The shortlists are out for the Original Score and Original Song Oscars, and they’re packed with familiar names from the world of rock. Chief among them are Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the oft-awarded duo who made the cut in both categories for Challengers and the song “Compress / Repress,” plus the National’s Bryce Dessner, whose score for Sing Sing was among the mentioned.
Elsewhere in Original Score, former Yuck frontman Daniel Blumberg made the list for The Brutalist, Danny Elfman for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Hans Zimmer for Blitz and Harry Gregson-Williams for Gladiator II.
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In Original Song, the tally features Robbie Williams’ “Forbidden Road,” Kneecap’s “Sick in the Head” from their well-regarded self-titled doc, Maren Morris; “Kiss the Sky,” Selena Gomez’s “Mi Camino,” Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s “Never Too Late,” Lainey Wilson’s “Out of Oklahoma,” Kristen Wiig’s “Harper and Will Go West” and Pharrell Williams & Princess Anne High School Fabulous Marching Cavaliers‘ “Piece by Piece.”
The full 2025 Academy Awards noninations will be announced Jan. 17 See the full list below.
Original Score:
Aaron Zigman – The Six Triple Eight
Amelia Warner – Young Woman and the Sea
Andrea Datzman – Inside Out 2
Alberto Iglesias – The Room Next Door
Benjamin Wallfisch – Alien: Romulus
Bryce Dessner – Sing Sing
Chanda Dancy – Blink Twice
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
Cristobal Tapia de Veer – Babygirl
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Danny Elfman – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hans Zimmer – Blitz
Harry Gregson-Williams – Gladiator II
John Cardon Debney – Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot
Robin Carolan – Nosferatu
Tamar-kali – The Fire Inside
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz – Wicked
Original Song
Aaron Pierre & Tiffany Boone – Tell Me It’s You (Mufasa: The Lion King)
Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander – Like a Bird (Sing Sing)
Auli‘i Cravalho Featuring Rachel House – Beyond (Moana 2)
Camille, Zoe Saldaña & Karla Sofía Gascón – El Mal (Emilia Pérez)
Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late)
Kneecap – Sick in the Head (Kneecap)
Kristen Wiig – Harper and Will Go West (Will & Harper)
Lainey Wilson – Out of Oklahoma (Twisters)
Maren Morris – Kiss the Sky (The Wild Robot)
Pharrell Williams & Princess Anne High School Fabulous Marching Cavaliers – Piece by Piece (Piece by Piece)
Robbie Williams – Forbidden Road (Better Man)
Saoirse Ronan & Nicholas Britell – Winter Coat (Blitz)
Selena Gomez – Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Compress / Repress (Challengers)
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