OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE

Carter Burwell for Carol

Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury for Ex Machina

Disasterpiece for It Follows

Junkie XL for Mad Max: Fury Road

Jóhann Jóhannson for Sicario

AND THE WINNER IS:

CARTER BURWELL FOR CAROL

This is the second win and seventh nomination for Carter Burwell for his scoring of Carol. He previously won for Fargo (1996) and was nominated for scoring Gods and Monsters (1998), Being John Malkovich (1999), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) & Where the Wild Things Are (2009).

Academy Award nominee Carter Burwell is so the right thing Burwell should have been none as for a long time but now we can officially refer to him as this after he was nominated for his powerful score to Carol. The music like every part of the production reflects and falls back in on the central love story of this women. From the moment the strings start to play at the very mysterious and off opening of this film I knew I was in for some high class Burwell scoring. However his height comes in the final ten minutes of the film where he lets loose and fully embraces Philip Glass like music for this impactful and gorgeous finale to the film. Burwell has always been a Chameleon but his work in Carol is prove of how he can change his score up every time and it was just a pleasure to experience.