The Oscar Narrative: Pre-Guild Predictions - Technical Categories

Best Cinematography
Bradford Young "Arrival"
Stephane Fontaine "Jackie"
Linus Sandgren "La La Land"
James Laxton "Moonlight"
Rodrigo Prieto "Silence"

Other Contenders - Simon Duggan "Hacksaw Ridge", Robert Richardson "Live By Night", Greig Fraser "Lion", Roger Deakins "Hail, Caesar!", Vittorio Storaro "Cafe Society", Seamus McGarvey "Nocturnal Animals", Greig Fraser "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", Bill Pope "The Jungle Book", John Toll "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk", Danny Cohen "Florence Foster Jenkins", Caleb Deschanel "Rules Don't Apply", Janusz Kaminski "The BFG", Charlotte Bruus Christensen "Fences"

Best Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land

Other Contenders - Live By Night, Silence, Fences, Love & Friendship, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Doctor Strange, Rules Don't Apply, The Dressmaker, Hidden Figures, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, The Dressmaker, Cafe Society, Hail, Caesar!, The Witch, Loving, The Huntsman: Winter's War, 20th Century Women, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Best Film Editing
Arrival
Fences
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Other Contenders - Hell or High Water, Live By Night, Silence, Hacksaw Ridge, Hidden Figures, Lion, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Sully, Jackie, The Jungle Book, Florence Foster Jenkins, Deadpool, The Lobster, 20th Century Women, Miss Sloane, Deepwater Horizon, Captain Fantastic, Allied, Gold

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Florence Foster Jenkins
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond

Other Contenders - The Dressmaker, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Hail, Caesar!

Best Original Score
John Williams "The BFG"
Alexandre Desplat "Florence Foster Jenkins"
Justin Hurwitz "La La Land"
Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka "Lion"
Michael Giacchino "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"

Other Contenders - John Debney "The Jungle Book", Mica Levi "Jackie", Mark Mancina "Moana", Thomas Newman "Finding Dory", James Newton Howard "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch "Hidden Figures", Alexandre Desplat "The Light Between Oceans", Harry Gregson-Williamson "Live By Night", Abel Korzeniowski "Nocturnal Animals", Alan Silvestri "Allied", Carter Burwell "Hail, Caesar!", Rupert Gregson-Williams "Hacksaw Ridge", Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross "Patriot's Day", Thomas Newman "Passengers", Dario Marianelli "Kubo and the Two Strings"

Best Original Song
Hidden Figures - Runnin'
Jim: The James Foley Story - The Empty Chair
La La Land - Audition (The Fools Who Dream)
La La Land - City of Stars
Moana - How Far I'll Go

Other Contenders - Rules Don't Apply - The Rules Don't Apply, Sing - Faith, Trolls - Can't Stop This Feeling, Alice Through the Looking Glass - Just Like Fire, Before the Flood - A Minute to Breathe, Moana - We Know the Way, Sing Street - Drive It Like You Stole It, 13th - Letter to the Free, Miss Sharon Jones - I'm Still Here, Hidden Figures - I See Victory, Live By Night - Moonshine, Zootopia - Try Everything, Suicide Squad - Heathens, The Eagle Huntress - Angel By the Wings, Lion - Never Give Up

Best Production Design
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
La La Land
Silence

Other Contenders - Rules Don't Apply, Allied, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Hacksaw Ridge, Hidden Figures, Fences, Love & Friendship, The Jungle Book, Hail, Caesar!, Jackie, The Handmaiden, Alice Through the Looking Glass, The BFG, A Monster Calls, Passengers, 20th Century Women

Best Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sully

Other Contenders - Patriot's Day, Deepwater Horizon, Silence, Live By Night, The Jungle Book, Passengers, Hell or High Water, Jason Bourne, 13 Hours, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Star Trek Beyond, Captain America: Civil War, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Doctor Strange, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Pete's Dragon, The BFG, Moana, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Sully

Other Contenders - Patriot's Day, La La Land Silence, Live By Night, The Jungle Book, Passengers, Hell or High Water, Jason Bourne, 13 Hours, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Star Trek Beyond, Captain America: Civil War, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Doctor Strange, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Deadpool, Suicide Squad, Pete's Dragon, The BFG, Moana, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Visual Effects
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Jungle Book
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Other Contenders - Kubo and the Two Strings, Captain America: Civil War, The BFG, Passengers, Deepwater Horizon