And the 93rd Oscar Nominees Are...

Posted by Iolanda Santos on Mar 15

The 93rd Oscars nominees were announced earlier today, covering a wide range of genres, departments and talent. However, for sound and music lovers like us, there are a set of results that interest us more than others, and we got these results ready for you to read! And here are the nominees...

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The annual tradition of announcing the nominees for the Oscars happened earlier today and there are so many reasons to be happy that all the nominees are finally announced. At Sound Particles, we were really looking forward to a specific list of nominees: the sound and music department!

So we compiled the nominees of these categories for you, because we know that these are the results that matter the most to sound lovers like us. The nominees are selected by members of the Academy, a diverse community of filmmakers from around the world. 

The announcement video is available to watch on the Oscar's YouTube channel. 

Here are the nominees in the Sound and Music categories:

BEST SOUND
"GREYHOUND", Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
"MANK", Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
"NEWS OF THE WORLD", Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
"SOUL", Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
"SOUND OF METAL", Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
"DA 5 BLOODS", Terence Blanchard
"MANK", Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
"MINARI", Emile Mosseri
"NEWS OF THE WORLD", James Newton Howard
"SOUL", Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"FIGHT FOR YOU", "Judas and the Black Messiah", H.E.R., Dernst Emille II, Tiara Thomas
"HEAR MY VOICE", "The Trial of the Chicago 7", Daniel Pemberton, Celeste Waite
"HÚSAVÍK", "Eurovision Song Contest", Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, Rickard Göransson
"IO SI (SEEN)", "The Life Ahead", Diane Warren, Laura Pansini
"SPEAK NOW", "One Night in Miami", Leslie Odom Jr., Sam Ashworth

 

Here are the nominees in all the other categories:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MARIA BAKALOVA, "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm"
GLENN CLOSE, "Hillbilly Elegy"
OLIVIA COLMAN, "The Father"
AMANDA SEYFRIED, "Mank"
YUH-JUNG YOUN, "Minari"
 
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"EMMA", Alexandra Byrne
"MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM", Ann Roth
"MANK", Trish Summerville
"MULAN", Bina Daigeler
"PINOCCHIO", Massimo Cantini Parrini
 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
SACHA BARON COHEN, "The Trial of the Chicago 7"
DANIEL KALUUYA, "Judas and the Black Messiah"
LESLIE ODOM JR., "One Night in Miami"
PAUL RACI, "Sound of Metal"
LAKEITH STANFIELD, "Judas and the Black Messiah"
 
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH", Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas
"MINARI", Lee Isaac Chung
"PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN", Emerald Fennell
"SOUND OF METAL", Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance
"THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7", Aaron Sorkin
 
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM", Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern, Nina Pedrad
"THE FATHER", Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
"NOMADLAND", Chloé Zhao
"ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI...", Kemp Powers
"THE WHITE TIGER", Ramin Bahrani 
 
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"BURROW", Disney Plus/Pixar
"GENIUS LOCI", Kazak Productions
"IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU", Netflix
"OPERA", Beasts and Natives Alike
"YES-PEOPLE", CAOZ hf. Hólamói
 
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"FEELING THROUGH"
"THE LETTER ROOM"
"THE PRESENT"
"TWO DISTANT STRANGERS"
"WHITE EYE"
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"COLLECTIVE", Magnolia Pictures and Participant
"CRIP CAMP", Netflix
"THE MOLE AGENT", Gravitas Ventures
"MY OCTOPUS TEACHER", Netflix
"TIME", Amazon Studios
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"COLETTE", Time Travel Unlimited
"A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION", Breakwater Studios
"DO NOT SPLIT", Field of Vision
"HUNGER WARD", MTV Documentary Films
"A LOVE SONG FOR LATASHA", Netflix
 
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
"ANOTHER ROUND", Denmark
"BETTER DAYS", Hong Kong
"COLLECTIVE", Romania
"THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN", Tunisia
"QUO VADIS, AIDA?", Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
"THE FATHER", Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
"MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM", Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
"MANK", Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
"NEWS OF THE WORLD", Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
"TENET", Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas
 
BEST FILM EDITING
"THE FATHER", Yorgos Lamprinos
"NOMADLAND", Chloé Zhao
"PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN",  Frédéric Thoraval
"SOUND OF METAL", Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
"THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7", Alan Baumgarten
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH", Sean Bobbitt
"MANK", Erik Messerschmidt 
"NEWS OF THE WORLD", Dariusz Wolski 
"NOMADLAND", Joshua James Richards 
"THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7", Phedon Papamichael 
 
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"LOVE AND MONSTERS", Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox 
"THE MIDNIGHT SKY", Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
"MULAN", Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
"THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN", Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
"TENET", Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher
 
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
"EMMA", Marese Langan, Laura Allen, Claudia Stolze
"HILLBILLY ELEGY", Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, Matthew Mungle 
"MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM", Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson
"MANK", Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams, Colleen LaBaff
"PINOCCHIO", Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli, Francesco Pegoretti
 
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"ONWARD", Pixar
"OVER THE MOON", Netflix
"A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON", Netflix
"SOUL", Pixar
"WOLFWALKERS", Apple TV Plus/GKIDS
 
BEST ACTOR IN LEADING ROLE
RIZ AHMED, "Sound of Metal"
CHADWICK BOSEMAN, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
ANTHONY HOPKINS, "The Father"
GARY OLDMAN, "Mank"
STEVEN YEUN, "Minari"
 
BEST ACTRESS IN LEADING ROLE
VIOLA DAVIS, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
ANDRA DAY, "The United States v. Billie Holiday"
VANESSA KIRBY, "Pieces of a Woman"
FRANCES MCDORMAND, "Nomadland"
CAREY MULLIGAN, "Promising Young Woman"
 
BEST DIRECTOR
THOMAS VINTERBERG, "Another Round"
DAVID FINCHER, "Mank"
LEE ISAAC CHUNG, "Minari"
CHLOÉ ZHAO, "Nomadland"
EMERALD FENNELL, "Promising Young Woman"

 
BEST PICTURE
“THE FATHER”, Sony Pictures Classics
“JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH”, Warner Bros.
“MANK”, Netflix
“MINARI”, A24
“NOMADLAND”, Searchlight Pictures
“PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN”, Focus Features
“SOUND OF METAL”, Amazon Studios
“THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7”, Netflix

Congratulations to the 93rd Oscar Nominees!



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