Not terribly instructive so far after the Oscar nominations have been revealed and right before the Oscars are announced, but four of the five nominees for the Oscar for Best Original Score are nominated here with three of them earning three nominations and the fourth (Little Women) picking up two. Curiously missing is Randy Newman’s Marriage Story score, which was mysteriously left out altogether with its spot in the top category being taken by How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

Award Tallies

(3) 1917, Joker, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(2) Avengers: Endgame, A Hidden Life, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Little Women

The Awards

Film Score of the Year

1917
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Joker
Little Women
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Film Composer of the Year

Alexandre Desplat
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Bear McCreary
Thomas Newman
John Williams

Breakthrough Composer of the Year

Nainita Desai
Bobby Krlic
Mathieu Lamboley
Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen
Christoph Zirngibl

Best Original Score for a Drama Film

A Hidden Life
Joker
Little Women
Motherless Brooklyn
The Professor and the Madman

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film

Dolemite Is My Name
Jojo Rabbit
Le Mystère Henri Pick
Swoon
White As Snow

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

1917
Dumbo
The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot
Masquerade Hotel
Sordo: The Silent War

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

Avengers: Endgame
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Midsommar
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Us

Best Original Score for an Animated Film

Bunuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
I Lost My Body
Miniscule: Les Mandibules du Bout du Monde

Best Original Score for a Documentary

The Biggest Little Farm
Cyber Work and the American Dream
Finis Terrae
Our Planet
Untamed Romania

Best Archival Release – New Release or New Recording of an Existing Score

Air Force One
Apollo 13
The Bride of Frankenstein
Dial M for Murder
Dracula/The Curse of Frankenstein

Best Archival Release – Compilation

Across the Stars
The Disaster Movie Soundtrack Collection
Marco Beltrami: Music for Film
Nevada Smith: The Paramount Westerns Collection
Planet of the Apes: The Original Film Series Soundtrack Collection

Film Music Label of the Year

Intrada Records
La La Land Records
Moviescore Media
Music Box Records
Quartet Records

Film Music Composition of the Year

“A Hidden Life” – A Hidden Life
“Call Me Joker” – Joker
“Portals” – Avengers: Endgame
“The Night Window” – 1917
“The Rise of Skywalker” – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Best Original Score for Television

Chernobyl
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Good Omens
His Dark Materials
The Orville

Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media

Days Gone
Erica
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Rend
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

International Film Music Critics Association Data

First Awards: 1998 (22)