There have been some weird Oscar goings-on around the music categories over the years, starting with Erich Wolfgang Korngold not officially winning the Oscar even though his score for “Anthony ...

And now Kris Bowers can add his own wrinkle to the list of oddities in the Best Original Score category. Bowers makes his living as a composer but directs short films in his free time with ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kris Bowers poses for a portrait on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan ...

HOLLYWOOD -- Kris Bowers is heading to the Oscars...again! He's composed the music for such films as the recent versions of "The Color Purple" and "The Haunted Mansion"...plus, "Origin," "Green ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Bowers embraced a new challenge with his first animated film, turning his signature storytelling through music into an Oscar-nominated masterpiece. Bowers’ work on ...

Kris Bowers poses for a portrait on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP) Kris Bowers poses for a portrait on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Pasadena ...

Kris Bowers embraced a new challenge with his first animated film, turning his signature storytelling through music into an Oscar-nominated masterpiece LOS ANGELES -- LOS ANGELES (AP ...

(Chaplin’s two fellow composers were both dead by the time they won, and Chaplin himself was a no-show.) And now Kris Bowers can add his own wrinkle to the list of oddities in the Best Original Score ...

Awards Circuit Podcast: Also on this episode, "Anora" star Mikey Madison; and the Roundtable discusses the state of the best picture race. Kris Bowers sat in the dark, watching the Oscar ...