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Why ‘Emilia Perez’ and ‘Wicked’ Were Nominated for Original Score
Why "Emilia Perez" and "Wicked" landed original score nominations.
In the past, dramatic underscore in musicals was often disqualified under Oscar rules (“a score shall not be eligible if it has been diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs”). The other 67% (approximately 101 minutes) is the dramatic score, a collaboration between songwriter Stephen Schwartz and composer John Powell (“How to Train Your Dragon”), both nominees. Creating the “Wicked” score, Powell says, involved “trying to absorb the shapes, the harmonic language, that Stephen was giving me, but then trying to see through the camera lens and (director) Jon Chu’s perspective so that it always felt like it came from the same place, but for this new way of looking at the story.”
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