Welcome to our season finale! We are taking a short hiatus to gather our thoughts and get ready for a huge second season. Today the guys are all back and all talking about the 2018 Oscar nominations. They talk about John Williams The Last Jedi score and how the original themes overshadow the newer characters themes. They discuss how The Post might have been the better choice to be nominated. This makes them think about some scores that should have been nominated over this one, like Blade Runner 2049 and War for the Planet of the Apes. Why were these not options for nominations? Alex would have nominated Game Night by Cliff Martinez. Brads choice for the Oscar for best original score would have been 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Carter Burwell. Carter Burwell supports the characters in a simple way, but the guys discuss how that is not such an easy task when you consider what a film score is supposed to accomplish. An excerpt from Alexandre Desplats interview about The Shape of Water give an example of how the composer approached the material. The guys talk about The Shape of Water, which won the Oscar for best picture and best score, and how it was not the strongest choice for this year. Alexs choice is for best score is The Phantom Thread by Jonny Greenwood. Alex and Kurt really think of Thread as an older, 1950s-style score with a big romantic mood. This was Brads least favorite score of the year, though. All in all, the guys all agree that The Shape of Water would not have been their choice for the best original score of 2018. A note on our Season 1 ender episode, dont get lonely! Well be back in no time. Also, dont forget to check out some of the older episodes you might have forgotten about. Episode one is all about action scores like Die Hard 3: Die Hard with a Vengeance, Batman (1989), and Casino Royale. Episode three is all about horror scores, where you can check out music from Alien 3, Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Twilight Zone. And episode five is all about a beginners guide to some film scores, which could give you some great ideas of what to listen to from the past. So, check those episodes out and by the time you finish them, we will be back! Bigger and better than ever! All our love. BRB