Episode 68: Seventh Annual Oscar Preview: Best Original Score 2021

It is Oscar season, and despite the Academy banning the category from the telecast the Best Original Score award still exists, and Glenn & Scott are here to cover the nominees. After already examining Hans Zimmer's Dune score in the previous episode, now they review Encanto by Germaine Franco, The Power of the Dog by Jonny Greenwood, Don't Look Up by Nicholas Britell, and Parallel Mothers by Alberto Iglesias. Along the way they discuss how each score is helped or limited by its film, how french horns represent toxic masculinity, whether the Academy should rethink how it awards scores all together, and recent reporting about one of the nominees. Plus Scott declares war on fade-outs, Glenn shows ignorance of baseball terminology, and they digress into discussing the current state of the Star Wars franchise.

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Musical Selections:

• "Abre Los Ojos" by Germaine Franco, from Encanto
• "Antonio's Voice" by Germaine Franco, from Encanto
• "Mirabel's Discovery" by Germaine Franco, from Encanto
• "Dos Oruguitas" by Lin-Manuel Miranda, from Encanto
• "We Don't Talk About Bruno" by Lin-Manuel Miranda, from Encanto
• "Surface Pressure" by Lin-Manuel Miranda, from Encanto
• "West" from The Power of the Dog by Jonny Greenwood
• "Miss Nancy Arrives" from The Power of the Dog by Jonny Greenwood
• "The Ravine" from The Power of the Dog by Jonny Greenwood
• "Best Friends" from The Power of the Dog by Jonny Greenwood
• "Paper Flowers" from The Power of the Dog by Jonny Greenwood
• "Don't Look Up - Main Title Theme" from Don't Look Up by Nicholas Britell
• "FEMA-BASH Commercial" from Don't Look Up by Nicholas Britell
• "The Launch" from Don't Look Up by Nicholas Britell
• "C-5 Galaxy" from Don't Look Up by Nicholas Britell
• "El visillo volante" from Parallel Mothers by Alberto Iglesias
• "En procesión / La fosa" from Parallel Mothers by Alberto Iglesias
• "Leaving Caladan" from Dune by Hans Zimmer

The theme music used in this podcast is Discovery by Alexander Nakarada https://filmmusic.io/song/5756-discovery