I had a look at the Disney’s website that shows all the category’s they want to be nominated for at the Oscars next year, and they didn’t put Toy Story 3 for Best Original Score? what the hell???
I don’t get it! In my opinion, TS3 had the best soundtrack out of all the Toy Stories. 
'Tis a pity. I wonder why Pixar didn’t give it a go.
To me, all three Toy Story scores sound the same. I think Michael Giacchino has spoiled us.
agreed.
I’m also somewhat surprised that in addition to No Best Original Score viability, Disney isn’t pushing the Gipsy Kings’ rendition of “You’ve Got A Friend In Me”. Now I’m not sure if this is just because it’s a cover version but it was an excellent redition of a classic piece, and at least deserves to be nominated.
Since there is no logical reason for Disney not to promote TS3 for Best Original Score, I keep thinking maybe there’s an issue with the score being disqualified for Oscar consideration. The music rules at the Academy can be kind of weird, and I know there was talk in recent years about certain scores being deemed ineligible because they were using pre-existing music, or something. If there are themes in the TS3 score that reprise music from the first two (and I still say some of the garbage conveyor music is from Monsters Inc), that may be the problem.
Tragically, I’m afraid the Gipsy Kings’ Spanish 'You’ve Got a Friend in Me" can’t be counted as an original song - and that really is too bad, because it’s awesome!
Sorry, guys, but I agree with him. I love the Toy Story themes, but…they sound like the same one, slightly altered each time.
what about the “So Long” theme? That was original, and it’s a beautiful. powerful bit of music. The score should get nominated at least for that.
My favorite parts were the new songs, mostly “Losing You”. I noticed very little at all, good or bad, about the score. I love it, it just doesn’t seem remarkable.
Losing You was part of his Harps and Angles album, not the TS3 soundtrack.
I think every composer really has their own distinctive style, particularly Thomas and Randy Newman and yes even Michael Giacchino. I’m not a music major or anything, but I think “sounding the same” goes more in line with their own style than actually being a derivative of anything else. For instance, I also found that The Incredibles soundtrack sounded a lot like Ratatouille’s and WALL-E had a very similar chord progression to that of Finding Nemo.
That is exactly how I feel, Pixar Builder. My friends like to say all of Randy’s scores sound the same (not in a negative way, though), but really he just has a certain style. Giacchino’s score for Up’s more action-based or intense scenes sounds a lot like those for Ratatouille and The Incredibles; not because he’s rehashing old work, it’s just his style.
Randy did do a lot of reprises though, you gotta admit. it can get distracting because I remember specific moments from previous films rather than focusing on whats going on in the current scene.
The problem is, the Academy looks at (and qualifies or disqualifies based on) the entire score. I’m not trying to argue whether or not Randy Newman deserves the nomination, it’s just that the Oscar rules can be weird, and the music rules seem to change around more than most. I have no idea whether the TS3 score has been ruled ineligible or not - I just can’t think of any other reason Disney wouldn’t be pushing it for the awards.
Agreed about composers having their own styles. I remember seeing clips from Wall-E and thinking, “Hey, that sounds like Thomas Newman,” because the music, though different, reminded me of the style of some of his “Nemo” score. I’ll tell you where Giacchino’s Up score reminds me of Ratatouille is in some of my favorite moments - MG likes to use motifs for the characters, and in both films there are wonderful moments (Linguini waits tables, Russell climbs the hose) where the so-far whimsical themes for those characters blossom into Big Epic Heroic pieces as they step up and take action to save the day.
Agreed, but I think that those scenes served more as leitmotifs for similar events and themes throughout the film as expressed within their previous works. If it had been totally random I would have found them unsettling but for the most part I think they worked nicely.
I noticed that too. For instance, the scene where Woody is on the cart about to be pushed into the bathroom, the music that plays when he notices the door is the same score we hear in the first Toy Story when he sees the lamp before overthrowing Buzz.
I love the score, I just think an Oscar for it would be inappropriate.
I’ll echo a few sentiments here and say that I’m afraid I don’t think Pixar deserves Best Original Score this year. It’s ‘Best’ with an emphasis on ‘Original’. Although there are some new numbers such as ‘Losing You’ and ‘Hay Un Amigo En Mi’, most of the orchestral instrumentals are rehashes from the previous two movies with minor tweaks. Now seeing that TS3 is a sequel, that’s forgivable, as to maintain theme consistency, but again, that doesn’t mean it deserves B.O.S. this year. I’m going to pitch HTTYD as having a very high chance of getting the Award for ‘The-Studio-That-Must-Not-Be-Named’, followed by Inception, and if the Academy is open-minded, Legend of the Guardians. None of these films are sequels to an existing franchise, so their music is fresh and new.
I thought Kyle already explained that “Losing You” was not part of the Toy Story 3 canon.