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Sound, Scoring and Songwriting for the 85th Oscars and the films of 2012. Which talented artists will win the gold man this year? 

AND THE NOMINEES ARE...

ORIGINAL SCORE 

Anna Karenina

Dario Marianelli
3 noms | 1 win

Argo

Alexandre Desplat
5 nominations

Life of Pi

Mychael Danna
1st two noms this year! 1 of them, this one, won

Lincoln

John Williams
1,000,000 noms | 5 wins

Skyfall

Thomas Newman
11 nomination

     WINNER    

Not Nominated Despite Raves: Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild, Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek for Cloud Atlas, Jonny Greenwood for The Master

Not Nominated Despite OscarBaitability: James Newton Howard for Snow White and the Huntsman, Alexandre Desplat for Zero Dark Thirty, and Patrick Doyle for Brave.

 

SOUND MIXING 

Argo

John T Reitz (5/1),Gregg Rudloff (5/2), José Antonio García (1st nom!)

Life of Pi

Ron Bartlett (1st nom!), Doug Hemphill (8/1) & Drew Kunin (1st nom!)

Lincoln

Andy Nelson (18/1), Gary Rydstrom (17/7), Ron Judkins (5/2)

Les Misérables

Andy Nelson (18/2), Mark Paterson (1st nom & Win), Simon Hayes (1st nom & win!)

Skyfall

Scott Millan (9/4), Greg P Russell (16/0), Stuart Wilson (2/0)

       WINNER  
Not Nominated: The Avengers, Brave, The Dark Knight Rises, Zero Dark Thirty

 

SOUND EDITING -HOLY MOLEY IT'S A TIE !!!

Argo

Erik Aadahl (2/0) Ethan Van der Ryn (5/2)

Django Unchained

Wylie Stateman
(6/0)

Life of Pi

Eugene Gearty (3/1), Philip Stockton (2/1)

Skyfall

Per Hallberg (4/3), Karen M Baker (2/2)

Zero Dark Thirty

Paul NJ Ottosson (4/3)

       WINNER  WINNER
Not Nominated: The Hobbit, The Avengers, Les Miz, Prometheus,

 

ORIGINAL SONG
This is the only category composed entirely of Oscar newbies!

Chasing Ice
"Before My Time"

J Ralph (music & lyrics)
1st nomination!

Life of Pi
"Pi's Lullaby"

Mychael Danna (music) and Bombay Jayashri (lyrics)
1st nominations!

Les Misérables
"Suddenly"

Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics) and Alain Boublil (lyrics)
1st nominations!

Skyfall
"Skyfall"

Adele & Paul Epworth (music & lyrics)
1st nom & win

Ted
"Everybody Needs a Best Fried"

Walter Murphy (music) & Seth MacFarlane (lyrics)
1st nominations!

    Herbert Kretzmer is this year's oldest Oscar nominee @ 87 years of age, and a first timer too.  WINNER  

Not Nominated but Noticeable in their Films or at the Precursors: "The Sambola International Dance Craze" - Damsels in Distress, "From Here to the Moon and Back" - Joyful Noise, "Learn Me Right" and "Touch the Sky" -Brave, "Strange Love" - Frankenweenie, "One Wing" - Sparkle, "Not Running Anymore" -Stand Up Guys, "For You" -Act of Valor

All 75 Eligible Songs