This morning, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for The 98th Academy Awards. The nominees in the music categories are as follows:
Best Original Score
Bugonia - Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein - Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet - Max Richter
One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood
Sinners - Ludwig Goransson
Best Original Song
"Dear Me" from Diane Warren: Relentless; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
"Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters; Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park
"I Lied to You" from Sinners; Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Goransson
"Sweet Dreams of Joy" from Viva Verdi; Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike
"Train Dreams" from Train Dreams; Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave
The Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC, streamed live on Hulu and airs live in more than 200 territories worldwide. A complete list of nominees for all categories is available at oscars.org.