The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its shortlists for the 2024 Oscar nominees in categories including Best Original Song and Best Original Song.
Of the 15 songs shortlisted for the Oscars for Best Original Song, three are from them Barbie: “Dance the Night” sung by Dua Lipa. “I'm Just Ken” was sung by Ryan Gosling. and “Why was I made?” Billie Eilish sang.
Also shortlisted for Best Original Song is Olivia Rodrigo for “Can't Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes; Sharon Van Etten for “Quiet Eyes” by Past Lives; Jarvis Cocker for “Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)” by Asteroid City; Jon Batiste on “It Never Went Away” by American Accord; and Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky and Roisee for “Am I Dreaming” by Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
The shortlist for Best Original Score includes; ConsistencyComposer of the Year 2023, Ludwig Göransson, who claims his work in Oppenheimer. Other contenders include the late Robbie Robertson for Killers of the Flower Moon; John Williams for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny; Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt for Barbie; Mica Levi for The Zone of Interest; and Jon Batiste for American Accord.
The finalists in each of these categories and the remaining 2024 Oscar nominees will be announced on January 23. The winners will then be awarded during the televised ceremony scheduled to take place on March 10.
Short list of best original songs
Jon Batiste – “It Never Went Away” (American Accord)
Jarvis Cocker – “Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)” (Asteroid City)
Dua Lipa – “Dance The Night” (Barbie)
Ryan Gosling – “I'm Just Ken” (Barbie)
Billie Eilish – 'Why was he made?' (Barbie)
Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – “Keep It Movin” (The Color Purple)
Fantasia – “Superpower (I)” (The Color Purple)
Becky G – “The Fire Inside” (Flamin' Hot)
Eve Hewson & Orén Kinlan – “High Life” (Flora and son)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Eve Hewson – “Meet In The Middle” (Flora and son)
Olivia Rodrigo – “Can't Catch Me Now” (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes)
Osage Tribal Singers – “Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Sharon Van Etten – “Quiet Eyes” (Past Lives)
Lenny Kravitz – “Road To Freedom” (Rustin)
Metro Boomin x A$AP Rocky x Roisee – “Am I Dreaming” (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
Shortlist of Best Original Music
Laura Karpman – American fiction
John Baptist – American Accord
Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – Barbie
Joe Hisaishi – The boy and the heron
Chris Bowers – The Color Purple
Thomas Newman – Elementary
Mark Orton – The Holdovers
John Williams – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Jerskin Fendrix – Poor
Anthony Willis – Saltburn
Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow
Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Mica Levi – The Zone of Interest