20th "An Irish Person" FILM Awards RECAP!!

Now that we are 3 days away from the dreaded (at least for me) 88th Academy Awards and I have finished announcing all my nominees and winners I will recap those below as well as who recevied the most nominations and wins.

OUTSTANDING PICTURE:

01. Carol (Produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley & Christine Vachon)

02. 45 Years (Produced by Tristan Goligher)

03. Ex Machina (Produced by Andrew Macdonald & Allon Reich)

04. Mad Max: Fury Road (Produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller & P. J. Voeten)

05. Maps to the Stars (Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd, Martin Katz & Michel Merkt)

06. The Look of SIlence

07. Queen of Earth

08. Phoenix

09. Brooklyn

10. Spy

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR:

Sean Baker for Tangerine

Andrew Haigh for 45 Years

Todd Haynes for Carol

Hsiao-Hsien Hou for The Assassin

George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTOR:

Tom Courtenay as Geoff Mercer in “45 YEARS”

Michael Fassbender as Macbeth in “MACBETH”

Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan in “BRIDGE OF SPIES”

Michael B. Jordan as Adonis “Donnie” Johnson Creed in “CREED”

Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes in “MR. HOLMES”

OUTSTANDING LEADING ACTRESS:

Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird in “CAROL”

Rooney Mara as Therese Belivet in “CAROL”

Elisabeth Moss as Catherine Hewitt in “QUEEN OF EARTH”

Charlotte Rampling as Kate Mercer in “45 YEARS”

Saoirse Ronan as Eilis Lacey in “BROOKLYN”

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Kyle Chandler as Harge Aird in “CAROL”

Emory Cohen as Anthony “Tony” Fiorello in “BROOKLYN”

Patrick Fugit as Rich in “QUEEN OF EARTH”

Oscar Isaac as Nathan in “EX MACHINA”

Jason Statham as Rick Ford in “SPY”

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Rose Byrne as Rayna Boyanov in “SPY”

Julianne Moore as Havana Segrand in “MAPS TO THE STARS”

Sarah Paulson as Abby Gerhard in “CAROL”

Jada Pickett Smith as Rome in “MAGIC MIKE XXL”

Kristen Stewart as Valentine in “CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA”

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Alex Garland for Ex Machina

Alex Ross Perry for Queen of Earth

Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer for Spotlight

Paul Feig for Spy

Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch for Tangerine

OUTSTANDING ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Screenplay by Andrew Haigh; Based on In Another Country by David Constantine, 45 Years

Screenplay by Nick Hornby; Based on Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn

Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy; Based on The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, Carol

Screenplay by Marielle Heller; Based on The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner, The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Screenplay by Bruce Wagner; Based on Dead Stars by Bruce Wagner, Maps to the Stars

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Anomalisa (Directed by Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson)

Inside Out (Directed by Pete Docter & Ronnie del Carmen)

Minions (Directed by Pierre Coffin & Kyle Balda)

Shaun the Sheep the Movie (Directed by Mark Burton & Richard Starzak)

When Marnie Was There (Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi)

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION:

Production Design by François Séguin; Set Design by Suzanne Cloutier, Jenny Oman & Louise Tremblay for Brooklyn

Production Design by Judy Becker; Set Design by Heather Loeffler for Carol

Production Design by Thomas E. Sanders; Set Design by Jeffrey A. Melvin & Shane Vieau for Crimson Peak

Production Design by Mark Digby; Set Design by Michelle Day for Ex Machina

Production Design by Rick Carter & Darren Gilford; Set Design by Lee Sandales for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH/DEBUT:

Rebecca Ferguson (Mission Impossible – Rouge Nation)

Arielle Holmes (Heaven Knows What)

Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)

Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens)

Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Mark Lee Ping Bing for The Assassin

Edward Lachman for Carol

Maryse Alberti for Creed

Adam Arkapaw for Macbeth

John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN:

Odile Dicks-Mireaux for Brooklyn

Sandy Powell for Carol

Kate Hawley for Crimson Peak

Janet Patterson for Far From the Madding Crowd

Jacqueline Durran for Macbeth

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY:

Amy (Directed by Asif Kapadia)

Best of Enemies (Directed by Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville)

Finders Keepers (Directed by Bryan Carberry & J. Clay Tweel)

