Best Original Score (Drama/Fantasy)
Angelo Badalamenti, Dark Water
Alexandre Desplat, Syriana
Harry Gregson-Williams, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Gustavo Santaolalla, Brokeback Mountain*
John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Original Score (Musical/Comedy)
Steve Arglia, The Thing About My Folks
Danny Elfman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dario Marianelli, Pride & Prejudice*
Barrington Pheloung, Shopgirl
John Powell, Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Best Cinematography
Dion Beebe, Memoirs of a Geisha
Emmanuel Lubezki, The New World
Wally Pfister, Batman Begins
Rodrigo Prieto, Brokeback Mountain*
Nancy Schreiber, November

Best Art Direction
William Chang, 2046
Nathan Crowley, Batman Begins
Grant Major, King Kong
John Myhre, Memoirs of a Geisha*
Graham Walker, House of Wax

Best Costume Design (Period)
Marit Allen, Brokeback Mountain
Colleen Atwood, Memoirs of a Geisha*
Jenny Beavan, Casanova
Jacqueline Durran, Pride & Prejudice
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh, Breakfast on Pluto

Best Costume Design (Contemporary)
Louise Frogley, Syriana*
Michael Kaplan, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Gabriella Pescucci, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nina Proctor, Sin City
Nancy Steiner, Shopgirl

Best Editing
Jeff Betancourt, The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Michael Kahn, Munich*
Walter Murch, Jarhead
Robert Rodriguez, Sin City
Hughes Winborne, Crash

Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong*
Sin City
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds

Best Makeup Design
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe*
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Land of the Dead
Memoirs of a Geisha
Sin City

Best Sound
The Exorcism of Emily Rose*
King Kong
Sin City
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds

Best Sound Editing
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
King Kong*
Kung Fu Hustle
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds

Best Original Song
"Dreamer" - Dreamer
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" - Brokeback Mountain*
"One Little Slip" – Chicken Little
"Remains of the Day" – Corpse Bride
"Same in Any Language" – Elizabethtown
"These Days" – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants