OSCAR RACE 2009
commentary by Nathaniel R

days until Oscar Nominations are announced

statistics reflect the particulars of each categories only.
some talent has been honored in multiple categories
GOLD COLOR INDICATES OSCAR WINNER

 

Best Original Score
 

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James Horner
8 noms / 1 win
(in this category)

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Alexandre Desplat
3rd nomination

(also scored Chéri and Coco Before Chanel this year)

The Hurt Locker
Marco Beltrami
2nd nomination
Buck Sanders
1st nomination!

Sherlock Holmes
Hans Zimmer
8 noms / 1 win

Up
Michael Giacchino
2nd nomination

(also scored Star Trek this year)

 

Best Song
 
Crazy Heart
"The Weary Kind"
T-Bone Burnett
2nd nomination
Ryan Bingham
1st nomination!
Faubourg 36
"Loin de Paname"
Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas
1st nomination for both!
Nine
"Take It All"
Maury Yeston
1st nomination!
Princess and the Frog
"Almost There"
Randy Newman
(11 noms/1 win
in this category)
Princess and the Frog
"Down in New Orleans"
Randy Newman
(11 noms/1 win in this category)

 

Best Sound Mixing
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Christopher Boyes (13 noms/4 wins), Gary Summers (8 noms / 4 wins), Andy Nelson (15 noms / 1 win), Tony Johnson (2nd nomination)

The Hurt Locker
Paul NJ Ottosson
(3rd nomination), Ray Beckett (1st nomination!)

Inglourious Basterds
Michael Minkler (11 noms/3 wins), Tony Lamberti (1st nomination!), Mark Ulano (2 noms/ 1 win)

Star Trek
Anna Behlmer (10th nomination), Andy Nelson (15 noms / 1 win), Peter J Devlin (3rd nomination)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Greg P Russell (13th nomination), Gary Summers (9 noms/4 wins), Geoffrey Patterson (2nd nomination)

 

Best Sound Editing
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Christopher Boyes (13 noms / 4 wins), Gwendolyn Yates Whittle (1st nomination!)

The Hurt Locker
Paul NJ Ottosson
(3rd nomination)

Inglourious Basterds
Wylie Stateman (5th nomination)

Star Trek
Mark P Stoeckinger (2nd nomination), Alan Rankin (1st nomination!)

Up
Michael Silvers (5 noms / 1 win), Tom Myers (2nd nomination)