The Look of Silence (Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer)

Western (Directed by Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross)

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR:

Brooklyn (Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Bríd Brennan, Jane Brennan, Fiona Glascott, Jessica Paré, Eileen O’Higgins, Jenn Murray, Emily Bett Rickards, Eve Macklin, Mary O’Driscoll, Nora-Jane Noone, Michael Zegen, Paulino Nunes, James DiGiacomo, Christian de la Cortina, Ellen David, Gerard Murphy, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Barbara Drennan, Gillian McCarthy, Ellis Rockburn, Max Walker, James Corscadden, Adrien Benn, Mella Carron)

Magic Mike XXL (Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodríguez, Gabriel Iglesias, Andie MacDowell, Amber Heard, Jada Pinkett Smith, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Glover, Michael Strahan, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Billy Reilich, Christian Boeving, Dmitry Steesy)

Maps to the Stars (Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gadon, Evan Bird, Carrie Fisher, Jayne Heitmeyer, Jonathan Watton, Amanda Brugel, Justin Kelly, Emilia McCarthy, Kiara Glasco, Ari Cohen, Dawn Greenhalgh, Domenic Ricci, Sean Robertson, Gord Rand)

Spotlight (Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Stanley Tucci, Gene Amoroso, Jamey Sheridan, Billy Crudup, Maureen Keiller, Paul Guilfoyle, Len Cariou, Neal Huff, Michael Cyril Creighton, Laurie Heineman)

Spy (Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Miranda Hart, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney, Peter Serafinowicz, Morena Baccarin, Richard Brake, Nargis Fakhri, Björn Gustafsson, 50 Cent, Verka Serduchka, Will Yun Lee, Carlos Ponce, Michael McDonald, Mitch Silpa, Steve Bannos, Jessica Chaffin, Katie Dippold, Zach Woods, Ben Falcone, Jamie Denbo)

OUTSTANDING FILM EDITING:

Affonso Gonçalves for Carol

Claudia Castello & Michael P. Shawver for Creed

Mark Day for Ex Machina

Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road

Sean Baker for Tangerine

OUTSTANDING FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

The Assassin (Directed by Hsiao-Hsien Hou)

Phoenix (Directed by Christian Petzold)

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Directed by Roy Andersson)

Victoria (Directed by Sebastian Schipper)

Wild Tales (Directed by Damián Szifrón)

OUTSTANDING MAKEUP:

Jerry DeCarlo & Patricia Regan for Carol

Hannah Edwards, Kirsty Mcqueen & Jenny Shircore for Macbeth

Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega & Damian Martin for Mad Max: Fury Road

Dave Elsey for Mr. Holmes

Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman & Robert A. Pandini for The Revenant

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE:

Carter Burwell for Carol

Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury for Ex Machina

Disasterpiece for It Follows

Junkie XL for Mad Max: Fury Road

Jóhann Jóhannson for Sicario

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG:

Fifty Shades of Grey, Love Me Like You Do” (Music and Lyrics by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Tove Lo & Ilya Salmanzadeh)

I’ll See You in My Dreams, “I’ll See You in My Dreams” (Music and Lyrics by Keegan DeWitt)

Ricki and the Flash, “Cold One” (Music and Lyrics by Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice)

Spy, “Who Can You Trust” (Music and Lyrics by Theodore Shapiro and Craig Wedren)

When Marnie Was There, “Fine On the Outside” (Music and Lyrics by Priscilla Ahn)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMER OF THE YEAR:

Cate Blanchett (Carol, Cinderella, Truth)

Domhnall Gleeson (Brooklyn, Ex Machina, The Revenant, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens)

Peter Sarsgaard (Black Mass, Experimenter, Pawn Sacrifice)

Alicia Vikander (Burnt, The Danish Girl, Ex Machina, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Testament of Youth)

Kristen Wiig (The Diary of a Teenage Girl, The Martian, Nasty Baby, Welcome to Me)

OUTSTANDING SOUND EDITING:

Niv Adiri, Ben Barker, Danny Freemantle & Glenn Freemantle for Ex Machina

Mark A. Mangini & David White for Mad Max: Fury Road

Alan Robert Murray for Sicario

Matthew Wood & David Acord for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

