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The Films of 2013. The 14th annual FiLM BiTCH Awards

TRADITIONAL CATEGORIES: 
PICTURE
 | ACTING | VISUALS | AURALS 
SPECIAL CATEGORIES:
 EXTRAS | SPECIAL | SCENES 

 

AND THE NOMINEES ARE... 

 

Original Score

Hans Zimmer
12 YEARS A SLAVE
Alex Ebert
ALL IS LOST
Cliff Martinez
ONLY GOD FORGIVES
Alexandre Desplat
PHILOMENA
Jóhan Jóhannsson
PRISONERS
 
 
  
 
 
     
 
Finalists: Philomena (Alexander Desplat), Her (Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett), Oblivion (M83, Anthony Gonzalez & Joseph Trapanese)
Semi-Finalists: Stoker (Cliff Martinez) The Place Beyond the Pines

 

Adapted Score / Song Score
(for films wthere the bulk of the music's effect comes from score combined with a variety of non-original sources / songs)

various artists
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
various artists & cast
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Christophe Beck
FROZEN
T-Bone Burnett,  various artists & cast
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Cliff Martinez, Skrillex, Britney Spears, various artists
SPRING BREAKERS
When music is your subject matter you have an advantage here - but what a specific spotlight to shine
  Bluegrass heaven. Incredible concert performances and harmonies from the cast
 Hugely popular and accessible new showtune score. Too few songs but we'll let it slide 
 Oscar Isaac's voice is jaw-dropping. The song selection fills it with amazing notes 
Every Britney Spears moment is genius. And the soundscape (see sound mixing) also helps 
 
Finalists: Sofia Coppola proves once again with The Bling Ring that her films are aural as well as visual treats, and The Great Beauty's eclectic teetering between choral and europop is often intoxicating
Semi-Finalists: American Hustle has a fun cheeky and campy (champy?) 70s selection and though The Great Gatsby is trying too hard but it has its moments

 

Original Song

"Do You Want to Build a Snowman"
FROZEN
"Let it Go"
FROZEN

"A Little Party Never Killed Nobody"
THE GREAT GATSBY

"The Moon Song"
HER
"So You Know What It's Like"
SHORT TERM 12

"They say 'have courage' and I'm trying to
I'm right out here for you, just let me in"

 Great showtunes have the power of both narrative and characterization

 

"It’s time to see what I can do, to test the limits and break through"

 Anthemic instant classic (with nifty lgbt subtext) even if it shamelessly um borrows from "Defying Gravity". And a huge moment in the film

 

"right here right now's all we got"

such a specific gift but no filmmaker is as good as Baz at seeling the immediate now of the past

"I'm lying on the moon. My dear I'll be there soon"

 The ukulele, the delicate voice, the perfect dreamscape lyrics for a virtual romance

 

"Bitch, i'm ten - let me go outside and function with friends"

 Such a raw angry moment in a character arc, authentic sympathetic and deeply felt rap that the actor  (nominated here) both wrote and performed

 

 

Finalists: "Happy" Despicable Me 2 
Semi Finalists: "For the First Time in Forever" - Frozen, "My Lord Sunshine" -12 Years a Slave (if only it had been more substantial) and either of the songs from The Butler perhaps

 

Sound Mixing (finished soundscape: dialogue, score, effects all blended into one)

12 YEARS A SLAVE
GRAVITY
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
SPRING BREAKERS
WORLD WAR Z
         
 
Finalists: All is Lost, Frozen, Stoker
Semi-Finalists: Iron Man 3, Lone Survivor, The Conjuring

 

Sound Editing (creation of aural elements, sound effects, overall design)

ALL IS LOST
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
GRAVITY
IRON MAN 3
WORLD WAR Z
          
 
Finalists: Stoker, The Conjuring
Semi-Finalists: Frozen, Man of Steel, Only God Forgives, 12 Years a Slave

 

TALLIES
NOMINATIONS IN OSCAR-PARALLEL CATEGORIES (THUS FAR)

13 nominations
12 Years a Slave

5 nominations
Short Term 12 

4 nominations
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips
Frances Ha
Gravity
Her 
No 

3 nominations
Frances Ha
Frozen
Nebraska
Spring Breakers
World War Z

two nominations
American Hustle 
All is Lost
Blue is the Warmest Color
Enough Said
The Great Gatsby
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners

single nomination
Before Midnight
Blancanieves
Dallas Buyers Club
Don Jon
Ernest and Celestine
Gloria
The Great Beauty
Iron Man 3
Only God Forgives
Philomena
Saving Mr Banks
The Spectacular Now
The Wind Rises

"extra" categories in this section (only the adapted song score) - more extra prizes are here
20 Feet From Stardom
Broken Circle Breakdown
Frozen
Inside Llewyn Davis
Spring Breakers 

 

TRADITIONAL CATEGORIES: 
PICTURE | ACTING | VISUALS | AURALS 
SPECIAL CATEGORIES:
 EXTRAS | SPECIAL | SCENES 

[You can find a menu to the last few years of awards to your right in the sidebar.]