The 2026 Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score have been announced. In the running this year are Jerskin Fendrix (for Bugonia), Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein), Max Richter (Hamnet), Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), and Ludwig Göransson (Sinners). Daniel Lopatin’s excellent Marty Supreme score was snubbed. The winner will be announced on Sunday, March 15, at the 98th annual awards ceremony, set to take place at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater and air live on ABC.
The shortlist, revealed back in December, featured 20 potential nominees, including Lopatin and others that failed to make the cut such as Nine Inch Nails (Tron: Ares), Bryce Dessner (Train Dreams), and Hans Zimmer (F1). Dessner was redeemed in the Best Original Song category, however. The 2025 Academy Award for Best Original Score went to Daniel Blumberg, for his work on Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist.
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Music (Original Score)
Jerskin Fendrix: Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat: Frankenstein
Max Richter: Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood: One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson: Sinners
