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 | DENIZCAN SÜRÜCÜ | 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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