Songs by Elton John, Lainey Wilson, Pharrell, and multiple other tracks from the movie Emelia Pérez have been shortlisted for the Oscars’ Best Original Song.
The Oscars’ Best Original Song shortlist is out and songs made by Pharrell, John Elton, and Lainey Wilson have made it to the list. Pharrell’s ‘Piece by Piece’, the title track from the animated film Lego biopic has made the cut. The list also includes Elton John’s ‘Never Too Late’, seen in his recent documentary. This song is co-written by Brandi Carlile. This year is hopeful for Lainey Wilson too as ‘Out of Oklahoma’, co-written with Luke Dick and Shane McAnally for the album Twisters has also made it to the list.
The Oscar’s Best Original Song shortlist also included two songs from Emilia Pérez, ‘El Mal’ and ‘Mi Comino’. Both of these tracks have also been nominated for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes recently. The two tracks were written by the film’s core musical team, Clément Ducol and Camille, and writer-director Jacque Audiard also contributed to ‘El Mal’.
A total of 15 tracks were shortlisted for the Oscar Best Original Song and the list includes ‘Compress/Repress’ by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from Challengers, ‘Forbidden Road’ by Robbie Williams for the upcoming biopic Better Man, and ‘Tell Me It’s You’ by Lin-Manuel Miranda from Mufasa. The seasoned Oscar hopeful Diane Warren is running once again for the award this year and his ‘The Journey’ from Tyler Perry’s new WWII drama, The Six Triple Eight has been shortlisted as well. Warren has already been nominated in the same category 15 times. Although the musician has never won a competitive Oscar, she received an Honorary Award in 2022.
Another exciting song that made it to the shortlist was ‘Sick in the Head’ by the eminent Belfast rap trio Kneecap from their slightly fictionalized biopic. Kristen Wiig snuck onto the list with ‘Harper and Will Go West’, which she co-wrote for Will Ferrell and Harper Steele’s doc, Will and Harper. Maren Morris was another exhilarating name on the list who was shortlisted as a co-writer on the ‘Kiss the Sky’ from The Wild Robot.
Not just Best Original Song, but the Oscars has released several shortlists today including Best International Film, Documentary, Animated and Live Action Best Makeup, Visual Effects, and Sound. The full Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song is below.
Oscar’s Best Original Song Shortlist
‘Forbidden Road’ from Better Man – Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek
Winter Coat’ from Blitz – Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen and Taura Stinson
‘Compress/Repress’ from Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
‘Never Too Late’ from Elton John: Never Too Late – Elton John and Brandi Carlile
‘El Mal’ from Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
‘Mi Camino’ from Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol and Camille
‘Sick in the Head’ from Kneecap – Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí, Adrian Louis Richard Mcleod, and Toddla T
‘Beyond’ from Moana 2 – Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear
‘Tell Me It’s You’ from Mufasa: The Lion King – Lin-Manuel Miranda
‘Piece by Piece’ from Piece by Piece – Pharrell Williams
‘Like a Bird’ from Sing Sing – Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel and Adrian Quesada
‘The Journey’ from The Six Triple Eight – Diane Warren
‘Out of Oklahoma’ from Twisters – Lainey Wilson, Luke Dick and Shane McAnally
‘Kiss the Sky’ from The Wild Robot – Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack and Ali Tamposi
‘Harper And Will Go West’ from Will & Harper – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig and Josh Greenbaum
The official nominees for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced on January 7th, 2025. The show will be held on March 2nd, 2025.
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