kudyba Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 I thought every song (Enya, Sting, McCartney, Faith Hill and Randy Newman) was a snoozer. Did any of them even get any airplay? :bor: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryrobinett Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Yeah, but I did like Sting's song. What DID strike me was how appropriate each song seemed in relationship to it's movie. I know it's doh! But Enya's song sounded SO appropriate to Lord of the Rings and Randy so Monster's Inc. etc.. All the best, Henry Robinett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Randy Newman wins out over Sting and Enya for what amounts to a bar song with John Goodman singing??? Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod S Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 As a big Enya fan, I did like her song, and thought it was VERY appropriate for the movie. Randy Newman's song was pretty cool, didn't care for the rest. And I'm glad her stuff doesn't get airplay. One song ("only time" I think was the name) did, and it drove me insane to hear it over and over, specially since I really like the song. Korg Kronos X73 / ARP Odyssey / Motif ES Rack / Roland D-05 / JP-08 / SE-05 / Jupiter Xm / Novation Mininova / NL2X / Waldorf Pulse II MBP-LOGIC American Deluxe P-Bass, Yamaha RBX760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted March 25, 2002 Share Posted March 25, 2002 Randy Newman's song for Toy Story 2, "When She Loved Me", was better than this one for Monsters, Inc., but I'm glad he won. Sting has an Oscar, McCartney's song was weak, and Diane Warren was, well, like every other big Diane Warren ballad from a big summer movie. Was "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge a cover like everything else in the movie? I know David Baerwald wrote it. I thought it was the one original in the movie, and if so, it should have been nominated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 Well, I saw Monsters, Inc., and I couldn't get that song out of my head for days (a good thing). I think it's a great little song. Sure, it's simple! You got a PROBLEM with that? ;) Lots of great songs are simple (Satisfaction, Hard Days Night, You've Got A Friend, Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay, It's The Same Old Song, etc.) The blond lady had a nice voice, and the song was pretty good. Enya lip synching was the low point for me. I liked Paul's song despite the fact that it was whack like the movie. The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted March 26, 2002 Share Posted March 26, 2002 I liked Sting's and Sir Paul's tunes. I felt sorry for Sting, though. Just finished a 2 year tour, a few single dates, DVD release, tried to get home to Italy to spend some time relaxing, hang with the family, then he's gotta pack up and go back to Hollyweird to perform a song he'd probably FORGOTTEN he'd written; had to scribble some lead sheets and arrangements out for a bunch of session players he'd never met in his life. And then, on the way in to the theatre, some ditzy entertainment television crew pulls his tired ass aside and asks him what kind of clothes he and Trudy are wearing. :rolleyes: No wonder he looked harried and unfocused. :freak: I've upped my standards; now, up yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailermusic Posted March 27, 2002 Share Posted March 27, 2002 The question is: do they give the oscar to the best song, or for the best use of a song in the movie? The latter would be more appropriate, and therefore not require the song to be killer, rather it has to work best with picture. For that reason I think the Newman song should have won: it really expressed and captured the relationship between the two monsters, which really was the driving force of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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