Movie posters for Four Weddings and a Funeral, Gangs of New York, and Clockwork Orange.

I Coulda Been A Contender – Score 929

Earning the coveted Oscar for Best Picture is part art, part emotion and part politics. On this episode of The Score Edmund Stone assembles a survey of films that should have won the big Academy Award but didn’t, including A Clockwork Orange, Gangs of New York, The Elephant Man, Four Weddings and a Funeral and more.

Movie posters of Hamnet, Frankenstein, and One Battle After Another.

2026 Academy Awards – Score 928

Take a trip down the red carpet with Edmund Stone, creator, host and producer of The Score as he looks at the five films nominated for Best Score. Early contenders include Bugonia, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Frankenstein and Sinners. Will your favorite be among them? This week on The Score.