The Hollywood Reporter (Weekly) - The Hollywood Reporter Awards Special
HARMONIOUS MUSICIAN + DIRECTOR PAIRINGS
The shortlist for best original score is full of composers who reunited with filmmaking collaborators
Michael Abels + Jordan Peele, Nope
Previous collaborations: Us, Get Out
Volker Bertelmann + Edward Berger, All Quiet on the Western Front
Previous collaboration: Patrick Melrose
Terence Blanchard + Gina PrinceBythewood, The Woman King
Previous collaboration: Love & Basketball
Carter Burwell + Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Previous collaborations: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Seven Psychopaths; In Bruges
Alexandre Desplat + Guillermo del Toro, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Previous collaboration: The Shape of Water (2018 Oscar winner for best original score)
Ludwig Göransson + Ryan Coogler, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Previous collaborations: Black Panther (2019 Oscar winner for best original score), Creed, Fruitvale Station
Justin Hurwitz + Damien Chazelle, Babylon
Previous collaborations: First Man, La La Land (2017 Oscar winner for best original score and original song), Whiplash, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
Nathan Johnson + Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Previous collaborations: Knives Out, Looper, The Brothers Bloom, Brick
John Williams + Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
This legendary pair have collaborated on 27 features, beginning with Spielberg’s 1974 debut, The Sugarland Express. Williams — who holds the record for the most nominations for a living person, with an astounding 57 career nods — has earned 16 nominations for films directed by Spielberg. His five Oscar wins for best original score include the director’s Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Schindler’s List.