Ludwig Göransson’s Sinners, Alexandre Desplat’s Frankenstein, Hans Zimmer’s F1 and 17 more scores are on the Oscar shortlist for best original score, which was revealed on Tuesday (Dec. 16).
Three film scorers who double as rock stars are on the shortlist – Nine Inch Nails for Tron: Ares; Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead’s lead guitarist and keyboardist, for One Battle After Another; and Bryce Dessner, guitarist for The National, for Train Dreams.
Three women composers are on the shortlist – Laura Karpman for Captain America: Brave New World; Lesley Barber for Diane Warren: Relentless; and Hildur Guðnadóttir for Hedda.
Max Richter is shortlisted for Hamnet. Richter is vying for his first Oscar nomination.
Here are the 20 films that are on the shortlist for best original score at the 98th annual Academy Awards. Members of the music branch culled this shortlist from a master list of 132 eligible scores. They will vote again to determine the nominees, which will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 22. The full membership of the academy will determine the winners. The 98th annual Academy Awards will be presented at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on Sunday, March 15.
Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
Simon Franglen
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Jerskin Fendrix
Captain America: Brave New World (Marvel/Disney)
Laura Karpman
Diane Warren: Relentless (Greenwich Entertainment)
Lesley Barber
F1 (Apple Original Films)
Hans Zimmer
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Max Richter
Hedda (Amazon MGM)
Hildur Guðnadóttir
A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Volker Bertelmann
Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Nicholas Britell
Marty Supreme (A24)
Daniel Lopatin
Nuremberg (Sony Pictures Classics)
Brian Tyler
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jonny Greenwood
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ludwig Göransson
Sirāt (Neon)
Kangding Ray
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Bryce Dessner
Tron: Ares (Disney)
Nine Inch Nails
Truth and Treason (Angel Studios)
Aaron Zigman
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Nathan Johnson
Wicked: For Good (Universal)
John Powell, Stephen Schwartz
