OSCAR PREDICTIONS -‘Blizzard Of Souls’ And Lolita Ritmanis Represent For Female Composers

One woman made this shortlist and it wasn’t the one we expected. Lolita Ritmanis makes the cut for the international feature “Blizzard of Souls,” which didn’t make its respective lineup. Tamar-kali, who delivered great work in “Shirley” will be sitting this one out as will “Emma” and the co-composers Isobel Waller-Bridge and David Schweitzer. Familiarity and legacy typically work well with the music branch which helped surprise inclusions like John Debney and Thomas Newman. That didn’t help Elliot Goldenthal for “The Glorias” unfortunately. Another ding for “Promising Young Woman” and there was a lot of good feedback on “Wolfwalkers” which I thought would make an appearance. Amen and hallelujah for Terence Blanchard, Emile Mosseri, Daniel Pemberton and especially Benjamin Wallfisch.https://variety.com/feature/2021-oscars-best-original-score-predictions-1234773087/