Lolita Ritmanis Biggest Surprise on Oscar Shortlist

Perhaps the biggest surprise on the score shortlist, and coincidentally the only female composer to make it, was Lolita Ritmanis, who scored Latvia’s entry for International Feature Film, “Blizzard of Souls.” The film itself did not make today’s foreign-film shortlist, but Ritmanis, one of the founders of the Alliance for Women Film Composers, is widely admired in the Hollywood music community. https://variety.com/2021/music/news/oscar-music-shortlist-original-song-score-1234904430/