On Thursday the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards are announced, and along with the names Quentin Tarantino, Ben Affleck and Steven Spielberg could be Adele and Arcade Fire.

The Oscar categories of Best Original Song and Best Original Score tend to fly under the radar, as does some of the music that artists or bands compose for movies. Did anyone realize that Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs made a song for “Frankenweenie” or that Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead composed “The Master” score?

Here are some of the musicians or bands that might be at Oscar night in Feburary:

Be sure to check back after the announcements for Reverb’s predictions for who should win.

Best Original Song

“Abraham’s Daughter” — Arcade Fire from “Hunger Games”

“Skyfall” — Adele from “Skyfall”

“Dull Tool” — Fiona Apple from “This is 40″

“Strange Love” — Karen O from “Frankenweenie”

“Breath of Life” — Florence + the Machine from “Snow White and the Huntsman”

The musicians who could get Best Original Score nominations >>

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