Oscar Predictions – Best Original Score

Here are the NBP staff predictions for Best Score. For an overview of all awards predictions, visit our Oscar Predictions page.

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NBP Staff Picks

Matt Neglia
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi)
4ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
5PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
6POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
7ASTEROID CITY (Alexandre Desplat)
8THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
9CARMEN (Nicholas Britell)
10NAPOLEON (Martin Phipps)

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Dan Bayer
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
4THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
5NAPOLEON (Martin Phipps)
6CARMEN (Nicholas Britell)
7ASTEROID CITY (Alexandre Desplat)
8PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
9POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
10FERRARI (Daniel Pemberton)

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Alyssa Christian
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
4THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi)
5POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
6PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
7NEXT GOAL WINS (Michael Giacchino)
8NAPOLEON (Martin Phipps)
9CARMEN (Nicholas Britell)
10THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)

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Lauren Cohen
1DUNE: PART TWO (Hans Zimmer)
2OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
3KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
4PRISCILLA ( Phoenix)
5THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
6LEE (Alexandre Desplat)
7NAPOLEON (Martin Phipps)
8THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Mica Levi)
9PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
10THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi)

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Nadia Dalimonte
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
4THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi)
5POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
6PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
7ASTEROID CITY (Alexandre Desplat)
8CARMEN (Nicholas Britell)
9SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Daniel Pemberton)
10THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)

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Cody Dericks
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2FERRARI (Daniel Pemberton)
3KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
4NAPOLEON (Martin Phipps)
5THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi)
6THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
7ONE LIFE (Volker Bertelmann)
8PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
9ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
10POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)

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Daniel Howat
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
4ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
5FERRARI (Daniel Pemberton)
6ONE LIFE (Volker Bertelmann)
7ASTEROID CITY (Alexandre Desplat)
8PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
9SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Daniel Pemberton)
10POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)

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Giovanni Lago
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Daniel Pemberton)
3KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
4ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
5PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
6THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
7THE ZONE OF INTEREST (Mica Levi)
8TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
9PRISCILLA ( Phoenix)
10POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)

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Will Mavity
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3ONE LIFE (Volker Bertelmann)
4FERRARI (Daniel Pemberton)
5LEE (Alexandre Desplat)
6THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
7NAPOLEON (Martin Phipps)
8THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi)
9ORIGIN (Kris Bowers)
10NYAD (Alexandre Desplat)

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Tom O'Brien
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
3SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Daniel Pemberton)
4FERRARI (Daniel Pemberton)
5ASTEROID CITY (Alexandre Desplat)
6WONKA (Joby Talbot)
7POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
8NAPOLEON (Martin Phipps)
9PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
10THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)

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Josh Parham
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Robbie Robertson)
3ORIGIN (Kris Bowers)
4ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
5ASTEROID CITY (Alexandre Desplat)
6SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Daniel Pemberton)
7WONKA (Joby Talbot)
8PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
9THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
10POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)

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Ema Sasic
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2FERRARI (Daniel Pemberton)
3PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
4ONE LIFE (Volker Bertelmann)
5THE NICKEL BOYS (Alex Somers)
6LEE (Alexandre Desplat)
7NAPOLEON (Martin Phipps)
8THE BOY AND THE HERON (Joe Hisaishi)
9ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
10BARBIE (Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt)

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Isaiah Washington
1OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Göransson)
2ELEMENTAL (Thomas Newman)
3PAST LIVES (Christopher Bear & Daniel Rossen)
4ONE LIFE (Volker Bertelmann)
5FERRARI (Daniel Pemberton)
6INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (John Williams)
7THE KILLER (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
8SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Daniel Pemberton)
9POOR THINGS (Jerskin Fendrix)
10WONKA (Joby Talbot)

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