THE BOY AND THE HERON
Joe Hisaishi

 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Robbie Robertson

OPPENHEIMER
Ludwig Göransson

 PAST LIVES
Christopher Bear and Daniel Rosen

POOR THINGS
Jerskin Fendrix

Finalists: Thomas Newman for Elemental, Daniel Pemberton for Ferrari

Semi Finalists: Mica Levi for The Zone of Interest, Michael Giacchino for The Society of Snow, Naoki Satô for Godzilla Minus One,  Daniel Pemberton for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,  Marcelo Zarvos for Cassandro 
 

ASTEROID CITY

 Alexandre Desplat, and various artists

BARBIE

 Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, with Billie Eilish, and more capturing the zeitgeist

CARMEN

Originally music and songs by the ever reliable Nicholas Britell (and various co-writers)

MAESTRO

Using the glorious music of Leonard Bernstein to potent effect

MAY DECEMBER

  Marcelo Zavros' sly adaptation/deployment of the score for "The Go-Between"

Finalists: Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, various artists, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood in All of Us Strangers; Mark Orton and various artists (and many familiar songs, holiday favourites etc) for The Holdovers; Anthony Willis and various artists for Saltburn
Semi Finalists: Various artists for La Chimera; Reznor & Ross for The Killer with a big helping of The Smiths; Adapting the Broadway musical The Color Purple and the 80s mixtape of Air. 

"Camp Isn't Home"
THEATER CAMP

Finalists: "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon; "Live That Way Forever" from The Iron Claw;

Semi Finalists: "Superpower" from The Color Purple; "Quiet Eyes" from Past Lives; "Am I Dreaming?" from Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse; "Steal the Show" Elemental; "A World of Your Own" from Wonka

Finalists: Barbie, The Killer, and Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Pt 1
Semi Finalists: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Poor Things, Asteroid City , and Carmen