Saturday, December 24, 2011

Drive Loses a Chance at Another Nomination



Despite its strong showing at many of the precursor awards, the 2011 hit Drive never seemed like much of a contender for the Oscars. Albert Brooks is atop the list of Best Supporting Actors, but outside of him only Nicolas Winding Refn (Best Director), Ryan Gosling (Best Actor) and Cliff Martinez (Best Original Score) stand any chance of receiving a nomination. Yesterday, the stylish revenge film took a big hit in its quest for some hardware. The Academy released its list of 97 eligible scores and Cliff Martinez was among those not listed. Although the rationale for excluding Drive's score was not addressed individually, it's widely believed that it was deemed ineligible because of its overuse of tracked themes. Since the category is Best Original Score, the Academy most likely viewed Cliff Martinez's work as unoriginal. For a complete list of all eligible scores, click the link below (courtesy of Adam Chitwood at Collider.com):


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