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98th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2025 / CEREMONY: 2026
For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

first predictions June 18

ORIGINAL SCORE Tier 1 - Predictions

Ludwig Goransson (3 noms / 2 wins) SINNERS	Alexandre Desplat (11 noms / 2 wins) FRANKENSTEIN	Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (3 noms \| 2 noms) AFTER THE HUNT	Max Richter (never nominated) HAMNET	Volker Bertellman (3 noms \| 1 win) BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER
Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Bryce Denner (never nominated) TRAIN DREAMS	Hans Zimmer (12 noms \| 2 wins) F1	Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (3 noms \| 2 noms) TRON ARES	Alexandre Desplat (11 noms / 2 wins) JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH	Daniel Blumberg (1 nom \| 1 win) ANN LEE
Tier 3 Longer Shots
Previous Nominees *Dead Man's Wire* -Danny Elfman (4 noms) *Fantastic Four: First Steps* - Michael Giacchino (2 noms / 1 win) *Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde* -Volker Bertellman (3 noms \| 1 win) The Phoenician Scheme - Alexandre Desplat (11 noms / 2 wins) Never nominated. When will it be their time? Avatar Fire and Ash - Simon Franglen Caught Stealing- Rob Simonsen *Elio* - Rob Simonsen *Life of Chuck* - Newton Brothers *Secret Agent* - Mateus Alva & Tomas Alves Souza *Sentimenal Value* - Hania Rani *Smashing Machine* - Nala Sinephro *Snow White* - Jeff Morrow *Superman* - David Fleming and John Murphy UNKNOWN AT THIS WRITING *Ella McKay* *Marty Supreme* *Roofman* *Running Man* WILL THEY BE ELIGIBLE? Lately the once ridiculously strict music branch has been getting ridiculously lax (a 180!!!) on the rules in this category and nominating things you'd think would be ineligible that feature a ton of songs or previously record material. Will they continue that trend? *Wicked For Good* - John Powell (2 noms) - based on the musical *How to Train Your Dragon* - John Powell (2 noms) - based on the animated film *Kiss of the Spider Woman* - based on the musical by Kander & Ebb *Song Sung Blue* - featuring the songs of Neil Diamond *Blue Moon* - featuring the songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein

ORIGINAL SONG

Tier 1 - Predictions

WICKED FOR GOOD

Unknown Title
Glinda Song

If it's any good at all you can expect a nomination.

WICKED FOR GOOD

Unknown Title Elphaba Song

If it's any good at all you can expect a nomination.

SINNERS

"Sinners" (End Credits)

Not the best song in the film by any margin but Oscar votesr are known to go for marquee end credits songs rather than in-context beauties.

ANN LEE

"???"

But will the original musical be released this year?

DIANE WARREN RELENTLESS

Because Oscar's music branch are apparently all besties with Diane Warren

But what will actually be eligible?

We'll keep a list of what we think are eligible songs. Whether or not they are or will be campaigned is another matter...

ANN LEE -??? original musical so there will be songs. But how many?
BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND - "Ballad of Wallis Island"
BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND - "Give Your Love"
BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND - "Morning, Evening"
BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND - "Our Love"
DIANE WARREN: RELENLTESS - "Dear Me"
DOGMAN - "Supa Good!!!"
F1 - "Messy"
SINNERS -- "I Lied to You" performed in film (EASILY THE FILM'S MOST EXCITING SONG SEQUENCE BUT OSCAR'S MUSIC BRANCH IS SO BIZARRE -- YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM AT ALL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY)
SINNERS -- "Pale Moon" performed in film
SINNERS -- "Sinners" end credits
SINNERS - "Dangerous"
SINNERS - "Travelin"
THE SMURFS - Original Rihanna Song
SNOW WHITE - "Good Things Grow"
SNOW WHITE - "Waiting on a Wish" - Seems likely to get a campaign
SNOW WHITE - "Princess Problems"
SNOW WHITE - "All is Fair"
SNOW WHITE - "A Hand Meets a Hand"
WICKED FOR GOOD - Glinda Song
WICKED FOR GOOD - Elphaba Song

WILL THEY OR WON'T THEY?
Will these films have an original song mixed in with the score or the oldies?

KISS OF THE SPIDER-WOMAN
SONG SUNG BLUE

SOUND Tier 1 - Predictions

Andy Nelson (25 noms \| 2 wins) and Simon Hayes (3 noms \| 1 win) WICKED: FOR GOOD	Gary A Rizzo (7 noms \| 2 wins), Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (3 noms), and Gareth John (1 nom \| 1 win) F1: THE MOVIE	Tod A Maitland (6 noms), and Paul Massey (11 noms \| 1 win) DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE	Steve Boeddeker (3 noms) and Benny Burtt (1 nom) SINNERS	Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (3 noms), Brent Burge (2 noms), Hayden Collow, Eric Nealante Phillips AVATAR FIRE AND ASH
Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

Christopher Scarabosio (3 noms) ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER	Christian T Cooke (1 nom) FRANKENSTEIN	Tom Fleischman (5 noms \| 1 win), Jon Taylor (4 noms), Rich Schnupp, and Luciano Vignola KISS OF THE SPIDER-WOMAN	Ron Bartlett (4 noms \| 2 wins) TRON ARES	Johnnie Burn (1 nom \| 1 win) HAMNET
Other Possibilities
previous nominees *Bugonia* Johnnie Burn (1 nom \| 1 win) *Caught Stealing* Drew Kunin (3 noms), Craig Henighan (1 nom) *Fantastic Four: First Steps* Laura Hirschberg (2 noms \| 1 win) *How to Train Your Dragon* Paul Massey (11 noms \| 1 win) and Brian Chumney (2 noms) *Jay Kelly* Christopher Scarabosio (3 noms) *The Lost Bus* Oliver Tarney (5 noms) *The Phoenician Scheme* Christopher Scarabosio (3 noms) *Superman* Peter J Devlin (5 noms) and Nathan Robitaille (1 nom) Never nominated. When will it be their time? *Dead Man's Wire* Derek Sepe *Fantastic Four: First Steps* Danielle Dupre, Josh Gold *Jurassic World Rebirth* Peter Horner, Bjorn Ole Schneider *Marty Supreme* - Joe White *Mickey 17* - Choi Tae-young and Eilam Hoffman *Song Sung Blue* - David J Schwartz

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