Nominations for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score)-81st Oscar Awards

The Nominations for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score) category are:

• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Alexandre Desplat
  
• “Defiance” (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
  
• “Milk” (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
  
• “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
  
• “WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman