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95th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2024 / CEREMONY: March 2nd, 2025
 For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only discuss on the blog

  

DECEMBER 17th PREDICTIONS

 

 OSCAR FINALIST LISTS IN SELECT CATEGORIES: Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
OSCAR NOMINATION VOTING: January 8-12, 2025
OSCAR NOMINATIONS: Friday January 17, 2025
OSCAR FINAL VOTING: February 11-18, 2025
OSCAR NIGHT: Sunday March 2, 2025

 

 

ORIGINAL SCORE

Tier 1 - Predictions

Volker Bertelmann
(1 nom | 1 win)
CONCLAVE

Camille & Clement Ducol

(never nom'ed )
EMILIA PEREZ

Alberto Iglesias
(4 noms)
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
 Kris Bowers
(*never nom'ed for composing)
WILD ROBOT 
Danny Elfman (4 noms)
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
Tier 2 - Potential Spoilers

 

 Daniel Blumberg
(never nominated)
THE BRUTALIST

wins: Boston, DC,  Phoenix, San Francisco, St Louis,

 

Harry Gregson-Williams (never nom'ed)
GLADIATOR II
Hans Zimmer (12 noms | 2 wins)
BLITZ
Bryce Dessner
(never nominated)
SING SING
Robin Carolan
(never nominated)
NOSFERATU
Other Scores - Longshots?

10 More Scores complete the 20 wide finalist list which will be narrowed down to 5 on nomination morning.

  • Alien Romulus - Benjamin Wallfisch
  • Babygirl - Cristobal Tapia De Veer
  • Blink Twice - Chanda Dancy
  • Challengers -Reznor & Ross LAFCA win, DC win, 
  • The Fire Inside - Tamar Kali
  • Horizon - American Saga - John Debney
  • Inside Out 2 - Andrea Datzman
  • The Six Triple Eight -Aaron Zigman
  • Wicked - John Powell
  • Young Woman and the Sea - Gabriele Blinder

PREVIOUS MASSIVE ELIGIBLE SCORE LIST

AADUJEEVITHAM – THE GOAT LIFE
ALIEN: ROMULUS
AM I RACIST?
AMERICANS WITH NO ADDRESS
ARGYLLE
BABYGIRL
BAND OF MAHARAJAS
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE
BLINK TWICE
BLITZ
THE BOOK OF CLARENCE
BOY KILLS WORLD
THE BRUTALIST
BULL STREET
CABRINI
CAPTAIN AVISPA
CHALLENGERS
CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT
CITY OF DREAMS
CONCLAVE
DADDIO
DAUGHTERS
DAY OF THE FIGHT
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE
THE DEAD DON’T HURT
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
THE DELIVERANCE
DÌDI
A DIFFERENT MAN
EMILIA PÉREZ
THE END
EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS
EZRA
THE FALL GUY
FANCY DANCE
THE FIRE INSIDE
FLOW
FLY ME TO THE MOON
FOLLOWING HARRY
FRIDA
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
THE GARFIELD MOVIE
GLADIATOR II
GOODRICH
THE GREATEST HITS
HARD TRUTHS
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
HERE
HERETIC
HIS THREE DAUGHTERS
HIT MAN
THE HOPEFUL
HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA – CHAPTER 1
I AM: CELINE DION
IF
I SAW THE TV GLOW
THE IDEA OF YOU
I’M STILL HERE
IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS
INSIDE OUT 2
THE INSTIGATORS
IT ENDS WITH US
JOY
JUROR #2
KENSUKE’S KINGDOM
KINDS OF KINDNESS
KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
KNEECAP
KNOX GOES AWAY
THE LAST SHOWGIRL
LEE
LISA FRANKENSTEIN
LONGLEGS
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM
LOS FRIKIS
THE LOST LEGACY OF TONY GAUDIO
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
MAXXXINE
MEGALOPOLIS
THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE
MOANA 2
MONKEY MAN
MUFASA: THE LION KING (Eligibility to be determined)
MY OLD ASS
NICKEL BOYS
NIGHTBITCH
NOSFERATU
ONE LIFE
THE ORDER
ORDINARY ANGELS
THE OUTRUN
PEDRO PÁRAMO
THE PIANO LESSON
PROBLEMISTA
PUTUL
QUEER
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
RAY OF HOPE
RED ONE
THE RETURN
REZ BALL
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
RUMOURS
SAMUEL: HOLLYWOOD VS. HOLLYWOOD
SASQUATCH SUNSET
SATURDAY NIGHT
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
SEEKING MAVIS BEACON
SEPTEMBER 5
SHIRLEY
SING SING
THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT
SKINCARE
SMILE 2
SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING
SPACEMAN
SPEAK NO EVIL
SPELLBOUND
STATE ORGANS: UNMASKING TRANSPLANT ABUSE IN CHINA
STRANGE DARLING
THE SUBSTANCE
SUNCOAST
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY
THAT CHRISTMAS
THELMA
THELMA THE UNICORN
TOUCH
TRANSFORMERS ONE
TUESDAY
TWISTERS
ULTRAMAN: RISING
UNSTOPPABLE
VESELKA: THE RAINBOW ON THE CORNER AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
THE WAIT
WAR GAME
WE GROWN NOW
WE LIVE IN TIME
WE WILL DANCE AGAIN
WHITE BIRD
WICKED
WIDOW CLICQUOT
THE WILD ROBOT
WILL & HARPER
YOUNG WOMAN & THE SEA

ruled ineligible 

 

