The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast: Best Original Song and Score

You can listen to The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic,  and Google Podcasts.

Don’t forget to check out our other podcast: And The Winner Still Is… a retrospective Oscar podcast hosted by Marisa Carpico (Film Editor at ThePopBreak.com) and Matt Taylor.

Marisa and Matt kick off their annual breakdowns of every category at the Oscars in the lead up to the ceremony on March 27. The first episode focuses on the music categories, both Best Original Song and Best Original Score.

For Best Original Song, the nominees are “Down to Joy” by Van Morrison from Belfast, “Dos Oruguitas” by Lin-Manuel Miranda from Encanto, “Somehow You Do” by Diane Warren from Four Good Days, “Be Alive” by Beyoncé from King Richard and “No Time to Die” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell from No Time to Die.

For Best Original Score, the nominees are Nicholas Britell for Don’t Look Up, Hans Zimmer for Dune, Germaine Franco for Encanto, Alberto Iglesias for Parallel Mothers and Jonny Greenwood for The Power of the Dog.

Check back tomorrow for the episode on Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short Film.

Don’t forget to check out these previous episodes:

2022 SAG Award Nominations: Hosts Marisa Carpico (Film Editor at ThePopBreak.com) and Matt Taylor dissect the absolutely bonkers Screen Actors Guild nominations. Marisa feels personally responsible for Kristen Stewart’s big snub and Matt embraces the chaos. Plus they discuss the prospect of the return of the dreaded Oscar host.

The Last Releases of 2021: Marisa Carpico and Matt Taylor return to wrap up the final Oscar contenders for the year. They finally talk about West Side Story,  discuss the not so subtle message of Don’t Look Up and marvel at what a revelation The Matrix Resurrections is. They also talk Nightmare Alley, Netflix’s The Lost Daughter and many more.

The Golden Globes Implosion and a Deep Dive on In the Heights: The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast returns after a 365 day hiatus to discuss the Golden Globe nominations for 2021 and their impact on the Oscars as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Films discussed include: Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, David Fincher’s Mank and more.