Eriko Kimura & Jamie Simone for When Marnie Was There

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING:

Glenn Freemantle & Mitch Low for Ex Machina

Eugene Gearty & Edward Tise for Love & Mercy

Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff & Ben Osmo for Mad Max: Fury Road

Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom & Chris Duesterdiek for The Revenant

Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio & Stuart Wilson for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS:

Ben Snow, Alessandro Cioffi, Ken McGaugh, Nigel Denton-Howes & Rob Duncan for Avengers: Age of Ultron

Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Williams Ardington & Sara Bennett for Ex Machina

Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver & Andy Williams for Mad Max: Fury Road

Tim Webber, Andy Kind & Andrew Whitehurst for Paddington

Roger Guyett, Pat Tubach, Neal Scanlan & Chris Corbould for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

MOST NOMINATIONS:

13 nominations: Carol

9 nominations: Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road

6 nominations: Brooklyn

5 nominations: 45 Years, Spy

4 nominations: Macbeth, Maps to the Stars, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

3 nominations: The Assassin, Creed, Queen of Earth, Tangerine, When Marnie Was There

2 nominations: Crimson Peak, Magic Mike XXL, Mr. Holmes, The Revenant, Sicario, Spotlight

1 nomination: Amy, Anomalisa, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Best of Enemies, Bridge of Spies, Clouds of Sils Maria, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd, Fifty Shades of Grey, Finders Keepers, I’ll See You in My Dreams, Inside Out, It Follows, The Look of Silence, Love & Mercy, Minions, Paddington, Phoenix, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, Ricki and the Flash, Shaun the Sheep the Movie, Victoria, Western, Wild Tales

MOST WINS:

8 wins: Carol

3 wins: Ex Machina

2 wins: 45 Years, Mad Max: Fury Road

1 win: Anomalisa, The Look of Silence, Phoenix, Ricki and the Flash, Spolight, Spy, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

OUTSTANDING PICTURE

45 Years (Produced by Tristan Goligher)

Carol (Produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley & Christine Vachon)

Ex Machina (Produced by Andrew Macdonald & Allon Reich)

Mad Max: Fury Road (Produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller & P. J. Voeten)

Maps to the Stars (Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd, Martin Katz & Michel Merkt)

AND THE WINNER IS:

CAROL (PRODUCED BY ELIZABETH KARLSEN, STEPHEN WOOLLEY & CHRISTINE VACHON)

These are the first wins and nominations for producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley for their producing of the film Carol. Also a producer of Carol Christine Vachon wins her second award on her sixth nomination. She previously won for producting Far From Heaven (2002) and was nominated for producing Velvet Goldmine (1998), Boys Don’t Cry (1999), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) & I’m Not There (2007).

This is the biggest shock of my 2015 awards that I ended up awarding Carol with the overall best picture of the year award. Yeah it’s no surprise that the film I rewarded with win and nomination after win and nomination. The film was just too good to pass over and I had to find every place to reward it which was the best. It being snubbed by the academy over a month ago really rocked me as clearly the greatest film of 2015 not being rewarded just felt so wrong. The film is so contemporary and so of a time gone by that it will for me be a timeless classic that I will enjoy watching over and over again for the rest of the my life. My final words on Carol is thank you to Patricia Highsmith for writing this novel and to Todd Haynes and team for crafting this beautiful film.

Winning this award Carol earns eight awards (Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Original Score) and five other nominations (Leading Actress (Blanchett), Leading Actress (Mara), Supporting Actor (Chandler), Supporting Actress (Paulson), Makeup and Hairstyling).

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird in “CAROL”

Rooney Mara as Therese Belivet in “CAROL”

Elisabeth Moss as Catherine Hewitt in “QUEEN OF EARTH”

Charlotte Rampling as Kate Mercer in “45 YEARS”

Saoirse Ronan as Eilis Lacey in “BROOKLYN”

AND THE WINNER IS:

CHARLOTTE RAMPLING AS KATE MERCER IN “45 YEARS”

This is the first win and fourth nomination for Charlotte Rampling for her performance as Kate Mercer in 45 Years. She was previously nominated for her performances in Under the Sand (2001), Swimming Pool (2003) & Lemming (2006).

