Precursor: 21st Film Music Critics Nominations (2018)

The ever eclectic Film Music Critics Association has selected two of the Oscar nominees for Best Original Score in their primary category with all except BlacKkKlansman earning nominations in the genre categories.

Award Tallies

(4) Solo
(3) First Man
(2) Black Panther, Mary Poppins Returns, Mary Queen of Scots, Max and Me, Red Sparrow

The Awards

Film Score of the Year

Black Panther
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Max and Me
Solo

Film Composer of the Year

Roque Banos
Nicholas Britell
Ludwig Goransson
James Newton Howard
Alan Silverstri

Breakthrough Composer of the Year

Thomas Ades
Ivan Palomares
Manuel Riveiro
Amelia Warner
Thom Yorke

Best Original Score for a Drama Film

Up Among the Stars
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film

Christopher Robin
Crazy Rich Asians
Mary Poppins Returns
The Sisters Brothers
Videoman

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

King of Thieves
Gun City
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Operation Finale
Red Sparrow

Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film

Black Panther
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Ready Player One
Solo

Best Original Score for an Animated Film

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Max and Me
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Watership Down

Best Original Score for a Documentary

Dynasties
Free Solo
McQueen
Tides of Fate
Wild

Best Archival Release – New Release or New Recording of an Existing Score

Bram Stoker’s Dracula
The Bride Wore Black
Dracula
El Hombre y la Tierra
The Vikings

Best Archival Release – Compilation

Carter Burwell: Music for Film
The Complete London Sessions
Harry Potter: The John Williams Soundtrack Collection
Thriller 2
A Tribute to Michael Kamen