The 98th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was held on March 15th at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with the music performed and prepared by AFM members listed below. Their work brings the Academy Awards to life with great music!
The photo of the orchestra was taken during pre-records on the Warner Brothers Stage by Gayle Levant.
| MUSICAL DIRECTOR | MICHAEL BEARDEN |
| REEDS | DAN HIGGINS |
| JEFF DRISKILL | |
| JACOB SCESNEY | |
| GLEN BERGER | |
| SAL LOZANO | |
| TRUMPETS | WAYNE BERGERON |
| DAN FORNERO | |
| AARON JANIK | |
| TROMBONES | ANDY MARTIN |
| ALEX ILES | |
| BYRON SLEUGH | |
| KEYBOARDS | JOSH NELSON |
| KEYBOARDS | DAVE DELHOMME |
| DRUMS | DONALD BARRETT |
| GUITAR | DEAN PARKS |
| GUITAR | ANDREW SYNOWIEC |
| PERCUSSION | WADE CULBREATH |
| PERCUSSION | BASHIRI JOHNSON |
| HORNS | LAURA BRENES |
| DYLAN SKYE HART | |
| STEVEN BECKNELL | |
| HARP | GAYLE LEVANT |
| CONCERTMASTER | CHARLIE BISHARAT |
| VIOLINS | GRACE OH |
| MARK CARGILL | |
| SONGA LEE | |
| DAPHNE CHEN | |
| KYLE GILNER | |
| ALYSSA PARK | |
| SHALINI VIJAYAN | |
| NATALIE LEGGETT | |
| WYNTON GRANT | |
| JULIETTE JONES | |
| VIOLAS | LUKE MAURER |
| LEAH KATZ | |
| LYNNE RICHBURG | |
| CELLOS | GIOVANNA CLAYTON |
| TIMOTHY LOO | |
| ADRIENNE WOODS | |
| ARRANGERS | TIMOTHY DAVIES |
| GREGORY JAMROCK | |
| JEREMY LEVY | |
| ABRAHAM LIBBOS | |
| KATYA RICHARDSON | |
| CHRISTIAN WALDEN | |
| COPYISTS | JUAN ARBOLEDA |
| MAXWELL FOURMY | |
| DANIEL GOLD | |
| GREGORY JAMROCK | |
| MICHAEL KALLIN | |
| ABRAHAM LIBBOS | |
| NAOMI SATO | |
| CHRISTIAN WALDEN | |
| JULIANN XU | |
| JOSEF ZIMMERMAN | |
| ORCHESTRA CONTRACTOR | KIMBERLEE WERTZ |