The Academy Awards have announced its 2026 shortlist for 12 categories, including Best Original Song and Best Original Score. Among the 15 potential Song nominees, Nine Inch Nails, Ed Sheeran, Miley Cyrus, and one of those earworms from KPop Demon Hunters all made the initial cut. Original Score selections include composers Jerskin Fendrix for Bugonia, Alexandre Desplat for Frankenstein, and Oneohtrix Point Never’s Daniel Lopatin for Marty Supreme, alongside 17 additional picks. You can check out the music entries below. The full shortlist can be found here.
The final nominations for the 98th Academy Awards will be announced Thursday, January 2. You can find out who wins when the ceremony premieres on ABC on March 15.
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Bugonia
Captain America: Brave New World
Diane Warren: Relentless
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Hedda
A House of Dynamite
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
Nuremberg
One Battle after Another
Sinners
Sirât
Train Dreams
Tron: Ares
Truth and Treason
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wicked: For Good
Music (Original Song)
“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from Tron: Ares (Nine Inch Nails)
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (Kesha)
“Dream As One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash (Miley Cyrus)
“Drive” from F1 (Ed Sheeran)
“Dying To Live” from Billy Idol Should Be Dead (Billy Idol)
“The Girl In The Bubble” from Wicked: For Good (Ariana Grande)
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami)
“Highest 2 Lowest” from Highest 2 Lowest (Aiyana-Lee)
“I Lied To You” from Sinners (Miles Caton)
“Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from Sinners (Miles Caton and Alice Smith)
“No Place Like Home” from Wicked: For Good (Cynthia Erivo)
“Our Love” from The Ballad of Wallis Island (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan)
“Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from Come See Me in the Good Light (Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile)
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi! (Ana María Martínez)
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams (Nick Cave)
