Big Fish receives Oscar nomination for Best Score
This morning, Danny Elfman’s score for BIG FISH was nominated for an Academy Award. It’s well-deserved. His score is subtle, never flashy, and really works to support the movie rather than call attention to itself.
While I’m delighted we got this nomination, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little disappointed we didn’t get others. Oh well. There are many excellent films and filmmakers recognized in this year’s nominations, and some omissions at least as notable as BIG FISH’s.
I don’t think there’s any great conspiracy for or against anyone. Nominations are just the aggregate of a lot of individual opinions. And on the plus side, I can stop obsessively reading Internet message boards about the awards, which has become a giant time-suck. For that extra hour each day, God bless you, Academy voters.
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January 29th, 2004 at 11:39 pm
sorry you did not get a writing nom. i loved the movie, especially the last driving scene. it was so freeing, very moving. by the time the moving ended, i was in tears and loving it.
thanks for writing a beautiful movie.
February 6th, 2004 at 6:56 am
I saw the movie with my boyfriend, and we both realy enjoyed it. It really touched me how without even realizing it he influenced all those people. It sort of inspired me. Thank you so much.
– Andrea and Jesse
February 16th, 2004 at 12:09 am
I enjoyed the movie, but I have to be honest with you: I thought the script was better. I felt that Tim Burton’s visuals sometimes pulled me out of the story, and felt too self-consciously “Burtonesque.” I love Tim Burton’s films, but this time around I wasn’t all together thrilled by his interpretation of the story. It felt too episodic, which I know is a strange thing to say, since the final film is pretty close to the original script. I loved the final scene, though, when Will tells Edward the story of his death. It’s exactly how I imagined it. Anyway, I hope I didn’t sound pretentious with my thoughts…just wanted to be honest with you.
December 28th, 2006 at 6:47 pm
I have 4 oscars their tank’s as clean as a whistle.