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On Tuesday, I attended a lovely Peggy Siegal-hosted luncheon at New York's Caryle Hotel that was held to celebrate the new Stephen Daldry film The Reader (12/10, The Weinstein Company, trailer), generally, and its remarkable 27-year-old composer Nico Muhly, specifically.

At the luncheon, I was seated at the same table as Philip Glass, the revered veteran composer who has accrued three Oscar nominations for best original score over the years, including one for Daldry's last film The Hours (2002). Glass, I learned, was among Muhly's mentors, and he sat enraptured and clearly impressed as  his young protegee wowed the invited guests, who also included Alan Alda, Mira Nair, James Toback, and Harvey Weinstein.

This morning, The Reader received four Golden Globe nominations — including one for best picture (drama) — but was passed over in the original score category. Among those who were nominated: Clint Eastwood for the original score of Changeling. Something's not right about this. I understand that Eastwood's a big name and the Hollywood Foreign Press wants him to show up at their party, but the line has to be drawn somewhere, and today would have been as appropriate a time as any to give an impressive young talent the recognition he has earned.