song? Will voters remember that it was "Jai Ho" that was >> performed as an elaborately >> > choreographed, Bollywood-style dance number in the Mumbai train station >> at the end of the >> > movie? >> > >> > "Jai Ho," with Indian lyrics by poet Gulzar, may be the most >> talked-about musical moment from >> > year-end films. And Oscar voters, excited about the prospect of seeing >> the number re-created on >> > the telecast, may be thinking about that when filling out their ballots. >> If it wins, it will be >> > only the second foreign-language song to do so (after 2004's "Al otro >> lado del rio" from "The >> > Motorcycle Diaries"). >> > >> > But Rahman's collaboration with London-born, Sri Lankan-raised Maya >> Arulpragasam -- better >> > known to the pop world as M.I.A. -- on "O... Saya" may resonate with >> younger voters for its >> > pounding rhythms, electronica sound and rap-style vocals. That song's >> used earlier in the film, >> > as police chase poor youngsters from an airport tarmac through the >> streets. >> > >> > "Slumdog's" competition is the song from the end of the Disney-Pixar >> movie "Wall-E," co-written >> > by Thomas Newman (also nominated for his score) and Peter Gabriel. The >> nom is Gabriel's first >> > despite having composed scores for such films as "The Last Temptation of >> Christ" and >> > "Rabbit-Proof Fence." >> > >> > Eight of the past 20 song statuettes have gone to tunes from animated >> movies (all Disney pics >> > but one). And nine of the past 20 have gone to popular artists >> (including Gabriel's ex-Genesis >> > bandmate Phil Collins, for "Tarzan," another Disney toon). Also, >> Gabriel's human-rights and >> > environmental activism would seem to coincide with the politics of many >> Acad voters. >> > >> > And, in recent years, voters have spread the Oscar wealth among multiple >> pics. A "Slumdog" >> > score win could translate into a "Wall-E" song win. >> > >> > http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999867.html?categoryId=3275&cs=1 >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > Madhavan.R > Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! > > -- "You are what your deepest desire is; As you desire, so is your intention; As your intention, so is your will; As is your will so is your deed; As is your deed, so is your destiny" -The Upanishads
