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95th Oscars. Predictions for the Films of 2024 / CEREMONY: March 2nd, 2025
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AND THE NOMINEES ARE....

ORIGINAL SCORE Tier 1 - Predictions

Daniel Blumberg (never nominated) THE BRUTALIST	Volker Bertelmann (1 nom \| 1 win) CONCLAVE	Camille & Clement Ducol (never nom'ed ) EMILIA PEREZ	John Powell & Stephen Schwartz WICKED	Kris Bowers (never nom'ed for composing) WILD ROBOT*
WHAT SHOULD WIN? VOTE DAILY
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WHAT WAS LEFT OUT?
Two outstanding composers who have yet to win, Danny Elfman and Alberto Iglesias, did fine work on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and The Room Next Door, respectively, so it's a bummer they're missing. Frequent nominee Hans Zimmer was also strong with Blitz, and Robin Carolan surely got some votes for Nosferatu given the reception of the film overall. All that said the SNUB of the year, if you put stock in the precursor awards, was Reznor and Ross' award winning work on Challengers. Other scores that made the finals were Alien Romulus, Babygirl, Blink twice, Challengers, The Fire Inside, Horizon: An American Saga, Inside Out 2, The Six Triple Eight, and Young Woman and the Sea.
WHAT WILL WIN?
With two musical scores nominated (neither of which should have been eligible under Oscar rules which are supposed to prevent films with substantial song scores from making the list), it's hard to say. My suspicion is that if something can beat the musicals, we get a semi-surprising win for The Wild Robot.
WHAT SHOULD WIN? NATHANIEL'S PICK
Of this quintet (not remotely my list!) my vote easily goes to The Brutalist.

ORIGINAL SONG

"Never Too Late" (Elton John & Brandi Carlile) ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE	"Mi Camino" (Clément Ducol and Camille) EMILIA PEREZ	"El Mal" (Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard) EMILIA PEREZ	"Like a Bird" SING SING	"The Journey" (Diane Warren) THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT
WHAT SHOULD WIN? VOTE DAILY?
online polls
WHAT WAS LEFT OUT?
Ugh this branch. They are so shameless, regularly ignoring strong contenders for their friends. But the perpetual griping aside, the finalists that didn't make it that seemed to have some heat were "Kiss the Sky" from The Wild Robot, "Sick in the Head" from Kneecap, "Winter Coat" from Blitz, "Compress/Repress" from Challengers, and "Beyond" from Moana 2. Other finalists from the bakeoffs were "piece by Piece" Piece by Piece"Forbidden Road" Better Man, "Harper and Will Go West" Will & Harper, "Out of Oklahoma" Twisters, and "Tell Me It's You" Mufasa: The Lion King
WHAT WILL WIN?
It's surely going to be "El Mal" which is the most memorable musical number in Emilia Perez.
WHAT SHOULD WIN? NATHANIEL'S PICK
As usual I hate Oscar's choices in this category, so I'd also vote for "El Mal" because it's actually a memorable musical number in the film.

SOUND

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN	DUNE PART TWO	EMILIA PEREZ	WICKED	THE WILD ROBOT
WHAT SHOULD WIN? VOTE DAILY!
online polls
WHAT WAS LEFT OUT?
Other films that felt like they might land here were Conclave, Alien Romulus, and as a longshot maybe Blitz or The Substance.
WHAT WILL WIN?
My suspicion is that Wicked takes this but it's no lock.
WHAT SHOULD WIN? NATHANIEL'S PICK
Hmmmm. I'm torn between *Wicked* and A Complete Unknown