OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE

Cristobal Tapia de Veer for Babygirl

Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Challengers

Alberto Iglesias for The Room Next Door

Raffertie for The Substance

AND THE WINNER:

TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS FOR CHALLENGERS

These are the first wins and third nominations for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Reznor and Ross were previously nominated for scoring The Social Network (2010) and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011).

2024 proved to be a pretty incredible year for original music composing yet my choice for best of the year has been clear since I first saw Challengers in May of the year. It's rare even when a score impresses me that music such as the compositions of this film can enter the pop culture and become a piece of music both of the film and of itself. The tech beats really emphasised the face paced nature of the sports match and hotness of the central trio featured in the film.

I have watched the film three times in title and listened to the music separate from the film too and truly this is just a fantastic score that deserves to be one of the great film elements of this past year in cinema.