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2012 Oscar Nominations for Music

2012 Oscar Nominations for Music

Jim Lochner January 10, 2013 4

The Oscars are arguably the most derided award in film music. Why? Because it has the farthest reach and the biggest impact on the general public at large. Film music fans get all bent

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75 Songs Vie for Oscar

75 Songs Vie for Oscar

Jim Lochner December 12, 2012 1

Buh-bye ridiculous AMPAS rules. The original songs eligible for this year’s Academy Awards face a less daunting nomination process than in year’s past. Gone are the confusing stipulations that nominated songs needed to receive a

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104 Film Scores Eligible for Oscar

104 Film Scores Eligible for Oscar

Jim Lochner December 11, 2012 3

It’s that time of year again. As the guilds and critic groups begin to weigh in on their selections for the best of 2012, all eyes are on the Academy Awards in February. And

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2011 Oscar Nominations for Music

2011 Oscar Nominations for Music

Jim Lochner January 24, 2012 2

In 35 years of watching and obsessing over the Oscars, 2011 turned out to be my best year yet in terms of seeing potential nominees prior to the nominations announcement. This year, I own

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97 Scores Vie for Oscar

97 Scores Vie for Oscar

Jim Lochner December 22, 2011 5

At 97, this year’s slate of Academy Award-eligible film scores is mighty hefty. And yet even with this many scores, there are still some glaring omissions. Hans Zimmer took himself out of the running

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39 Songs Eligible for Best Song Oscar

39 Songs Eligible for Best Song Oscar

Jim Lochner December 20, 2011 2

Back in the summer, I posted on Facebook how excited I was to find two songs from films that I thought should be up for this year’s Academy Award. And those two songs–”Star Spangled

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FSCT on Facebook!

FSCT on Facebook!

Jim Lochner May 5, 2011 0

On Monday I woke up and said to myself, “Today I’m going to make a Film Score Click Track fan page on Facebook!” There was no pre-thought or weeping and wailing over-analyzing whether or

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Awards Madness

Awards Madness

Jim Lochner February 11, 2011 9

As you may have noticed, I didn’t bother posting all the awards madness this past season. (I can hear the cheers from here!) My Oscar obsession demanded that I cover those particular nominations, but

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2010 Academy Award Music Nominees

2010 Academy Award Music Nominees

Jim Lochner January 25, 2011 11

Today is one of the most important days of the year for me–the Oscar nominations. Sure, it’s ridiculous, but after 35 years, it’s hard to break such a well-entrenched obsession, I mean tradition. I

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77 Film Scores Eligible for Oscar

77 Film Scores Eligible for Oscar

Jim Lochner January 3, 2011 9

Those who have followed my posts since this time last year may have noticed that I didn’t write about the endless array of precursor critic awards leading up to the Oscar nominations. Frankly, I

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