05 Mar Final 2024 Oscar Predictions: Sound, Original Song, Original Score
BEST SOUND
While we didn’t see this last year, Sound and Editing have gone hand in hand in the last few years. Oppenheimer is locked for both. While The Zone of Interest won Sound at the BAFTAs, that would be too inspired of a pick for the Oscars so expect Oppenheimer to take this.
Nominees:
Oppenheimer– MPSE (2x), CAS
The Zone of Interest – BAFTA
Maestro – MPSE
The Creator
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Pick: Oppenheimer
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
In the last 10 years, every film that has won both the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award in Original Song have also won the corresponding Oscar. This year, the two awards bodies split, with the Globes awarding Barbie’s “What Was I Made For?” and the CCA awarding Barbie’s “I’m Just Ken”. What Was I Made For? is a Grammy winner and has more precursor success. Something that’s seen as mostly a comedy track more than anything else like I’m Just Ken usually won’t win with the Academy, especially when something as competitive as What Was I Made For is a fellow nominee. While I’m Just Ken is possible and would be an awesome winner, What Was I Made For? fits the mold of songs that win here to a much higher degree.
Nominees:
Barbie – “What Was I Made For?” – GG
Barbie – “I’m Just Ken” – CCA
Killers of the Flower Moon – “Wahzhazhe – A Song For My People”
American Symphony – “It Never Went Away”
Flamin’ Hot – “The Fire Inside”
Pick: Barbie – “What Was I Made For?”
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Oppenheimer’s score is an instant classic and as the inevitable Best Picture winner, this category is Ludwig Goransson’s for the taking.
Nominees:
Oppenheimer – BAFTA, CCA, GG
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Pick: Oppenheimer