> I threw a few musicals on my 2007 long list, because I figured John would
> not forgive me if I didn't listen to Enchanted.

I actually seem to rate Enchanted lower than others. It's well-made and funny, but neither songs nor score have ever resonated beyond that.

> Also because other people
> seem to really like Sweeney Todd and Hairspray, even though I had some
> skepticism about how much original work was done in the adaptation. But I
> threw one other musical onto the list, and now I'm in trouble.

I'm not including either because I think most things I like about them were already there. Sweeney Todd in epic scope is very fun to hear though.

> Once has no original score. But it's a movie about two musicians, who
> perform songs throughout the movie, which also convey the emotions of the
> characters. In a way, despite it being a very grounded movie, it's still
> in the vein of a classic musical, because the characters are able to
> express themselves through the music in ways they can't allow themselves
> to express in regular conversation.

> Once also has this, which I'm sure you've heard, and it's basically one of
> the best songs ever written for a movie.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8toUHjfE0E

> So... should this count for our 2007 awards? On the one hand, it's an
> original soundtrack for a movie from 2007. On the other, I wonder if it's
> not quite in the spirit of what we do and vote on here. We never really
> made a ruling about it during the Extravaganza, but I guess also no one
> voted for like Trouble Man or Purple Rain so it never became an issue.

> I also worry John's response will amount to 'Do what you want,' which
> would be entirely fair and also unhelpful to me haha. Interested to hear
> how y'all feel about this in addition to getting a ruling from him.

Do what you want (is Craig's stance, and therefore mine as his surrogate, though I'd probably say the same if I was making the rules from scratch).

Since I tend to separate songs and score (which I think require different approaches and do different things for films) and to focus my votes in these polls on scores, I personally won't consider it because of the lack of score. It's not a black-and-white creative distinction; I just feel that's not what I'm voting about. But do what you want!

Also, since I won't be making a standalone post about 2007 until I share my list, I guess I'll use this post to share that so far what jumps out at me is that no one has voted for Partition, which might be Tyler's best score.