The Noms:
“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
“Up” Michael Giacchino
Who Will Win: “Up” Michael Giacchino
Who Should Win: “Up” Michael Giacchino
Who Won: “Up” Michael Giacchino
Commentary: It was in my post-screening thinking of the film that I deemed that among the things that Up got right was the film’s score, which I normally don’t cue on in in my first viewing of a film. Going up against names such as Horner, Desplat and Zimmer, I think the Academy chose Michael Giacchino because he hasn’t won before and that the score was one of the more “obvious strengths” for Up.