Before I start to talk about how great Charlotte Rampling’s work is I want to just want to say thank you to all the film creators of 2015 who gave so many actresses great on screen roles that even to narrow it down to five names was hard. Some women that were overlooked but easily just as deserving included: Nina Hoss (Phoenix), Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Sidse Babett Knudsen (The Duke of Burgundy), Juliette Binoche (Clouds of Sils Maria), Mya Taylor (Tangerine), Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road), Blythe Danner (I’ll See You in My Dreams), Brie Larson (Room), Arielle Holmes (Heaven Knows What), Cate Blanchett (Truth), Melissa McCarthy (Spy), Teyonah Parris (Chi-Raq), Sandra Bullock (Our Brand is Crisis) & Anna Kendrick (The Last 5 Years) to name only a few if you consider it a few. It really was a strong year for leading female performances.

Anyway returning back to the winner Charlotte Rampling gives truly the greatest male/female performance of 2015 that I could go on forever talking about her turn. The film starts and ends with Rampling and she fully owns the screen every second she acts on it. The performance is so emotionally raw physically and mentally as we see the full body performance from Rampling due to her great direction from Haigh who lets the camera capture just about everything she is doing and really makes the performance even more captivating. Rampling’s Kate doesn’t explode emotionally really ever and when the character breaks down in the photo slide scene and ending dance scene it’s all down to Rampling and her wonderful gifts that make her work the years best. Rampling has been an underrated talent for decades giving such wonderful turns in films such as The Night Porter (1974), The Verdict (1982) and Under the Sand (2001) and how grateful I am for everyone who even bothered to watch this film because you get to see an actress at her peak fully owning every second of this film.

OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Tom Courtenay as Geoff Mercer in “45 YEARS”

Michael Fassbender as Macbeth in “MACBETH”

Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan in “BRIDGE OF SPIES”

Michael B. Jordan as Adonis “Donnie” Johnson Creed in “CREED“

Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes in “MR. HOLMES”

AND THE WINNER IS:

TOM COURTENAY AS GEOFF MERCER IN “45 YEARS”

This is the first win and nomination for Tom Courtenay for his performance as Geoff Mercer in 45 Years.

The list of leading male performances in 2015 wasn’t long for me but when it came to choosing 5 these men stood above the rest and when it came to picking a winner Courtenay was my clear choice. Rampling is the star of 45 Years but her performance isn’t have as compelling without her equally great co-star Courtenay. He comes in and out of the film for long enough that I consider him a co-lead and when he comes on screen there’s just something about Courtenay’s performance that brings me into him. A moment that stands out for me with Courtenay is his word in the final scene of the film where just singing this song to his wife and the way he moves in this sign just is so captivating because even when this scene pushes him into a very unlikeable role Courtenay just is so charismatic that I appreciate the performance in an entirely different way then I had the entire film.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR

Sean Baker for Tangerine

Andrew Haigh for 45 Years

Todd Haynes for Carol

Hsiao-Hsien Hou for The Assassin

George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road

AND THE WINNER IS:

TODD HAYNES FOR CAROL

This is the third win and sixth nomination for Todd Haynes for his direction of the spectacular Carol. He previously won for directing and writing Far From Heaven (2002). He also was nominated for directing Velvet Goldmine (1998) & I’m Not There (2007) and also writing I’m Not There.

Todd Haynes is a singular talent at this point that when he puts his name forward on any project for me my expectations are raised and with Carol it was sky high and thankfully he blew me away over doing even my mile high expectations. Haynes has gone to the 1950’s before with Far From Heaven put Carol is such a different story and universe that it’s amazing and not surprising that he nailed it yet again. Haynes camera looms heavy over every shot of this film and really exposes the growing the love between these two women. Whether it’s the small details of closeups on the women intensity of the careful direction callbacks to film clearly inspiring the film are just so involved with the film and all together this feature is Haynes at the peak of his powers.

OUTSTANDING ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Screenplay by Andrew Haigh; Based on In Another Country by David Constantine, 45 Years

Screenplay by Nick Hornby; Based on Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn

Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy; Based on The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, Carol

Screenplay by Marielle Heller; Based on The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner, The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Screenplay by Bruce Wagner; Based on Dead Stars by Bruce Wagner, Maps to the Stars

AND THE WINNER IS:

SCREENPLAY BY PHYLLIS NAGY; BASED ON THE PRICE OF SALT BY PATRICIA HIGHSMITH, CAROL

This is the first win and nomination for Phyllis Nagy for her screenplay adaptation of Carol.

