85th Oscar Original Score FIRST ENTRIES (2012-2013 Awards Season) (5/25/11)

First predictions for the 85th Oscar Original Score race:

1. Ennio Morricone for Leningrad (Predicted Winner)
2. Howard Shore for The Hobbit Part 1
3. Hans Zimmer and James Hewton Howard for The Dark Knight Rises
4. Mychael Danna for Life Of Pi
5. Jim Dooley for Dorothy Of Oz

Alternates:
6. Selma
7. Howard Shore for Cosmopolis
8. Prometheus
9. Patrick Doyle for Brave
10. Angelo Milli for Hands Of Stone
11. John Williams for Lincoln
12. Grankie Chan for The Grandmasters
13. Danny Elfman for Dark Shadows
14. The Greatest Showman On Earth
15. Qigang Chen for The 13 Women Of Nanjing
16. Cleo
17. Danny Elfman for Frankenweenie
18. Dali
19. John Powell for Ice Age: Continental Drift
20. Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close (if not released in 2011)
21. Alberto Iglesias for Mina
22. A Star Is Born
23. Cloud Atlas
24. Moonrise Kingdom
25. Untitled Star Trek Sequel
26. Cobalt Neural 9
27. The Raven
28. 47 Ronin
29. Ludek Drizhal for Starbright
30. The Wild Bunch
31. The Suicide Shop
32. A.R. Rahman for Paani
33. Alberto Iglesias for Carnage (if not released in 2011)
34. Macbett: The Caribbean Macbeth
35. The Adventures Of Tintin: Prisoners Of The Sun
36. Wild Roses, Tender Roses
37. The Monkey King
38. Men In Black 3
39. King Of The Elves
40. Savannah
41. The Wettest County In The World
42. Hyde Park On Hudson
43. Triple Frontier
44. The Great Gatsby
45. Brothers In Arms
46. World War Z
47. The Bell Jar
48. Mervyn Warren for Joyful Noise
49. Nishat Khan for Four Weddings And A Shaadi
50. Bernie Williams for Keeper Of The Pinstripes

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