Yes, Losing You was never written with toy story in mind. it was about his brother, a doctor, dealing with patients who were dying. It was used in the initial trailer because it fit, but its no more a part of the TS3 soundtrack than Take My Breath Away
This stinks, they’re puting all their hype into the Daft Punk score for Tron Legacy.
I don’t blame them. Its Daft Punk afterall.
My mistake, sincere apologies.
I think Toy Story 3 has a lot of potential, but works best when viewed with the entire series. Even without that, the music is still great alone. If people complain about the fact that it reuses music in inventive ways… I don’t know what to tell you. It’s the last movie in a cherished film series, and of course they’ll go the extra step for nostalgia’s sake to include some classic numbers.
Yup, definitely, it’s nice to include some of the previous themes for those who remember watching the first and second movies. And on its own, the soundtrack is very good for its own merits. Just that, it doesn’t deserve Best Original Score, because it’s not original. But hey, just because it doesn’t get an Academy Award, doesn’t make it any less awesome.
Well, if it’s not qualified, then I guess that explains why it’s not submitted. I guess the chronic sampling of previous tunes could get in the way, but IMO, when put together in a fresh composition, that makes it original. Not gonna fight their decision though.
Perhaps they need an additional category, since Best Original Score apparently disqualifies the re-use of themes in a series of movies. It makes it seem as if no sequel can ever win Best Original Score, because most composers do reprise their themes in their sequels, especially if they are leitmotifs for the characters. I think that the way that a composer like Randy Newman weaves his reprise themes in with more original music can be just as creative and meaningful as the composition of brand new music. Sometimes it’s just a tiny snatch of a theme that you have to listen closely to recognize, but it sparks a little “Aha!” moment that connects the scene with something that’s happened before.
I can understand why TS3’s score probably won’t win an Oscar, but I still think that Randy Newman deserves lots of kudos for it, and I hope that he gets them from other sources!
instead of having best original score why don’t they just make it best score? that’d be better.
Because then wouldnt you have anyone whos soundtrack consisted of a number of hit songs (possibly done years ago) tacked on be eligible?
Well, the TS3 soundtrack got nominated in the Grammy Awards!
I’m happy because I was trashed last week in another board for saying that the score was great and deserved a nomination 
I hope you’re not referring to what I said. If you are, I’m sorry. I was disagreeing with you, but not trying to say you were “wrong” or trash you. 
And it’s great that it may get a Grammy. 
^ You know I’m not mad at you or anyone else who disagreed with me. Everyone’s entitled to their opinions. I was exaggerating to make my point, sorry 
I thought it was a good score for its purpose, I just smelled A Bug’s Life and previous TS films the whole time(hey, at least it wasn’t Cars… 
). It deserves something for adding to the emotion, just not best “original” score.
Well, that normative about sequels didn’t came until a few years ago, and it doesn’t make much sense, since the composer writes a lot of new music anyway.
In fact, until 2005’s ceremony, that normative didn’t exist. That year, John Williams’ score Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (which is the second sequel in the series, in fact), was nominated as Best Original Score. and the year before that, the third entry of the Lord of the Rings won the award.
I’m not saying because it’s a sequel, I just can’t see why it would win best “original” score. But the sequel rule makes sense, to me, at least. Unless it’s totally different, like POTC:AW’sE, in which case, the score is less familiar, and honestly, less fun to listen to.
But AWE’s score is far from being totally different from the previous ones! It has all sorts of thematic connections!
And have you heard Return of the King? There’s virtually no new theme in that one, as most were used in the first two. And it won! A composer can make an awesome new work with the same themes, as the Academy knew back then!
Okay, I’m done with this argument. I’m not good at universal scoring, I just know what I like, what’s likely to win, and that the main POTC theme is missing in the third installment. I can’t argue with you; you’re just more knowledgeable on the matter. 
Bye.
I’m sorry you see it like arguing It wasn’t my goal. Friends again?
On one last note, the main theme “He’s a Pirate”, does appear in the third PotC movie, but maybe it’s overshadowed by the new pieces. You can hear it a lot on “I don’t think now is the Best Time”, or “Drink Up My Hearties”, for instance.
Oh yes, I still want to be friends. I’m just no good at discussing film scores with you, because you’re more knowledgeable. And I guess I did hear similar themes in the third POTC, but the main theme that I adore so much, if it was in the third, I didn’t hear it.