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Oscar winning songs and music
1.
How important is the musical score of the movie to you?
1.
Not important at all, I'm only interested in the movie.
2.
Very important. I think music is one of the important components of a movie.
3.
Usually indifferent, but sometimes a really good musical score moves me.
4.
Who cares about the movie? I'll go to a movie only if I like the composer.
2.
Of this year's five nominees for an Oscar for original score, which is your favorite?
1.
Atonement (composer: Dario Marianelli)
2.
The Kite Runner (composer: Alberto Iglesias)
3.
Michael Clayton (composer: James Newton Howard)
4.
Ratatouille (composer: Michael Giacchino )
5.
3:10 to Yuma (composer: Marco Beltrami)
6.
I didn't like any of the above
3.
Of this year's nominees for Best Song, which is your favorite?
1.
Happy Working Song, from Enchanted
2.
So Close, from Enchanted
3.
That's How You Know, from Enchanted
4.
Raise It Up, from August Rush
5.
Falling Slowly, from Once
6.
I don't like any of them
4.
Of the Oscar winning songs in the past twenty years, which is your favorite?
1.
Into the West (Annie Lennox)
2.
Lose Yourself (Eminem)
3.
You'll Be in my Heart (Phil Collins)
4.
My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion)
5.
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John)
6.
Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen)
7.
Sooner or Later (Madonna)
8.
Time of My Life (Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley)
9.
Other
5.
Of the songs that were nominated for an Oscar in the past 20 years and didn't win, which do you think should have won?
1.
The Hands that Built America (U2)
2.
I've Seen It All (Bjork)
3.
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
4.
Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Bryan Adams)
5.
Everything I Do I Do it for You (Bryan Adams)
6.
Blaze of Glory (Bon Jovi)
7.
Other
6.
Which do you think is the best Oscar winning song of the period from the '30s to the '50s of the 20th century?
1.
When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio).
2.
Over the Rainbow (the Wizard of Oz).
3.
Lullaby of Broadway (Gold Diggers of 1935).
4.
White Christmas (Holiday Inn).
5.
Mona Lisa (Captain Carey).
6.
High Noon / Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (High Noon).
7.
Que Sera Sera (The Man Who Knew Too Much).
8.
Three Coins In A Fountain (Three Coins In A Fountain).
9.
Other.
7.
Among the Oscar winners of the '60s and the '70s, which is your favorite song?
1.
Moon River (Breakfast At Tiffany's)
2.
Born Free (Born Free)
3.
The Windmills of Your Mind (The Thomas Crown Affair)
4.
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
5.
Theme from Shaft (Shaft)
6.
The Way We Were (The Way We Were)
7.
Last Dance (Thank God It's Friday)
8.
You Light Up My Life (You Light Up My Life)
9.
Other
8.
Among the Oscar winners of the '80s, which is your favorite song?
1.
Arthur's Theme (Arthur).
2.
Up Where We Belong (An Officer and a Gentleman).
3.
Flashdance / What a Feeling (Flashdance).
4.
I Just Called to Say I Love You (The Woman in Red).
5.
Purple Rain (Purple Rain).
6.
Say You, Say Me (White Nights).
7.
Take My Breath Away (Top Gun).
8.
Other.
9.
The Academy Awards includes an Oscar for the best song and the best original score, but there is no category for best soundtrack. If there was, which do you think merits the title of Best Soundtrack of All Time?
1.
Grease.
2.
Forrest Gump.
3.
I'm Not There.
4.
The Bodyguard.
5.
Saturday Night Fever.
6.
Dirty Dancing.
7.
Purple Rain.
8.
Other.
10.
Among the great composers of movie musical scores who are no longer with us, who were either nominated or received an Oscar, which do you think was the best?
1.
Bernard Herrmann (e.g., Citizen Cane)
2.
Dimitri Tiomkin (e.g. High Noon)
3.
Henry Mancini (e.g. Breakfast at Tiffany's)
4.
Mikos Rozsa (e.g. Ben Hur)
5.
Elmer Bernstein (e.g. The Magnificent Seven)
6.
Victor Young (e.g. Around the World in Eighty Days)
7.
Jerry Goldsmith (e.g. The Omen)
8.
Other
11.
The following composers never won an Academy Award (though some received a Life Achievement award). Which was especially worthy of winning?
1.
Ennio Morricone - The Mission
2.
James Newton Howard - The Village
3.
Alex North - A Streetcar Named Desire
4.
Michael Kamen - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
5.
John Powell (with Harry Gregson-Williams) - Schrek
6.
Thomas Newman - American Beauty
7.
Other
12.
Among the musical score composers of our age, who is the greatest of them all?
1.
Maurice Jarre - Dr. Zhivago
2.
Michel Legrand - Summer of 42
3.
John Williams - E.T.
4.
James Horner - Titanic
5.
Hans Zimmer - The Lion King
6.
John Barry - Out of Africa
7.
Alan Menken - Beauty and the Beast
8.
Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
9.
Other
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