Monday - Art & Design, Music
Tuesday - Technical Achievements
Wednesday - Short Films, Special Feature Films
Thursday - Writing & Directing, Acting
Friday - Best Picture
Films I haven't seen are marked accordingly.
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Who Will Win: Life of Pi
Who Should Win: Skyfall
A more complicated category than one might assume. Life of Pi, Lincoln and Skyfall have all won awards in various places, but no real consensus has emerged. Alexandre Desplat is only represented here by Argo, but his body of work this year has been phenomenal, highlighted by the sadly missing Zero Dark Thirty score. Lincoln is represented by John Williams, the venerable titan of film composing, but will his understated score be enough? Any of these composers could win, although Life of Pi's Mychael Danna is slowly beginning to pull ahead of the pack on betting sites. The IFMCA Awards on February 21st should shine more light on the subject.
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Who Will Win: "Skyfall"
Who Should Win: "Skyfall"
Not even close. Adele's powerhouse theme for the new Bond film is leagues ahead of the rest of these tepid nominees. Original Song is always a bizarre category and we all just want to know how the songs are going to get worked into the award show. Will this be a year with dance numbers? An emotive medley? Or will they just play the songs for thirty seconds and move on, like last year? The suspense is killing me, folks!
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