29th Film Music Critics Nominations

Per usual, the Oscar prognosticative capability of this group is pretty rough with all of the Oscar nominees present but only one of them in the top category.

Nominations Tallies

(3) Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Frankenstein
(2) Hamnet, Jay Kelly, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Sinners
(1) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein / Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, Achter de Deur / Behind the Door, Anaconda, Arco, Astérix et Obélix: Le Combat des Chefs, Aux Armes, Citoyennes! Les Femmes dans la Révolution Française, The Bad Guys, Bugonia, Butterfly on a Wheel, Call the Midwife, The Chairman, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Dark Crystal, Debbie Wiseman: Music for Film and Television, Descalzos, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Dracula, Dragonite and the Special Delivery, Elio, Ella McCay, Eternity, F1, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Flatliners, Il Gattopardo / The Leopard, Ghost of Yotei, Gladiator, Howard Shore: Anthology – The Paris Concerts, Jaws, Kantauri, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Largo, Marty Supreme, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Monsen og Nasjonalparkene, The Naked Gun, Nuremberg, Ocean with David Attenborough, On Her Magesty’s Secret Service, One Battle After Another, The Oval Portrait, Play Dirty, Pursuit / Crawlspace / The People Next Door, Le Secret de Martha, South of Midnight, Star Wars: Andor, Supermarsu Ja Suuri Huijaus / Super Furball and the Lying Squirrel, Three Kingdoms: Starlit Heroes, The Thursday Murder Club, Towerborne, Washington Black, Wicked: For Good, Zootopia 2

The Nominations

Score of the Year

Avatar: Fire and Ash
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Frankenstein
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Sinners

Best Original Score for a Drama Film

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
Nuremberg

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film

Anaconda
Ella McCay
Eternity
The Naked Gun
The Thursday Murder Club

Best Original Score for an Animated Film

Arco
The Bad Guys
Elio
Three Kingdoms: Starlit Heroes
Zootopia 2

Best Original Score for a Documentary

Aux Armes, Citoyennes! Les Femmes dans la Révolution Française
Descalzos
Kantauri
Monsen og Nasjonalparkene
Ocean with David Attenborough

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film

F1
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Play Dirty
Supermarsu Ja Suuri Huijaus / Super Furball and the Lying Squirrel

Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller

Dracula
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Frankenstein
The Oval Portrait
Sinners

Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Bugonia
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Wicked: For Good

Breakthrough Composer of the Year

Mathieu Alvado
Jeremiah Fraites
Cameron Moody
Lorien Testard
Young Fathers (Kayus Bankole, Graham Hastings, Alloysious Massaquoi)

Best Archival Release

The Dark Crystal
Flatliners
Gladiator
Jaws
On Her Magesty’s Secret Service

Best New Recording of an Existing Film Score

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein / Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
The Chairman
Debbie Wiseman: Music for Film and Television
Howard Shore: Anthology – The Paris Concerts
Pursuit / Crawlspace / The People Next Door

Best Original Score for Television

Astérix et Obélix: Le Combat des Chefs
Call the Midwife
Il Gattopardo / The Leopard
Star Wars: Andor
Washington Black

Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Ghost of Yotei
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
South of Midnight
Towerborne

Composition of the Year

Jay Kelly Suite – Jay Kelly
Of the Undiscovered Country – Hamnet
The Fantastic Four: First Steps Main Theme – The Fantastic Four First Steps
The Tower – Frankenstein
The Windtraders – Avatar: Fire and Ash