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Final Oscars Predictions – Best Original Score

   March 5, 2024

With wins at the Golden Globes, BAFTA, Critics Choice Awards, and the Society of Composers and Lyricists, Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer) is all but assured of winning his second Oscar for Best Original Score. Is there a case to make for the late Robbie Robertson pulling off an upset win for Killers of the Flower Moon? No.

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE PREDICTIONS:
1. Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson (Universal Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, HMMA, SCL
2. Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson (Paramount Pictures / Apple Original Films) – BAFTA, CCA, GG, HMMA, SCL
3. Poor Things – Jerkin Hendrix (Searchlight Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, GG
4. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams (Disney)
5. American Fiction – Laura Karpman (Amazon MGM Studios) – HMMA, SCL

Will win: Oppenheimer
Should win: Oppenheimer 
Possible shocker: Anything else

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.