Fifteen scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 91st Academy Awards. One hundred fifty-six scores were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.
The scores listed in alphabetical order by film title are:
- “Annihilation” – Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury
- “Avengers: Infinity War” – Alan Silvestri
- “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” – Carter Burwell
- “Black Panther” – Ludwig Göransson
- “BlacKkKlansman” – Terence Blanchard
- “Crazy Rich Asians” – Brian Tyler
- “The Death of Stalin” – Christopher Willis
- “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” – James Newton Howard
- “First Man” – Justin Hurwitz
- “If Beale Street Could Talk” – Nicholas Britell
- “Isle of Dogs” – Alexandre Desplat
- “Mary Poppins Returns” – Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
- “A Quiet Place” – Marco Beltrami
- “Ready Player One” – Alan Silvestri
- “Vice” – Nicholas Britell
Nomination Predictions
“Black Panther” – Ludwig Göransson
“First Man” – Justin Hurwitz
“If Beale Street Could Talk” – Nicholas Britell
“Isle of Dogs” – Alexandre Desplat
“Mary Poppins Returns” – Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
