The 86th Annual Academy Awards And Performances

With the 86th Annual Academy Awards kicking off tonight in celebration of the creative minds behind the film industry, we’re bringing you the musical performances and highlights from tonight’s celebrations, with everything from Pharrell‘s uplifting performance of “Happy” to revealing who claims the trophy for best sound edit, mixing and original score. As the night moves forward, so will HYPETRAK’s coverage of the oscars below:

Best Director (Nominations):
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
David O Russell – American Hustle
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese - The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Nominations):
Winner: Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Christian Bale - American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nominations):
Winner: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Meryl Streep – August Osage County

Best Supporting Actor (Nominations):
Winner: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Supporting Actress (Nominations):
Winner: Lupita Nyong’o - 12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Julia Roberts – August Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Original Song (Nominations):
Winner: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez – Let It Go (Frozen)
Pharrell Williams – Happy (Despicable Me 2)
Karen O and Spike Jonze – The Moon Song (Her)
U2 – Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom)

Best Original Score (Nominations):
Winner: Steven Price – Gravity
John Williams - The Book Thief
Win Butler and Owen Pallett – Her
Alexandre Desplat - Philomena
Thomas Newman - Saving Mr. Banks

Best Sound Editing (Nominations):
Winner: Glenn Freemantle - Gravity
Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns – All is Lost 
Oliver Tarney – Captain Phillips
Brent Burge and Chris Ward – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Wylie Stateman – Lone Survivor 

Best Sound Mixing (Nominations):
Winner: Skip Lievsay, Niv Adri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro - Gravity
Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro – Captain Phillips
Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Tony Johnson – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland - Inside Llewyn Davis
Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, David Brownlow – Lone Survivor