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The 13th annual FiLM BiTCH Awards celebrating the films of 2012.

Traditionals: PICTURES | ACTING | VISUALS | AURALS (plus nomination tallies)
Extras: SPECIAL ACTING | REAL CHARACTERS | BEST SCENES (plus nomination tallies)

AND THE NOMINEES ARE... 

 

Original Score

Dario Marianelli
ANNA KARENINA
Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Mychael Danna
LIFE OF PI
Jonny Greenwood
THE MASTER
Gabriel Yared & Cyrille Aufort
A ROYAL AFFAIR
   
 
  
 
  
  
 
Finalists: Zero Dark Thirty (Alexandre Desplat), Cloud Atlas (Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek& Reinhold Heil)
Semi-Finalists: Brave (Patrick Doyle), John Carter (Michael Giacchino), Skyfall (Thomas Newman)

 

Adapted Score / Song Score

for films wthere the music is from multiple artists, varied sources, songs, or non original material

Howard Shore, Metric, & More
COSMOPOLIS
Ennio Morricone, Luis Bavalav, Jerry Goldsmith, and More...
DJANGO UNCHAINED
Claude Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, & Herbert Kretzmer
LES MISERABLES
Leonard Bernstein, Alexandre Desplat, Hank Williams & More
MOONRISE KINGDOM
Michael Brooks and Various Artists
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
     
 
 
Finalists: Pitch Perfect (Various Artist & Cast), Rust & Bone (Alexandre Desplat & Various Artists), Amour (Schuber, Beethoven, and pianist Alexandre Theraud)
Semi-Finalists: Magic Mike,

 

Original Song

"The Sambola! International Dance Craze"
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS
"From Here to the Moon and Back"
JOYFUL NOISE

"Who Were We?"
HOLY MOTORS

"Suddenly"
LES MISERABLES
"Skyfall"
SKYFALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finalists: I prefer not to nominated end or opening credit songs unless they're flat out amazing or fully integrated with the material somehow (like Skyfall) since I like my songs to function with the narrative. But I loved "Pi's Lullaby" Life of Pi, "Strange Love" Frankenweenie, "Still Alive" from Paul Williams Still Alive and "Before My Time" Chasing Ice
Semi-Finalists: "Ladies of Tampa" Magic Mike

 

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

MISS BALA
LES MISERABLES
PROMETHEUS
SKYFALL
ZERO DARK THIRTY
   
   
 
 
Finalists: The Avengers, Anna Karenina, The Deep Blue Sea, Life of Pi
Semi-Finalists: Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild

 

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

THE AVENGERS
LIFE OF PI
PROMETHEUS
SKYFALL
ZERO DARK THIRTY
 

     
 
 
Finalists: Brave, Django Unchained, Moonrise Kingdom
Semi-Finalists: The Dark Knight Rises, Looper, Cosmopolis, The Impossible

 

Nomination Tally in Traditional Oscar-Type Categories
(Les Miz leads with 8, clusterfive-tie for second place with 6 each: Anna Karenina, Beasts, Moonrise Kingdom, Prometheus, and Zero Dark Thirty) 

Amour - 5
Anna Karenina - 6
Avengers, The - 3
Argo - 1
Beasts of the Southern Wild - 6 
Brave - 1
Compliance - 1
Damsels in Distress - 1
Dark Knight Rises - 1
Django Unchained -1
Farewell My Queen - 1
Flight -1
Frankenweenie - 1
Holy Motors - 4
Joyful Noise - 1
Life of Pi - 3
Lincoln - 5
Looper - 1
Magic Mike - 4
Master, The - 3
Middle of Nowhere - 2
Misérables, Les -8
Miss Bala - 1
Moonrise Kingdom - 6 
Paperboy, The - 2
ParaNorman -1
Perks of Being a Wallflower, The - 1
Prometheus - 6
Royal Affair, A - 1
Rust & Bone - 1
Sessions, The - 1
Skyfall - 5
Snow White and the Huntsman - 2
Starlet - 1
Zero Dark Thirty - 6

 

PICTURE | ACTING | VISUALS | AURALS | EXTRAS | SPECIAL | SCENES