Golden Globe Winner Predictions: Best Original Score

The competition: Abel Korzeniowski (A Single Man), James Horner (Avatar), Marvin Hamlisch (The Informant!), Michael Giacchino (Up), and Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek (Where the Wild Things Are)

For your information: Horner has five previous scoring nods, and won for his last James Cameron collaboration, “Titanic.” Hamlisch has two score nominations but has won twice for his songwriting. All of the other nominees are first-timers.

Who should win: Korzeniowski, hands down.

Who will win: Maybe “Where the Wild Things Are,” but I’ll go with my pick,
A Single Man.