Oscar Shortlists in Score & Songs Categories Announced

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 12 categories for the 98th Academy Awards, including Music (Original Score and Original Song).

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Twenty scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 98th Academy Awards. One hundred thirty-two scores were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The scores, listed in alphabetical order by film title, are:
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Simon Franglen
Bugonia - Jerskin Fendrix
Captain America: Brave New World - Laura Karpman
Diane Warren: Relentless - Lesley Barber
F1 - Hans Zimmer
Frankenstein - Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet - Max Richter
Hedda - Hildur Gudnadottir
A House of Dynamite - Volker Bertelmann
Jay Kelly - Nicholas Britell
Marty Supreme - Daniel Lopatin
Nuremberg - Brian Tyler
One Battle after Another - Jonny Greenwood
Sinners - Ludwig Goransson
Sirât - Kangding Ray
Train Dreams - Bryce Dessner
Tron: Ares - Nine Inch Nails
Truth & Treason - Aaron Zigman
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - Nathan Johnson
Wicked: For Good - John Powell & Stephen Schwartz

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Fifteen songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 98th Academy Awards. Sixty-five songs were eligible in the category. Members of the Music Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees.

The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:
"As Alive As You Need Me To Be" from Tron: Ares
"Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless
"Dream As One" from Avatar: Fire and Ash
"Drive" from F1
"Dying To Live" from Billy Idol Should Be Dead
"The Girl In The Bubble" from Wicked: For Good
"Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters
"Highest 2 Lowest" from Highest 2 Lowest
"I Lied To You" from Sinners
"Last Time (I Seen The Sun)" from Sinners
"No Place Like Home" from Wicked: For Good
"Our Love" from The Ballad of Wallis Island
"Salt Then Sour Then Sweet" from Come See Me in the Good Light
"Sweet Dreams Of Joy" from Viva Verdi!
"Train Dreams" from Train Dreams

Nominations voting begins on Monday, January 12, 2026, and concludes on Friday, January 16, 2026, and nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2026.