ACCEPTANCE SPEECH: MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) - VOLKER BERTELMANN (All Quiet on the Western Front)
By Oscars® and Academy Awards® and Olivia Marshall
First Published 17/03/2023
Location: LA
VOLKER BERTELMANN: Well, thank you so much. Thanks to the Academy for this huge recognition. When I was working on the film, I was thinking a couple of times of my mom because she was telling me, every now and then when you want to change humanity and empathy in the world, you have to start by yourself and with your own surroundings because you learn by that. And you can show, actually, where we all how we all can live together. So you know, by working on a film like that, you always are deeply touched, and sometimes you have to make the screen very small because there is so much explosions happening. I want to say "thank you" to my wife, Elisabeth and my kids up there, Paulina and Lukas, to Malte Gruner and Edward Berger, and the whole cast and crew for their amazing craftsmanship, to Netflix for their huge support, and to my fellow nominees, Carter, John, Justin, Son Lux for that I can be a part of such a unique, human and diverse group of talented composers. That's, for me, a big gift. And last but not least, I want to thank all of you for this wonderful evening. Thank you so much.