 

 

ORIGINAL SONG

Tier 1 - Predictions

"El Mal"
(Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard)
EMILIA PEREZ

 "Mi Camino"
(Clément Ducol and Camille)
EMILIA PEREZ
"Piece by Piece"
(Pharrell Williams)
PIECE BY PIECE

 

 "Kiss the Sky"
(Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi)
THE WILD ROBOT

 

"The Journey"
(Diane Warren)
THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT
Tier 2 - Potential Spoilers
 "Winter Coat"
(Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen, Taura Stinson)
BLITZ

 

"Sick in the Head"
KNEECAP

"Compress/Repress"
CHALLENGERS
"Beyond"
(Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear)
MOANA 2
 "Never Too Late"
(Elton John & Brandi Carlile)
ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE
Tier 3 - Five More Potential Spoilers from the Finalist List
  • "Like a Bird" Sing Sing (Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel & Adrian Quesada
  • "Forbidden Road" Better Man (Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, and Sacha Skarbek)
  • "Harper and Will Go West" Will & Harper (Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig & Josh Greenbaum)
  • "Out of Oklahoma" Twisters
  • "Tell Me It's You" Mufasa: The Lion King

THE COMPLETE PREVIOUS ELIGIBILITY LIST....

“Albany Road” and “Built for This” from “Albany Road”
“Am I Racist?” and “Do the Work” from “Am I Racist?”
“Pain Has a Purpose” from “Americans With No Address”
“Electric Energy” from “Argylle”
“Leash” from “Babygirl”
“Song for Amy” from “Back to Black”
“Ishq Walla Daku” from “Band of Maharajas”
“Forbidden Road” from “Better Man”
“A Country Dance” from “Between the Temples”
“Winter Coat” from “Blitz”
“Then I Will” from “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin”
“Nazarene” from “The Book of Clarence”
“Dare to Be” from “Cabrini”
“El Baile de los Zanganos” and “Mi Amor” from “Captain Avispa”
“Whoever You Are” from “Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins”
“Compress / Repress” from “Challengers”
“City of Dreams” from “City of Dreams”
“Custer Park,” “Honey” and “Thin Elephant” from “Dandelion”
“Double Life” from “Despicable Me 4”
“You Are Never Far Away” from “Don’t Say It”
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”
“El Mal” and “Mi Camino” from “Emilia Perez”
“Alone,” “The Big Blue Sky” and “Catch Fire” from “The End”
“Bricks” from “Exhibiting Forgiveness”
“Ezra” from “Ezra”
“The Peace That You Are Missing” from “Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain’s Journey”
“Not on My Watch” from “Following Harry”
“Panorama” from “Embers”
“The Good Life” and “Let It Roll” from “The Garfield Movie”
“What We Wanna Be” from “Glitter and Doom”
“Istigfar” and “Puthu Mazha” from “The Goat Life”
“Never Lost” from “The Greatest Hits”
“In Time” from “His Three Daughters”
“Made for You” from “The Hopeful”
“Claw Machine” and “Starburned and Unkissed” from “I Saw the TV Glow”
“The Idea of You” from “The Idea of You”
“Nothing’s Impossible” from “The Imaginary”
“Folie a Deux” from “Joker: Folie a Deux”
“Sick in the Head” from “Kneecap”
“Beautiful That Way” from “The Last Showgirl” Las Vegas win,
“Between the Lines” and “One of Us” from “Left Behind”
“The Rider” from “Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim”
“Freedom” from “Lovely Jackson”
“Not My Fault” from “Mean Girls”
“My Pledge” from “Megalopolis”
“Beyond” and “Can I Get a Chee Hoo” from “Moana 2”
“I Always Wanted a Brother” and “Tell Me Its You” from “Mufasa: The Lion King”
“The Neon Highway” from “The Neon Highway”
“Summer Blue” from “Nightbitch”
“Black Truck” and “Callin’ Angels” from “The Other, Gold”
“Piece by Piece” from “Piece by Piece”
“Huele a Fraude” from “Problemista”
“Iti Maa” from “Putul”
“Emotional” from “Ray of Hope”
“Christmas Magic” from “Red One”
“Creatures of Nature” from “Sasquatch Sunset”
“Why I’m Here” from “Shirley”
“Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing”
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”
“New Brain” from “Smile 2”
“Run It” from “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”
“The Way It Was Before” from “Spellbound”
“Better the Devil” from “Strange Darling”
“Under the Tree” from “That Christmas”
“Just As You Are” from “Thelma the Unicorn”
“If I Fall” from “Transformers One”
“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” and “Out of Oklahoma” from “Twisters”
“No Better” from “Ultraman: Rising”
“On a Corner at the Center of the World” from “Veselka”
“Kiss the Sky” from “The Wild Robot”
“Harper and Will Go West” from “Will & Harper”
“Little Miss Polka Dot” and “My Stranger” from “Your Monster”

 

 

 

SOUND

Tier 1 - Predictions

GLADIATOR II WICKED A COMPLETE UNKNOWN DUNE PART TWO  EMILIA PEREZ
Tier 2 - Or Maybe It'll Be...

bLITZ

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
THE WILD ROBOT ALIEN ROMULUS
JOKER FOLIE A DEUX
 
Tier 3 - No longer eligible but they seemed like they might be competitive at one time or another in this category
  • The Brutalist
  • Conclave
  • Furiosa
  • Nickel Boys
  • Nosferatu
  • Saturday Night
  • September 5
 

 

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