28th Film Music Critics Nominations

Seldom a good precursor for the Oscars, they are one of the few film critic organizations that look solely at film music. As such, it’s always a bit fascinating to see what obscure scores they adore.

Nominations Tallies

(4) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
(3) Here, The Wild Robot
(2) Avatar: The Last Airbender, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, Kensuke’s Kingdom
(1) Abigail, Alien: Romulus, An Almost Christmas Story, Argylle, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, The Brutalist, Carmen and the Wooden Spoon, Churchill at War, Cobra Kai, Conclave, Dragonkeeper, Dune: Part Two, Endurance, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, The First Omen, The 4:30 Movie, Fly Me to the Moon, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Gladiator II, Go for Grandma, The Ice Cream Man, IF, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, The Killer, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Megalopolis, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok, Nosferatu, The Only Girl in the Orhcestra, Our Living World, Paddington in Peru, The Penguin, Quidditch Champions, Star Wars: Outlaws, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, That Christmas, Twisters, We Were the Lucky Ones, Why Dinosaurs?, The Watchers, Wicked, Young Woman and the Sea

The Nominations

Score of the Year

Avatar: The Last Airbender
Here
Kensuke’s Kingdom
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Wild Robot

Best Original Score for a Drama Film

The Brutalist
Conclave
Here
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Young Woman and the Sea

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film

The 4:30 Movie
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Fly Me to the Moon
IF
Paddington in Peru

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

Argylle
Gladiator II
The Killer
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Twisters

Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film

Dune: Part Two
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Megalopolis
Wicked

Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller

Abigail
Alien: Romulus
The First Omen
Nosferatu
The Watchers

Best Original Score for an Animated Film

Dragonkeeper
Kensuke’s Kingdom
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
That Christmas
The Wild Robot

Best Original Score for a Documentary

Churchill at War
Endurance
Our Living World
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Why Dinosaurs?

Best Original Score for Television

Avatar: The Last Airbender
Cobra Kai
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Penguin
We Were the Lucky Ones

Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Nordic Ashes: Survivors of Ragnarok
Quidditch Champions
Star Wars: Outlaws

Best Original Score for a Short Film

An Almost Christmas Story
Carmen and the Wooden Spoon
Go for Grandma
The Ice Cream Man
The Only Girl in the Orhcestra

Composition of the Year

Battle of Eregion – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
End Credits – Here
Horizon Montage Begins/Closing Survey – Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
I Could Use a Boost – The Wild Robot
The Sun Yet Shines – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Composer of the Year

Volker Bertelmann
Kris Bowers
Alexandre Desplat
Bear McCreary
John Powell

Breakthrough Composer of the Year

Daniel Blumberg
Stephen Gallagher
Mick Giacchino
Lauri Poora
Wilbert Roget II

Best Archival Release

Backdraft
Dinosaur
Elliot Goldenthal: Music for Film
Jerry Goldsmith at the General Electric Theater
Moonraker
The Old Man and the Sea
Out of Africa
The Pink Panther
The Sound of Lalo Schifrin
The Sugarland Express