Awards Season 2025: Best Original Scores at the BAFTAs and the Oscars

The Film Scorer

The BAFTAs air on February 16 and the Oscars on March 2. I'd never consider myself a big awards season guy, but I love that it's the one time of year where film music is widely celebrated and has a little spotlight, if only briefly. As such, here's a little peek into the six nominated scores between the two awards.

I've also done interviews on two of the six nominated scores (The Wild Robot and The Brutalist) and also interviewed Volker Bertelmann a little while back about his BAFTA and Oscar winning score for All Quiet on the Western Front, so seek those out as well

BAFTAs:

• Nosferatu – Robin Carolan
• Emilia Perez– Camille and Clément Ducol
• Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
• The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers
• The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg

Oscars:

• Wicked – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
• Emilia Perez– Camille and Clément Ducol
• Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
• The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers
• The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg