97th Oscars Sound and Music Winners Announced

Hollywood, CA (March 3, 2025)—The winners for the 97th annual Oscars were announced Sunday night, including in the three sound and music categories.

Anora ruled the evening, taking home five Academy Awards out of the six categoriesthat it was nominated for, including the awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress.

The winners for the Oscars in the sound and music categories are as follows:

SOUND

Dune: Part Two

Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

For more information on how the Dune audio team tacked the film’s sound, dive into our in-depth coverage of the film, including our interview below and our feature article from last spring.

ORIGINAL SCORE

The Brutalist

Daniel Blumberg

ORIGINAL SONG

“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez

Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

As a side note to the category, songwriter Diane Warren was nominated for her song, The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight; it was her 16^th nomination and loss, tying her with sound engineer Greg P. Russell for the unusual record of most Oscar nominations without a win. That said, the venerable songwriter was presented with an Honorary Academy Award back in 2022.