2025 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND, VISUAL EFFECTS (November)
The Oscar shortlist for Makeup & Hairstyling, Original Score, Original Song, Sound and Visual Effects (as well as feature and short film categories for animated,... Read More
Original Score
2025 Oscar Predictions: Below the Line Categories Part 2 – MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, SOUND, ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, VISUAL EFFECTS (October)
The Oscar shortlist for Makeup & Hairstyling, Original Score, Original Song, Sound and Visual Effects (as well as feature and short film categories for animated,... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE
With the BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden Globe and SCL under his belt, Ludwig Göransson is set for his second Oscar for Original Score with Oppenheimer... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (December)
94 original songs and 149 original scores have been deemed eligible in the music categories for the 96th Academy Awards, including three songs from Barbie, three... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (November)
As in Original Song, the Barbie soundtrack blew up at the Grammy nominations this week but even though it nabbed a nod for its score... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (October)
Since merging Original Dramatic Score and Original Musical or Comedy Score back in 1999, animated films (which were considered comedy or musical by submission standards)... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE
Since 1999, when the Original Score category merged into one, after four years of being split between comedy and dramatic scores and long after the... Read More
FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE
It’s a real battle of the previous winners just for a spot in the final five for Original Score as Justin Hurwitz (Babylon), Ludwig Göransson... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (December)
We have nominations from Critics Choice, Golden Globes and the winners from Hollywood Music in Media going into the shortlist of 15 original scores that will be announced on Tuesday,... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (November)
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA), the first music-centered guild of the season, has revealed its winners for scores and songs where Terence Blanchard’s... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (November) 
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