> The Oscar shortlists are out. The 15 scores up for Best Score are:

> - All Quiet on the Western Front, Volker Bertelmann
> - Avatar: The Way of Water, Simon Franglen
> - Babylon, Justin Hurwitz
> - The Banshees of Inisherin, Carter Burwell
> - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ludwig Göransson
> - Devotion, Chanda Dancy
> - Don't Worry Darling, John Powell
> - Everything Everywhere All at Once, Son Lux
> - The Fabelmans, John Williams
> - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Nathan Johnson
> - Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Alexandre Desplat
> - Nope, Michael Abels
> - She Said, Nicholas Britell
> - The Woman King, Terence Blanchard
> - Women Talking, Hildur Guđnadóttir

> I predicted 10 of these (12, if you include my two 'long shots'). Really
> surprised to see All Quiet on the Western Front, Don't Worry Darling, and
> Everything Everywhere make the list, but happy for Powell - that score
> worked like gangbusters in context. Very disappointed for The Batman and
> Till.

> https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/2023-oscars-shortlists

> Jon

How All Quiet got on there and NOT Till doesn't make a lick of sense. Both are the kind of award-winning drama's that always get technical nods to compensate for not winning the big guys, but...Till actually had music instead of noise :P

I think the final 5 will be:

Pinocchio
Babylon
Women Talking
The Fabelmans
The Woman King (or Black Panther...can't decide which). My guess is either Hurwitz or Desplat takes the win.

Also, welcome back!