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November 23, 2009

Marc Shaiman @ The Oscars

The announcement of Marc Shaiman to be Musical Director for The Oscars is not much of a surprise, given the relationship with Adam Shankman and his years of being around the Oscars, especially in the Billy Crystal era, when he worked with Crystal on all of those show opening numbers.

What is being left out of the press releases is that Shaiman got his foot in this particular door at Saturday Night Live, working with Billy, Marty Short, Chris Guest and the rest of the very musical cast that year, after having already had an established working relationship with Bette Midler and others as the kinda next gen Paul Shaffer. So his ability to work on a short schedule and mixing it up creatively with performers is top of the charts. And as he has proven over years of movie composition and arranging, he can do that with the best of them too.

You know his music, but you probably know his face best from this sequence in Broadcast News. (He's the one on the right.)

Posted by dpoland at November 23, 2009 02:18 PM

Comments

Considering that Marc Shaiman helped write one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, I'm down with this.

Posted by: Nick Rogers [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 23, 2009 06:31 PM

I am not down with any decision Adam Shankman makes. The man has directed one acceptable movie and half a dozen absolute disasters. Last year's Oscars (though maybe Im in the minority on this) were sub-par.

The producer/director of 17 Again, Bedtime Stories, Step Up and Step Up 2, Premonition, The Pacifier, Cheaper By the Dozen 2, Bringing Down the House, A Walk To Remember, and The Wedding Planner should not have free reign over the Oscars. Period.

Yeah he directed DP's boner-musical, "Hairspray." Does that mean Kenny Ortega should choreograph the Oscars next year???

Ugh on anything he does.

Posted by: EthanG [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 23, 2009 06:37 PM

Marc Shaiman is a great choice...in person the man is totally spontaneous and funny, qualities the Oscars could desparately use.

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