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The Top 25 Best Original Score Winners So Far (Updated for 2023)
In case anyone doesn’t know what this is, let me clue you in. Simply put, I’m ranking the newest crop of Academy Award winners, with the column past the midway point now here in 2023. For nearly all of the Oscar categories (including a new one today), you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients […] More
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Academy Reveals Shortlists for Ten Categories!
Just a few moments ago, the Academy revealed their ten shortlists for the 94th Oscars. Now, we know which films are advancing in the following categories: Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short Subject, Best International Feature Film, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Animated Short Film, Best Live Action Short […] More
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Before the Gold: Best Original Score
This month, we’re taking a look at this year’s Oscar nominees and digging into their past work to find hidden gems that you may have overlooked. This year’s Best Original Score nominees span decades of experience and include seasoned pros, newcomers, and Nine Inch Nails members alike. Here’s a showcase of the musical geniuses who’ve […] More
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Awards Radar Oscars Shortlist Analysis: Original Score
The list of 136 eligible scores was whittled down to fifteen finalists on February 9th. This is only the third year that the Oscars have provided a shortlist for Best Original Score. Still, the past two years provide us with some insight on what may be chosen by the music branch. See below for the […] More
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11th Annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards Cite Diane Warren, ‘The Outpost,’ and More
Could Diane Warren be on the way to her first Oscar win? If the 11th Annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards had their way, that would be a resounding yes. The 11 time Oscar nominee (most recently nominated last year for her song “I’m Standing With You” from Breakthrough) won the award for outstanding song in a feature […] More
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Once Again, Some Major Original Score Contenders are Likely Ineligible
Some of the year’s biggest films have had their scores deemed as ineligible for nomination consideration at this year’s Oscars and BAFTAs. This isn’t an uncommon occurrence, as some of the most renowned scores in recent years have surprised many by their inability to even be eligible for nominations, including Jonny Greenwood’s legendary score for There Will […] More
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Listen to the ‘Mank’ Score and Original Song from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
With David Fincher’s much-anticipated Citizen Kane-inspired Mank landing on Netflix today, the world gets to not only see the film many critics are hailing as the Oscar front-runner, but hear the full score, composed by Oscar-winning duo (and newly-inaugurated Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, which also debuts today. This lustrous score […] More
