Oscars: Academy Unveils Shortlists in Nine Categories

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Jon Burlingame The shortlists for the Academy Awards’ two music categories are out, and while there are few surprises among  the 375-member music branch’s 15 choices for best original score, there’s a remarkable shift in the original song category: Nearly half of the 15 songs on that list emerged from narrative films or documentaries whose casts or subjects were predominantly Black.Most of these songs had already been tagged as leading contenders, even though it was hardly a certainty they’d

Clayton Davis The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the shortlists for nine categories for the upcoming Oscars. The categories and number of films include documentary feature (15), documentary short subject (10), international feature (15), makeup and hairstyling (10), original score (15), original song (15), animated short film (10), live action short film (10) and visual effects (10).The shortlist voting concluded on Feb.

The Oscar shortlists are out in nine categories including International Film, Documentary Feature, Music Score and Song, Makeup & Hairstyling, Visual Effects and Shorts. These are the first indicator of strength in the race for the 93rd Annual Academy Awards and, though the lists contain few real surprises, is especially good news for those films that are mentioned more than once.

Also Read: Oscar Shortlists: Apes, Pop Stars and '60s Hair Battle in FX, Music and Makeup CategoriesAmong the curiosities on the list are five songs from a faith-based movie called “Canaan Land,” six from a Japanese drama called “Twiceborn” and seven folk-based songs from “Killian and the Comeback Kids.”The list of all 104 qualifying songs, which come from 82 different films, was sent to members of the Academy’s Music Branch last week.

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE The Music Branch’s shortlists are typically short on surprises — and when those do happen, they usually involve composers or songwriters who’ve been longtime members of the branch and have lots of friends in the Academy.

Also Read: Oscars Reveal Record-Breaking Lists of Contenders in Documentary, International Categories‘Time’ / Amazon StudiosBEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Ever since the Documentary Branch rules were changed to do away with the small committees that previously viewed films in the preliminary round of voting, the documentary shortlists have invariably contained almost all of the films that received the most buzz and the most precursor awards.Front-runners: Garrett Bradley’s “Time,” the most honored

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