While final 12 months’s Oscar unique track brief checklist was dominated by pop stars corresponding to Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo, this 12 months’s lineup is stuffed with a number of ditties from musically themed motion pictures corresponding to Emila Perez, Moana 2, The Lion King, Piece by Piece to call just a few with Oscar vets corresponding to Diane Warren, Nicholas Britell and extra eyeing a possible return to the Dolby Theatre on March 2.
Today, AMPAS cleared 15 songs as finalists for Oscar’s unique track class which shall be whittled down to 5 when nominations are introduced on Jan. 17, 2025.
The most eyebrow-raising snub in unique track by the Academy goes to the Miley Cyrus finish credit tune “Beautiful This Way” from Roadside Attractions’ Pamala Anderson comeback The Last Showgirl. The Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt-penned track is nominated on the Golden Globes. Note the Disney Channel alum Cyrus has but to be nominated on the Oscars.
Not included on this 12 months’s shortlist are any songs from the highest-grossing Broadway musical film ever on the home field workplace, Wicked. That’s as a result of there weren’t any new tunes written for Part One. But when Wicked: For Good opens subsequent Thanksgiving there shall be two new songs within the Jon M. Chu directed characteristic.
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It wouldn’t be Oscar season with out Diane Warren, and the Grammy, Emmy and 2x Golden Globe winner has a shot at her sixteenth Original Song nomination for the top credit track “The Journey” from Tyler Perry’s Netflix film The Six Triple Eight carried out by H.E.R. While Warren nonetheless has but to win an unique track Oscar, she was lauded with a Governors Award Oscar. Six Triple Eight follows the ladies who delivered mail in Europe throughout World War II. Warren mentioned at Deadline’s Sound and Screen live performance that H.E.R. “acquired very emotional” when the songwriter first performed the track for her. “We all have our personal journey. No journey’s simple,” mentioned Warren in regards to the tune’s significance within the film.
Other potential returning Oscar vets embrace unique track winner Elton John along with his finish credit tune “Never Too Late” for the R.J Cutler directed Disney+ documentary in regards to the legendary singer, Elton John: Never Too Late. “Never Too Late” was carried out and co-written by John and Brandi Carlile, and in addition written by Andrew Att. John received the unique track Oscar for “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from 1994’s The Lion King.
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There’s additionally the Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross penned and carried out track “Compress/Repress” from Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers. If cleared, it will rep the primary unique track nomination for the movie duo who have already got two trophies for scoring Soul and The Social Network.
There’s additionally the Nineteen Forties love track “Winter Coat” from Blitz written by filmmaker Steve McQueen, musician Taura Stinson and 3x Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell. It’s carried out by Saoirse Ronan within the WWII pic, through which she performs a younger mom looking for her son who has gone lacking throughout Germany’s bombing of London. In one scene, she is chosen to sing for a reside BBC wartime radio broadcast and performs this light however defiant track.
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Pharrell can also be a earlier 2x Oscar nominee for the Despicable Me unique track “Happy” and as a producer for 2017 Best Picture nominee Hidden Figures. He’s probably within the working for the title track from the Focus Features Lego documentary about his life Piece by Piece.
Showing up with higher odds of getting nominated than every other title on right now’s checklist is “El Mal” from Netflix’s Emilia Perez. It was carried out by Zoe Saldana’s legal lawyer protag within the movie in a sequence the place she calls out the pretend wealthy individuals at a charity operate. There’s additionally “Mi Camino” carried out by Selena Gomez’s drug lord partner character, who’s embracing her id amid life’s challenges. Camille and Clement Ducol penned the songs within the Jacques Audiard directed film which continues to burn a path since its 11-minute standing ovation and Jury Prize and Best Actress ensemble win on the Cannes Film Festival.
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Coursing towards a doable EGOT as soon as once more is Lin-Manuel Miranda along with his track “Tell Me It’s You” carried out by Mufasa (Aaron Pierre) and Sarabi (Tiffany Boone) within the Disney prequel Mufasa. Miranda is a 2x Oscar nominee in unique track for 2022’s “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto and 2017’s “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana.
Speaking of Moana, the sequel’s new songwriters, The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical architects Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear, are probably touchdown their first Oscar nom for “Beyond,” sung by Moana herself, Auli’ Cravalho.
And there have been a slew of first-time nominees this 12 months:
- Sean Douglas and Josh Greenbaum, co-scribes on the bouncy Kristen Wiig guitar strum “Harper and Will Go West” from the Netflix documentary Will & Harper. Wiig, a former unique screenplay Oscar nominee for Bridesmaids, co-wrote and performs the track.
- “Sick within the Head” by the Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap from the film named after them, Kneecap
- The Jim Croce-sounding folks guitar-infused “Forbidden Road” by Robbie Williams for his avant-garde biopic Better Man from Paramount.
- “Like a Bird” from A24’s Sing Sing with music and lyrics and efficiency by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
- “Kiss the Sky” from DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot, carried out by Marren Morris with music and lyrics by Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi, Delacey, Stefan & Jordan Johnson. The track performs in the course of the film over a 6½-minute stretch; primarily the DNA of Wild Robot.
- The Lainey Wilson nation hit “Out Of Oklahoma” from Twisters, which Wilson wrote with Shane McAnally and Luke Dick. The monitor additionally has two Grammy noms together with Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Wilson is a CMA Entertainer of the Year winner and present holder of Grammy’s Country Album of the Year.
