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Why no Best Score Oscar nom?

posted 15 years ago by mel2000
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Granted, Zorba's score probably wouldn't have survived the votes for Mary Poppins anyway, while I can certainly understand the nominations of Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte and The Pink Panther, certainly The Academy could have pushed aside the nominations of either Becket or The Fall of the Roman Empire in order to honor one of the most memorable movie scores in Oscar history. Zorba was robbed!

[–] shred-com 11 years ago

No idea. It was one of the better parts of the film. Not like the Academy didn't like the film or anything. 7 noms is quite high for a film like this.

[–] Starcraft_rules 9 years ago

I watched it and immediately remembered the tune was in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Great score.

[–] jordi-ainaud 9 years ago

In 1964, Mikis Theodorakis, the composer of the score, was elected to Greek Parliament as a Communist MP. That's why.