Carol, Carol, Carol! It all comes back to Nagy. She was friends with Patricia Highsmith later in her life, she adapted the love 20 years ago and she fought to get this film made for that long. I have great respect for Nagy for both sticking with this adaptation and also for her adaptation of the novel. Nagy making Therese an aspiring photography rather then a set designer was a stroke of genius and expanding upon the inner life of Carol the character really is what adapting a novel is all about. The Price of Salt is a truly wonderful novel itself but Nagy really did the best job possible to adapt the novel in only the best ways. Nagy has now written her first film script to get to the screen and I hope people seek her out more cause seeing this effort clearly she’s incredibly talented.

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Alex Garland for Ex Machina

Alex Ross Perry for Queen of Earth

Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer for Spotlight

Paul Feig for Spy

Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch for Tangerine

AND THE WINNER IS:

ALEX GARLAND FOR EX MACHINA

This is the first win and nomination for Alex Garland for his original screenplay to Ex Machina.

Who would have guessed that when it came to rewarding the best original screenplay of 2015 it would never get better then a film I saw all the way back in January 2015. Not to say that this year was weak with original screenplays but just the power of Ex Machina never wavered it from my top spot of the best original screenplay. Alex Garland has always been a great writer which is why I’m not surprised that his take on A.I. sci-fi turned out to be a success. Garland clearly is great with dialogue as most of this film whether with Ava or Nathan involves a lot of dialogue and it’s just so sharply written that you are always wanting to know more and when you do find out what you wanted to know it’s so expertly crafted that it creates such a great screenplay.

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG

Fifty Shades of Grey, Love Me Like You Do” (Music and Lyrics by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Tove Lo & Ilya Salmanzadeh)

I’ll See You in My Dreams, “I’ll See You in My Dreams” (Music and Lyrics by Keegan DeWitt)

Ricki and the Flash, “Cold One” (Music and Lyrics by Jenny Lewis & Johnathan Rice)

Spy, “Who Can You Trust” (Music and Lyrics by Theodore Shapiro & Craig Wedren)

When Marnie Was There, “Fine On the Outside” (Music and Lyrics by Priscilla Ahn)

AND THE WINNER IS:

RICKI AND THE FLASH, “COLD ONE” (MUSIC AND LYRICS BY JENNY LEWIS & JONATHAN RICE)

These are the first wins and nominations for Jenny Lewis & Jonathan Rice for their collaboration of the original song “Cold One” from the film Ricki and the Flash.

While I had major problems with Ricki and the Flash one thing that I really took away from the film was the scene in which Meryl plays on a guitar the song “Cold One” to her clearly troubled daughter and ex husband. This moment nearly makes up for the rest of the average feature just how powerful it is in how simple it is. Streep just rocks the song with ease and it also is a plus that this is actually a great song that Streep is being allowed to perform in the film. Cold One firstly is a great song and it plays so well in the actual film that I couldn’t help but vote for this song from the team of Lewis and Rice.

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE

Carter Burwell for Carol

Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury for Ex Machina

Disasterpiece for It Follows

Junkie XL for Mad Max: Fury Road

Jóhann Jóhannson for Sicario

AND THE WINNER IS:

CARTER BURWELL FOR CAROL

This is the second win and seventh nomination for Carter Burwell for his scoring of Carol. He previously won for Fargo (1996) and was nominated for scoring Gods and Monsters (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) & Where the Wild Things Are (2009).

Academy Award nominee Carter Burwell is so the right thing Burwell should have been none as for a long time but now we can officially refer to him as this after he was nominated for his powerful score to Carol. The music like every part of the production reflects and falls back in on the central love story of this women. From the moment the strings start to play at the very mysterious and off opening of this film I knew I was in for some high class Burwell scoring. However his height comes in the final ten minutes of the film where he lets loose and fully embraces Philip Glass like music for this impactful and gorgeous finale to the film. Burwell has always been a Chameleon but his work in Carol is prove of how he can change his score up every time and it was just a pleasure to experience.