AwardsWatch - 2018 Oscar Predictions (June): BLADE RUNNER 2049 Tops Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score, Production Design

2018 Oscar Predictions (June): BLADE RUNNER 2049 Tops Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score, Production Design

The original Blade Runner had one of cinema’s most memorable and indelible scores from Vangelis but wasn’t nominated for it. Jóhann Jóhannsson takes over the reigns here as a two-time Oscar nominee. This is a much closer race with Dunkirk, Wonderstruck and Darkest Hour in tight quarters with The Papers rounding out the top 5 if John Williams scores it. Watch out for newly minted Original Score Oscar winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land) joined by Oscar nominee John Debney to make a play here for The Greatest Showman. That is, if the music branch of the Academy deems the input of all three composers as equal.

	ORIGINAL SCORE	ERIK ANDERSON	BRYAN BONAFEDE	GREG HOWARD	EVAN KOST	JASON OSIASON	KENNETH POLISHCHUK	RICHARD ANTHONY	ŞÜKRÜ SÖĞÜT	MATT DINN	TOTAL POINTS

1	Blade Runner 2049	4	3	4	2	6	2	1	1	2	74
2	Dunkirk	5	1	1	5	4	4	4	2	1	72
2	Wonderstruck	1	2	8	1	3	1	3	3	5	72
4	Darkest Hour	7	4	3	3	2	3	2	4	3	68
5	The Papers	3	5	2	4	5	5	6	5	6	58

6	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	8	6	7	7	1	6	5	7	4	48
7	Detroit	2	9	5			7	7	6	7	34
7	Greatest Showman, The	6	8	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	34
9	Shape of Water, The		7	9	8	8	10		9		15
10	Current War, The	10			9	9	9		10		8
11	mother!			10				9		10	4
12	Coco	9									2
12	Inner City									9	2
12	Mary Magdalene		10		10						2
15	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri							10			1

	OTHER CONTENDERS
	Based on a True Story
	Battle of the Sexes
	Beguiled, The
	Downsizing
	Ferdinand
	Killing of a Sacred Deer, The
	Last Flag Flying
	Lean on Pete
	Mudbound
	Suburbicon
	Phantom Thread

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He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.