My 2013 Oscar predictions are almost entirely revealed in all categories. Today I bring you a first look at the Best Original Song and Best Original Score categories with previews and/or full versions of my top five in each category and tomorrow we’ll take a look at Best Documentary and Best Foreign Language Film and the race will be on.
As for today’s reveal, these are two really hard categories to predict. As confident as I may be that 3-4 of my current predictions will end up being nominated, I really can’t say I would wager any large sum of money on these predictions at this time and I’m not sure we’re going to get much help before the nominations are announced on January 10 to make predicting either of these categories any easier.
That said, have a look and a listen and let me know what you think in the comments below.
Best Original Song
This is a category that’s impossible to predict. I do believe there is a very good chance “Suddenly” from Les Miserables and “Skyfall” from Skyfall will be nominated and will be competing for the Oscar, but after #1 and #2 I really have no idea.
Listed below are my predictions, but I’ve only listed 15 of the 75 songs competing.
- “Skyfall” from Skyfall
- “Suddenly” from Les Miserables
- “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice
- “Learn me Right” from Brave
- “Still Alive” from Paul Williams Still Alive
| "Before My Time" | "Suddenly" | "Learn My Right" | "Still Alive" |
You can see my full list of predictions for Best Original Song and their rankings right here.
Best Original Score
I personally believe the two best scores of the year come from Beasts of the Southern Wild and Cloud Atlas and I do think both will be recognized by a nomination, but I think Mychael Danna‘s work in Life of Pi and the ever-reliable Oscar nominee John Williams for Lincoln will be competing for the Oscar this year.
For the full list of the 104 scores competing at this year’s Oscars click here.
- Life of Pi (Mychael Danna)
- Lincoln (John Williams)
- Anna Karenina (Dario Marianelli)
- Beasts of the Southern Wild (Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin)
- Cloud Atlas (Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer)
| Lincoln | Anna Karenina | Beasts / Southern Wild | Cloud Atlas |
You can see my full list of predictions for Best Original Score and their rankings right here.
