ORIGINAL SCORE

Tier 1 - Predictions

John Williams
54 noms | 5 wins
DISCLOSURE DAY
(Universal)
June 10

The music branch (and Spielberg) can't live without him. The question is will they want to give him one last Oscar; He's 94 years old!

Daniel Pemberton
1 nomination
PROJECT HAIL MARY
(Amazon / MGM)
Mar 20

Only one nomination for Pemberton? This must be fixed. And people love this score so we're hopeful. 

Ludwig Goransson
5 noms | 3 wins
THE ODYSSEY
(Universal)
July 17

He's three-for-three in this category (the other two nominations are for Original Song). Can he go four-for-four?

Raûl Fernandez Miró
never nominated
THE BLACK BALL
(Netflix)
Date tba

The music elements of the film have won praise and if it's a big Best Picture deal, that will help given Miró's low profile with the Academy.

Emile Mosseri
never nominated
UNTITLED JESSIE EISENBERG
(A24)
Date tba

It's a musical... or at least a film with musical elements so the score could win attention

Alexandre Desplat
12 noms | 2 wins
THE SOCIAL RECKONING
(Sony)
Oct 9

Desplate is always a threat and will make the longlist no matter the reception of the film.

Carter Burwell
3 noms
JACK OF SPADES
(Distributor tba)
Date tba

He is a trusted Coen collaborator. We hope this brings the magic.

Bryce Dessner
1 nomination
DIGGER
(Warner Bros)
Oct 2

Can he get back-to-back nominations? (up last year for Train Dreams)

Abel Korzeniowski
never nominated
CRY TO HEAVEN
(Distributor tba)
Date tba

Two Globe nominations and 3 Emmy nods but so far Oscar's music branch hasn't fallen for him. Wil this opera drama do it?

Volker Bertelmann
3 noms | 1 win
THE UPRISING
(Focus)
Sept 11

He's a hot commodity at the moment

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
3 noms | 2 wins each
THE ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH
(Netflix)
Nov 25

Can they recapture Oscar attention? It's been a minute despite acclaimed work.

Randy Newman
21 noms | 2 wins
TOY STORY 5
(Disney/Pixar)
Date tba

He's never won the Score category, just Song.

Dario Marianelli
3 noms | 1 win
WILDWOOD
(Fathom/Laika)
Date tba

It's been too long since he was nominated. Come through Laika stop motion magic!

Alberto Iglesias
4 noms
BITTER CHRISTMAS
(SPC)
Date tba

All four of his nominations come from films that were *not* nominated for Best Picture which is quite impressive!

Robin Carolan
never nominated
WERWULF
(Focus)
Dec 25

Given that Oscar voters are finally warming up to the magic of Robert Eggers cinema, maybe Carolan can come along for the ride soon as his composer of choice.

Films With Previously Nominated Composers

• Avengers Doomsday - Alan Silvestri
• The Bride! - Hilda Gudnadottir
• The Drama - Daniel Pemberton
• Dune Part Three - Hans Zimmer ...but Part Two was disqualified
• The End of Oak Street - Michael Giacchino
• The Great Beyond - Michael Giacchino
• The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde - Volker Bertellman
• Mandalorian & Grogu - Ludwig Goransson
• Masters of the Universe - Daniel Pemberton
• Practical Magic 2 - Alan Silvestri
• Pressure - Volker Bertelmann
• Quasimodo - Marco Beltrami... French film but could be 2027
• Ray Gunn - Michael Giacchino
• Send Help - Danny Elfman
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day - Michael Giacchino
• Wild Horse Nine - Carter Burwell

Films With Composers Who Have Not Yet Been Nominated

• Apex - Hogni Egillson
• Backrooms - Kane Parsons & Edo Van Breemen
• Death of Robin Hood - Jim Ghedi
• The Dog Stars - Harry Gregson-Williams
• Fatherland - Marcin Masecki
• Heart of the Beast - Jared Michael Fry
• Josephine - Miles Ross
• Moana - Mark Mancina
• Mother Mary - Daniel Hart
• Supergirl - Junkie XL
• Werwulf - Robin Carolan
• Wicker - Anna Meredith

Films with Unknown Composers At This Writing

• Ebeneezer: A Christmas Carol
• Sense & Sensibility

SOUND

Tier 1 - Predictions

David Acord (2 noms), Steven Morrow (4 noms)
BEHEMOTH!
tba

DUNE PART THREE
tba

DIGGER
tba

GODZILLA MINUS ZERO
tba

Here are yet more movies which could end up in the sound bakeoffs.

• The Adventures of Cliff Booth
• Avengers Doomsday
• Backrooms
• The Bride!
• The Dog Stars
• Ebeneezer
• End of Oak Street
• Heart of the Beast
• I Love Boosters
• I Play Rocky
• Jack of Spades
• Michael
• The Moment
• Mother Mary
• Paper Tiger
• Primetime
• Toy Story 5
• Untitled Jessie Eisenberg
• The Uprising
• Wild Horse Nine
• Wildwood
• Wuthering Heights

ORIGINAL SONG -
Tier 1 Predictions -Wild guesswork as it will be a long time until we know the eligibilty list.

Tier 2 - Eligibility Speculation List
We won't know until just before voting what songs they're actually voting on but we'll try to track them as we learn of the possibilities. Remember a film can only score two nominations in this category even if it has multiple options to submit. 

Confirmed to Have New Songs

• Devil Wears Prada 2 - "Shape of a Woman" (Lady Gaga)
• Devil Wears Prada 2 - "Runway" (Lady Gaga & Doechii)
• Hoppers - "Save the Day" (SZA)
• Mother Mary - multiple songs (Anne Hathaway singing)
• Toy Story 5 - "I Knew It, I Knew You" (Taylor Swift)
• Wuthering Heights - (CharliXCX)

Films that seem like they might or reportedly have or could have an eligible original song (but we don't really know yet)

• The Black Ball (multiple)
• Forgotten Island
• Power Ballad (multiple?)
• Toy Story 5
• Untitled Jessie Eisenberg
• Wildwood