The Academy has announced the Best Original Score nominees for the 2025 Oscars. In the running for a statuette are Daniel Blumberg’s The Brutalist, Volker Bertelmann’s Conclave, Clément Ducol & Camille’s Emilia Pérez, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz’s Wicked, and Kris Bowers’ The Wild Robot. The winner will be announced at the ceremony on March 2 at Ovation Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

The full shortlist, unveiled in December, featured 20 scores; among those not to make the cut were the National’s Bryce Dessner for Sing Sing, the Björk collaborator and Tri-Angle founder Robin Carolan’s Nosferatu score, Andrea Datzman for Inside Out 2, and Danny Elfman for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

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