2022 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG and SOUND (October)
Here are my ranked 2022 Oscar predictions in Original Score, Original Song and Sound for October 2021.
MUSIC – ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Dune – Hans Zimmer (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
2. Spencer – Jonny Greenwood (NEON)
3. The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood (Netflix)
4. Belfast – Van Morrison (Focus Features)
5. The French Dispatch – Alexandre Desplat (Searchlight Pictures)
6. Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell (Netflix)
7. Cyrano – Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner (MGM/UA)
8. The Tragedy of Macbeth – Carter Burwell (A24/Apple)
9. Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias (Sony Pictures Classics)
10. Nightmare Alley – Nathan Johnson (Searchlight Pictures)
Other contenders:
A Chiara – Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer (NEON)
Eternals – Ramin Djawadi (Walt Disney/Marvel)
House of Gucci – Harry Gregson-Williams (MGM/UA)
King Richard – Kris Bowers (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
The Last Duel – Harry Gregson-Williams (20th Century Studios)
Licorice Pizza – Jonny Greenwood (MGM/UA)
Luca – Dan Romer (Walt Disney/Pixar)
The Matrix Resurrections – Jonny Klimek and Tim Tykwer (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
No Time to Die – Hans Zimmer (MGM/UA)
MUSIC – ORIGINAL SONG
1. “Be Alive” from King Richard (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
2. “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die (MGM/UA)
3. “Colombia, Mi Encanto” from Encanto (Walt Disney)
4. “Believe” from The Rescue (NatGeo)
5. “Down to Joy” from Belfast (Focus Features)
6. “Every Letter” from Cyrano (MGM/UA)
7. “Beyond the Shore” from CODA (Apple)
8. “Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days (Vertical Entertainment)
9. “So May We Start” from Annette (Amazon Studios)
10. “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from Respect (MGM/UA)
Other contenders:
“At the Automat” from The Automat (TBA)
“The Anonymous Ones” from Dear Evan Hansen (Universal Pictures)
“Call Me Cruella” from Cruella (Walt Disney)
“Don’t Look Up” from Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
“This Was Me” from Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Amazon Studios)
“Blome Swete Lilie Flour” from The Green Knight (A24)
“Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
“The Harder They Fall” from The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
“Home All Summer” from In the Heights (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
“On My Way” from The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix)
“Never Gonna Tame You” from The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses (Virgil Films)
“Lead the Way” from Raya and the Last Dragon (Walt Disney)
“Fire in the Sky” from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Walt Disney/Marvel)
“Fearless” from Spirit: Untamed (Dreamworks Animation)
“Keep That Beat” from Vivo (Netflix)
SOUND
1. Dune (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
2. No Time to Die (MGM/UA)
3. Belfast (Focus Features)
4. The Matrix Resurrections (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
5. West Side Story (20th Century Studios)
6. The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
7. tick, tick…BOOM! (Netflix)
8. Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures)
9. The Last Duel (20th Century Studios)
10. King Richard (Warner Bros/HBO Max)
Other contenders:
Cyrano (MGM/UA)
Eternals (Walt Disney/Marvel)
A Quiet Place Part II (Paramount Pictures)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (A24/Apple)
Photos: Niko Tavernise/Netflix; Shutterstock; Warner Bros
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