As the 2007 CUE AWARDS have come to a close, we are excited to present
our Big Wrap Up. Wouldn't you love to know just how close
your personal pick came to winning in all the other Award shows?
Well, we reveal that to you and all the other stats you'd hope to see -
just take scroll down below.
Of course, you get to read the judges personal notes, in which they
share their favorite scores and thoughts about the Cue Awards
themselves. This year, we had a special guest judge join in the
voting, so you won't want to miss that.
The 2007 Cue Awards featured some of the closest
competition to date. In one category, the difference from winning
and losing was a mere .01 points! As you will see below, for many
categories, it only took one
judge keep any one nominee from winning. A special accomplishment
worthy of mentioning here, was
achieved. MICHAEL GIACCHINO was nominated in all
three sub-genre categories for 2007: FEATURE FILM (Ratatouille),
TELEVISION (Lost), and VIDEO GAME (Medal of Honor: Airbourne).
That's quite a year, yet ironically he lost to James Newton Howard for
Outstanding Composer of the Year. Still, special recognition should
go to Giacchino for being the first composer to accomplish this feat.
Below you can see some of the more interesting stats and trends from this
years voting/rating. On the
following page, you
can see all of the judges' voting for each nominee.
Most Nominated Soundtracks:
Most Nominated Composers:
Beowulf by Alan Silvestri (7)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At
World's End by Hans Zimmer (5)
Hans Zimmer (7)
Alan Silvestri (7)
Cueless! Most Nominated without a Win:
Soundtrack with Most Wins:
Beowulf by Alan
Silvestri (7)
Transformers by Steve Jablonsky (4)
The Simpsons Movie by Hans Zimmer (3)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by Nicholas Hooper (3)
Stardust by Ilan
Eshkeri (3)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2)
Most Competitive Awards
Award
Category
Nominee
Differential
Disappointment of the Year
Spiderman 3 over The Last Mimzy
0.01
Best Dramatic Score
Atonement over Eastern Promises
0.08
Best Cover Art
300 over The Simpsons Movie
0.11
Best Score for Television
Battlestar Galatica (S3) over Lost
(S3)
0.14
Best Score for Video Game
Lair over Medal of Honor: Airborne
0.17
Best Score on Album
Ratatouille over Pirates of the
Caribbean
0.27
Best Action Score
The Bourne Ultimatum over
Pirates/Caribbean
0.30
Best Score in Film
Stardust over Pirates of the
Caribbean
0.51
Largest Margin of Victory
Award Category
Nominee
Runner-Up
Differential
Disappearing Composer of the Year
John Williams
James Horner
2.09
Record Label of the Year
Varese Sarabande
Lakeshore
Records
2.17
Highest Rated Winners
Award Category - Winner
Visitors
Judges
Final
Disappearing Composer of the Year
- John Williams
8.84
9.25
9.05
Surprise of the Year - Stardust
7.1
8.5
7.8
Record Label of the Year - Varese Sarabande
7.21
8.75
7.98
Ratings Summary
Judge A
Judge B
Judge C
Judge D
Visitors
Final
Total
Rating-points
469
590
633
590
511
539.3
Average
Rating
5.33
6.7
7.19
6.7
5.81
6.13
As you can see, this year Mr. Judge C
was the most generous of the lot. Mr. Judge A was the
most ... reserved. It also appears as though Judge A
was the most in-sync with the average-visitor rating with
only a 42 rating-point difference. Judges B and D were
clearly in sync, having the same average rating.
