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January 30, 2008

OK Oscar, I Forgive You

I was reading in Rollingstone and saw that Johnny Greenwood's soundtrack to There Will Be Blood was not eligible for an Academy Award for a reason other than that the Academy made a bad choice. Apparently Paul Thomas Anderson, director of the film, ruined his chances of attending the big show. It was Anderson who also used about 15 minutes of a 2006 Greenwood composition and also some existing classical movements. This is turn, disqualified the movie's composition from even being nominated.
As far as Vedder's dis goes, the song to be nominated for a Song from a Movie was only played in it's entirety while the credits were running, not exactly the vehicle to get voter's attention. I guess I wonder why that would be the only song to look at with regards to Into the Wild, a great cd chock full of music with meaningful lyrics and beautiful strumming from Eddie Vedder.
With that said, I apologize to all those in Hollywood and around the world who received a ballot and voted for whom they did. I didn't mean to have the reaction that I did. However, I still ask, "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted? Really?

| By Nathan Gemayel | 9:25 PM

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