Jon Burlingame editorJust how important is music to movies?Not too important, according to the producers of the upcoming Academy Awards, who have decided to relegate the score Oscar — along with seven other categories — to an off-air segment prior to the three-hour telecast.It was a slap in the face to the hundreds of composers, arrangers, orchestrators, musicians, engineers and other professionals whose work provides the emotional foundation for so much of today’s cinematic storytelling.Anyone who saw “Dune” in a theater knows that it was an immersive experience of sight and sound, the latter led by an evocative, powerful soundscape created by musicians and singers.
Even if you watched “Encanto” at home on Disney Plus, you were entranced from start to finish by the authentic musical sounds of Colombia.
The music of “Don’t Look Up,” “Parallel Mothers” and “The Power of the Dog” was also recognized by Oscar’s music branch as making a significant contribution to what we watched and how we felt during those films.
But we won’t get to see those nominees or listen to their music as the category is announced. That’s not just shortsighted, it is in direct defiance of the reason the Academy Awards exist: to recognize excellence in all aspects of filmmaking, “the highest distinction attainable in the motion picture profession,” as the Academy founders wrote in 1928.Since 1953, when the Oscars were first telecast, every category has been presented on air.
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