Academy Award Fraud

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by mousepod

(I hope GD isn't listening)

Danny Elfman

Meh, I swallowed that pill long ago. He's gone the way of Burton in terms of his scoring. Such is life.

But I agree with iSm that there's a difference between John Williams reusing some 3-note sequence at the end of a some refrain in a new score vs. a copy and paste of the whole melody.

But, the key rule is 5-d and the definition of "diluted". Is using it once, but during a pivotal moment, enough to brand whole score, beginning to end, as "diluted"?