2019 Oscar Predictions: THE TECHS (October)

ORIGINAL SCORE

1. If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna)
2. First Man (Universal)
3. Mary Poppins Returns (Disney)
4. Widows (20th Century Fox)
5. BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)

6. Incredibles 2 (Disney)
7. Green Book (Universal)
8. Black Panther (Disney)
9. Colette (Bleecker Street)
10. The Sisters Brothers (Annapurna)

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Boy Erased (Focus Features)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Fox Searchlight)
Destroyer (Annapurna)
Suspiria (Amazon)
Wildlife (IFC Films)

OTHER CONTENDERS

At Eternity’s Gate (CBS Films)
Bad Times at the El Royale (20th Century Fox)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Netflix)
Beautiful Boy (Amazon)
The Front Runner (Sony)
The Happy Prince (Sony Classics)
Hereditary (A24)
Isle of Dogs (Fox Searchlight)
Mary Queen of Scots (Focus Features)
Mid90s (A24)
The Old Man & the Gun (Fox Searchlight)
On the Basis of Sex (Focus Features)
A Star Is Born (Warner Bros)
Vice (Annapurna)
Welcome to Marwen (Universal)

ORIGINAL SONG

1. A Star Is Born, “Shallow” (Warner Bros)
2. Black Panther, “All the Stars” (Disney)
3. A Star Is Born, “I’ll Never Love Again” (Warner Bros)
4. Boy Erased, “Revelation” (Focus Features)
5. Free Solo, “Gravity” (NatGeo)

6. Mary Poppins Returns, “TBD” (Disney)
7. Smallfoot, “Finally Free” (Sony)
8. A Star Is Born, “Is That Alright?” (Warner Bros)
9. Deadpool 2, “Ashes” (20th Century Fox)
10. Widows, “The Big Unknown” (20th Century Fox)

OTHER CONTENDERS

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” (Netflix)
Fifty Shades Freed, “Capital Letters” (Universal)
Fifty Shades Freed, “For You” (Universal)
Green Book, “Pray” (Universal)
The Grinch, “I Am the Grinch” (universal)
The Hate U Give, “We Won’t Move”
Hearts Beat Loud, “Hearts Beat Loud” (Stage 6 Films/Gunpowder & Sky)
Love, Simon, “Alfie’s Song (Not So Typical Love Song)” (20th Century Fox)
Love, Simon, “Love Lies” (20th Century Fox)
Mary Poppins Returns, “TBD” (Disney)
Mary Poppins Returns, TBD” (Disney)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, “Fall On Me” (Disney)
On the Basis of Sex, “Here Comes Change” (Focus Features)
Quincy, “Keep Reachin'” (Netflix)
Shirkers, “Tick Tick” (Netflix)
Smallfoot, “Wonderful Life” (Sony)
A Star Is Born, “Maybe It’s Time” (Warner Bros)
A Star Is Born, “Why Did You Do That?” (Warner Bros)
A Wrinkle in Time, “Flower of the Universe” (Disney)

SOUND EDITING

1. First Man (Universal)
2. ROMA (Netflix)
3. Incredibles 2 (Disney)
4. Black Panther (Disney)
5. A Quiet Place (Paramount)

6. Ready Player One (Warner Bros)
7. Mary Poppins Returns (Disney)
8. Bumblebee (Paramount)
9. Mission Impossible: Fallout (Paramount)
10. A Star Is Born (Warner Bros)

OTHER CONTENDERS

12 Strong (Warner Bros)
Aquaman (Warner Bros)
Avengers: Infinity War (Disney)
Deadpool 2 (20th Century Fox)
The Mule (Warner Bros)
Pacific Rim: Uprising (Universal)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (Sony)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney)
Widows (20th Century Fox)

SOUND MIXING

1. A Star Is Born (Warner Bros)
2. First Man (Universal)
3. ROMA (Netflix)
4. Black Panther (Disney)
5. Mary Poppins Returns (Disney)

6. Incredibles 2 (Disney)
7. A Quiet Place (Paramount)
8. Bumblebee (Paramount)
9. Mission Impossible: Fallout (Paramount)
10. Sicario 2: Soldado (Sony)

OTHER CONTENDERS

12 Strong (Warner Bros)
Aquaman (Warner Bros)
Avengers: Infinity War (Disney)
Bohemian Rhapsody (20th Century Fox)
Deadpool 2 (20th Century Fox)
The Mule (Warner Bros)
Pacific Rim: Uprising (Universal)
Ready Player One (Warner Bros)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney)
Vice (Annapurna)
Widows (20th Century Fox)

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