My 2019 Oscar prediction
If you’re mildly interested in the Oscars — Best Score is only a competition between: If Beale Street Could Talk (Nicholas Britell) and Isle of Dogs (Alexandre Desplat). Desplat won last year for, The Shape of Water, and is doing the best work of his career. Gustavo Santaolalla won back to back Oscars in 2006/2007 so there’s precedent.
This is super tough, but I have to go with Alexandre Desplat again for, Isle of Dogs. The music and film are inextricably linked.
While the cream does rise to the top (Britell and Desplat are the two of the best) I have no idea how they arrived at the other nominees: Black Panther, Mary Poppins, and BlacKkKlansman. Fine scores but not Academy Level.
First Man (Justin Hurwitz) and Suspiria (Thom Yorke) are two of the best film scores in history and didn’t even make the list.
You might also like to play…
The Shape of Water (Alexandre Desplat) + TAB
[The Shape of Water performance was kicked off of YouTube by UMPG. I ultimately won the dispute — but chose to keep it off to avoid further harassment. It’s one of my best, and no one knows it exists.]
First Man: The landing for guitar + TAB
Phantom Thread (theme for guitar) + TAB
Gear used
For this arrangement, I used my Cordoba C7 Cedar. It’s a deep and dark sounding guitar. You can find a list of all of my gear recommendations here.
How to play If Beale Street Could Talk for classical guitar
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I based this guitar arrangement on the central themes: Agape and Eden (Harlem) from the excellent score by Nicholas Britell.
It’s relatively easy to play, and the guitar tab is only one page long. In accordance with the guitar tab, you’ll play the main section in the [repeat brackets] twice — then the End section.
Enjoy, the guitar tab is available below:
If Beale Street Could Talk is played one whole step down. Your tuning is D G C F A D.
If Beale Street Could Talk: theme for guitar (Nicholas Britell)
