This is The place Oscars Track Races Stand

“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez received highest unique tune on the thirtieth annual Critics Selection Awards, that have been held on the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on Friday (Feb. 7).

The tune, co-written via Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard, the movie’s author, director and co-producer, additionally received the Golden Globe Award in that class on Jan. 5.

With those two wins, “El Mal” seems to be the front-runner within the race for highest unique tune on the Oscars. The opposite Oscar nominees in that class are “El Camino,” additionally from Emilia Pérez; “By no means Too Overdue” from Elton John: By no means Too Overdue; “The Adventure” from The Six Triple 8; and “Like a Hen” from Sing Music. The latter 3 songs weren’t nominated on the Critics Selection Awards.

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross’ acclaimed ranking for Challengers received the Critics Selection Award for highest unique ranking, simply because it received on the Golden Globes. But it surely can’t win the Oscar because it wasn’t even nominated. It’s simply the 3rd movie ranking to win each the Golden Globe and Critics Selection Award and now not also be nominated on the Oscars. The primary two had been Howard Shore’s ranking for The Aviator on the 2005 rite and Justin Hurwitz’s ranking for First Guy in 2019. (Shore, Hurwitz and Reznor & Ross had all received highest unique ranking on the Oscars with earlier movies, making those shut-outs arduous to know.)

The opposite highest unique ranking nominees on the Oscars are Volker Bertelmann for Conclave, Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist, Kris Bowers for The Wild Robotic and John Powell & Stephen Schwartz for Depraved.

Emilia Pérez additionally received the Critics Selection Award for overseas language movie. Zoe Saldaña, who sang “El Mal” in Emilia Pérez (with an lend a hand from Karla Sofia Gascón), received the award for highest supporting actress.

Accepting the Critics Selection Award for highest unique tune, Camille stated “This offers us this sort of sense of belonging. It feels so grounding. You realize this awards season now and again is so annoying, so overwhelming. I think like announcing now and again [sings] ‘I’m only a hen.’ Thanks such a lot to Jacques Audiard to permit the hen in me and us to put in writing. Because of the Emilia Pérez staff and to Zoe, after all, for being this sort of nice artist.”

Ducol, Camille’s romantic spouse and collaborator, spoke warmly about Los Angeles in accepting the award. “We’ve been making L.A. our house during the last few months with our circle of relatives and fell in love with town and its other folks. We had been so warmly welcomed via the group right here and made lasting friendships. After all, we had been heartbroken via the fires and destruction. Now I do know why I dreamed of changing into a firefighter when I used to be younger.”

Final 12 months’s Critics Selection Award winners within the song classes had been Ludwig Göransson’s Oppenheimer for highest unique ranking (which went directly to win the Oscar) and “I’m Simply Ken” from Barbie for highest unique tune (which used to be Oscar-nominated, however misplaced to fellow Barbie tune “What Was once I Made For?”)

Chelsea Handler hosted the Critics Selection Awards for the 3rd 12 months in a row. The display used to be initially set for Sunday, Jan. 12, however used to be postponed to Sunday, Jan. 26, after which postponed once more, on account of wind-whipped wildfires in Los Angeles that started on Jan. 7. The 3-hour display, which incorporated awards for each movie and tv, aired at 7 p.m. ET/PT on E!. The display can be to be had to flow tomorrow on Peacock.

Ultimate-round Oscar vote casting extends from Feb. 11-18. The 97th Oscars, hosted for the primary time via Conan O’Brien, shall be hung on Sunday, March 2, on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The display will air are living coast-to-coast at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on ABC and streamed survive Hulu for the primary time.

Listed below are the Critics Selection Award nominees within the two song classes, with winners marked:

Highest Music

“Gorgeous That Approach” – The Final Showgirl – Track via: Andrew Wyatt
Lyrics via: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li

“Compress/Repress” – Challengers – Track via: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Lyrics via: Trent Reznor, Luca Guadagnino

WINNER: “El Mal” – Emilia Pérez – Track via: Clément Ducol, Camille
Lyrics via: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard

“Harper and Will Move West” – Will & Harper – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig

“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robotic – Track & Lyrics via: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi

“Mi Camino” – Emilia Pérez – Track & Lyrics via: Clément Ducol, Camille

Highest Ranking

Volker Bertelmann – Conclave

Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist

Kris Bowers – The Wild Robotic

Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez

WINNER: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

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