With so much great work making these various lists, it’s almost wrong to single out one entry. But with Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” in theaters right now and Adam McKay’s “Vice” soon to follow, composer Nicholas Britell’s scores have been lodged firmly in my brain lately. Both made the academy’s short list, and you can read about his striking work in the two wildly different movies in this Times profile.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 21, 2018 16:02 UTC