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Best Original Score

The Original Score category is one of several where the nominees are chosen from a shortlist of contenders, voted on by the Music branch, and announced in December.

Erik Anderson

Updated January 29, 2026 1:57pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Bugonia

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sonny Bunch

Updated March 2, 2026 9:39am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Hamnet

Focus Features

Bugonia

Focus Features

David Canfield

Updated February 27, 2026 3:03pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sophia Ciminello

Updated January 29, 2026 1:18pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Hamnet

Focus Features

Bugonia

Focus Features

Tyler Coates

Updated January 29, 2026 1:04pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Bugonia

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Hamnet

Focus Features

Gregory Ellwood

Updated March 2, 2026 12:04pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Joyce Eng

Updated February 13, 2026 8:18am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Bugonia

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Hamnet

Focus Features

Chris Feil

Updated January 29, 2026 12:58pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Bugonia

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Brian Formo

Updated March 2, 2026 4:08pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Hamnet

Focus Features

Bugonia

Focus Features

Tomris Laffly

Updated February 27, 2026 3:03pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Richard Lawson

Updated March 3, 2026 10:36am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Shirley Li

Updated March 3, 2026 3:25pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Bugonia

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Ryan McQuade

Updated January 30, 2026 10:20am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Hamnet

Focus Features

Drew McWeeny

Updated March 5, 2026 2:00pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Matt Neglia

Updated February 6, 2026 4:48pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Joe Reid

Updated February 27, 2026 4:37pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Katey Rich

Updated January 29, 2026 12:54pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Joanna Robinson

Updated February 27, 2026 3:03pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Christopher Rosen

Updated January 29, 2026 12:50pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Hamnet

Focus Features

Richard Rushfield

Updated January 29, 2026 6:09pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Hamnet

Focus Features

Michael Schulman

Updated January 30, 2026 4:38pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

David Sims

Updated February 27, 2026 3:03pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Katie Walsh

Updated February 2, 2026 7:00pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Bugonia

Focus Features

Steven Weintraub

Updated February 27, 2026 3:03pm

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Jada Yuan

Updated March 4, 2026 7:21am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Bugonia

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Esther Zuckerman

Updated January 29, 2026 12:55pm

Sinners

Warner Bros.

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

Hamnet

Focus Features

Bugonia

Focus Features

Frankenstein

Netflix

Best Original Score Leaderboard

Films sorted by the percentage of pundits predicting a win in this category

85%

Sinners

Warner Bros.

15%

One Battle After Another

Warner Bros.

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