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88th Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2015 - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only
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Best Original Score
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
John Williams (50 noms | 5 wins) |
Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone (6 noms | 1 honorary Oscar)
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Sicario |
Carol |
Bridge of Spies
Thomas Newman (13 nominations) |
| Williams success rate of winning nominations per film efforts puts even Meryl Streep to shame! | Morricone's first western in 40 years | He was just welcomed into their club and this score is terrific | The rapture of this movie. Swoon! Can you believe this is his first nod? | Ever a bridesmaids... but when will he win one? |
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Best Original Song |
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Youth |
50 Shades of Grey "Earned It" |
Spectre GLOBE winner |
The Hunting Ground |
Facing Extinction
"Manta Ray" |
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I'll See You In My Dreams |
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Best Sound Mixing Predictions Discuss here |
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The Revenant
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Mad Max Fury Road | The Martian | Bridge of Spies |
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CAS Nominee Can Inaritu have another Best pic hit immediately after Birdman? |
CAS Nominee the 5th of the 7 star wars films to be nominated here |
CAS Nominee the critical raves had them listening closely |
they like music and effects in the their sound nominees and this has both |
CAS Nominee Oscar is kind to Spielberg pictures for Sounds. See recent efforst like Lincoln & War Horse
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Felt like they were in the mix
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Sicario, Straight Outta Compton, Hateful Eight (CAS Nominee), Yough, Ex Machina, Creed, Steve Jobs, Spectre, Son of Saul, Love & Mercy, Jurassic World |
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The Revenant
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Star Wars The Force Awakens | Mad Max: Fury Road | Sicario | The Martian |
| A big player with 12 nods | Oscar likes the sound of 'dem galaxies far far away |
strong across the board
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it deserved both sound categories but this will do | both sound categories worked for this one |
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Hateful 8, Bridge of Spies, Creed, Jurassic World, Ex Machina, Black Mass, Crimson Peak, Southpaw, Steve Jobs, Cinderella, Ex Machina, The Walk, Spectre, Tomorrowland, and Age of Ultron
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