The nominations for this year's Oscar for Best Original Score have been announced, with a tightly-contested race of living legends and exciting newcomers.
Ludwig Göransson is probably the most likely to win in this category, having won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score earlier this month. He is also nominated for the BAFTA this year, up against fellow Oscar nominees Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things) and the late Robbie Robertson, who is posthumously nominated for his score to Killers of the Flower Moon.
This is the first Oscar nomination for Laura Karpman, who wrote the score to American Fiction, the comedy-drama based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett. The story follows a novelist-professor who writes a stereotypically 'black' book in an act of satire, only for the book to receive rave reviews and high sales. It will also be Jerskin Fendrix's first nomination: the 29-year-old composer is the youngest nominee in this category for his film scoring debut with Poor Things.
No-one will be hugely surprised to see John Williams's name in the line-up, having received a record-breaking 54 Oscar nominations over the years. He has broken his own record for having received the most nominations of any living person. The 90-year-old composer was previously nominated for his scores to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1990) in the Indiana Jones franchise.
The nominations for the 2024 Oscar for Best Original Score
- American Fiction (Laura Karpman)
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (John Williams)
- Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)
- Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)
- Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)
