In response to the broadcast omitting the Best Original Score presentation from its live broadcast on Sunday (1.11,) legendary composer Hans Zimmer has criticized Golden Globes organizers.
Known for scoring such mega-movies as The Lion King, Gladiator and Inception, the famous musician spoke to Deadline about the annual gala’s decision to present the category during a commercial break, stating:
“It feels a little bit ignorant.” “We are the psychological underbelly of the whole thing.” “This is a room filled with filmmakers who understand the mechanics and understand when I come home after working on a film, my children don’t know who I am because I haven’t been home for months.” “The composer has such an important role in making films by the time we come to the music, the director has been through war. Our first job is to remind him why he did this film in the first place.”
In a separate red-carpet interview with Variety, Hans said that it was a “shame” the awards organizers opted against honoring the hard work of his “friends.” “I think the work should always be acknowledged,” he stated. “This year is a fantastic year for composers – don’t ignore them, you don’t have a movie without them.” The German composer subsequently found a silver lining in the decision by quipping “It means I don’t have to make an insane speech and embarrass humanity as we know it.”
Alongside Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein, Max Richter for Hamnet, Jonny Greenwood for One Battle After Another, Ludwig Göransson for Sinners and Kangding Ray for Sirat, this year, Zimmer was nominated for Best Original Score for F1.
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Author: Saul Goode
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