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On April 3, National Film Score Day recognizes the musical masterpieces called “Film Scores” and, more specifically, the very talented composers who create them.

It's my kind of day, since I love movie music. To celebrate, I'm posting music from the most recent Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy winners for film and TV scores and title songs.

First, the Academy Award winner for Original Score, the theme from "The Shape of Water" as performed at the BAFTA Awards this year.

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Cirque du Soleil's OVO inspired by the film 'Shape of Water'.

Yes, I've posted this here before, but I haven't posted it at Booman Tribune, where I plan on including this and all the rest as part of Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 59, which I will post tomorrow. After all, I'm an environmentalist; I recycle.

Next, from this year's Grammy winner, "Another Day of Sun" from "La La Land." This also happens to be last year's Oscar winner.

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During the opening credits, the movie we are viewing is said to have been filmed in CINEMASCOPE (like the old-time musicals) and then the screen expands from box format to wide. We find ourselves on the 105/110 interchange in Los Angeles. People listen to various forms of music in their cars. Then one woman gets out of her vehicle and starts singing ANOTHER DAY OF SUN to the camera (à la a musical), a song about how great it is being in sunny California. Someone else exits his car and joins her. Pretty soon, everyone has left their car and is singing the song while dancing in the street or on the cars that are parked via the traffic jam, everything synchronized for the full-length musical number. Another Day of Sun
Music by Justin Hurwitz
Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Performed by Nicholai Baxter, Marius De Vries, Briana Lee, Angela Parrish, and Sam Stone

Now I want to watch the movie.

That's enough for today. I'll post videos of the Emmy winning TV music along with the film music above at Booman Tribune tomorrow.