Oscars 2021: Who Should Win Every Award (And Who Actually Will)

8. Best Original Score

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Nominees

Da 5 Bloods

Mank

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Soul

Who Should Win: Soul

Soul is easily the most playful, dynamic, and straight-up memorable musical score nominated this year, expertly melding Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' electronic stylings with the jazzy brilliance of Jon Batiste.

It's not exactly a banner year for the category, but Soul smokes everything running against it.

Who Will Win: Soul

Reznor, Ross, and Batiste have already scooped up a few notable precursors, so it's incredibly unlikely anything else manages to pip them to the post - not even Reznor and Ross' own competing score for Mank.

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