Completed Category: Original Score

 This is one of the two categories I complete by watching The Wild Robot the weekend after the nominations came out. I had 7 out of 23 categories done, the first weekend! 

I am not indecisive in this post. 

Original Score
The Brutalist
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Wicked
The Wild Robot

I freaking love Wicked with all of my heart, but not because of the Original Score. We know I famously forget to pay attention to the Score sometimes, but also at Wicked one already has a lot going on musically and it's all fantastic and wonderful, so the Score performed perfectly, too.  But I think it's my 2nd place choice here. Conclave is another movie I love, and I appreciate all the tension that was built in that movie, but a ton of that was from the talking, not necessarily the Score. I've mentioned elsewhere that I'm not totally enthralled with The Wild Robot yet, although maybe it will grow on me a bit more? But honestly I think it's an honor for it to be thrice nominated.  And Emilia Perez can go to hell, although I suppose we can grudgingly note that any instrumental Score in the thing was less terrible than some of the songs they were singing.  

But, my friends, here is The Brutalist. And here is its chance to shine. 

Yes, it's The Brutal-est. Yes, it pummeled me. But the one really good way it pummeled me was musically. I was mightily impressed by the music as it pulsed and struck profoundly and made me sit up and take notice way the heck more than any other Original Score for a 2024 film I've seen, nominated or otherwise.  Gooooo, The Brutalist - in this category.

Order I want them to win: The Brutalist

Order I think they will win: The Brutalist, that's it, seriously, get it together everyone, nothing else, Price Waterhouse loses the briefcases, the Oscars are cancelled, Conclave, Emilia Perez, Wicked, The Wild Robot.