Film Music Reporter

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 93rd Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards will be announced on March 15, 2021 and the awards show will be held on April 25. 

Fifteen scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 93rd Academy Awards. One hundred thirty-six 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:

“Ammonite” – Dustin O’Halloran & Volker Bertelmann
“Blizzard of Souls” – Lolita Ritmanis
“Da 5 Bloods” – Terence Blanchard
“The Invisible Man” – Benjamin Wallfisch
“Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” -John Debney
“The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)” – Gabriel Yared
“The Little Things” – Thomas Newman
“Mank” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“The Midnight Sky” – Alexandre Desplat
“Minari” – Emile Mosseri
“Mulan” – Harry Gregson-Williams
“News of the World” – James Newton Howard
“Soul” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
“Tenet” – Ludwig Goransson
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” – Daniel Pemberton

Fifteen songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 93rd Academy Awards. Seventy-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 and song title:

“Turntables” from “All In: The Fight for Democracy”
“See What You’ve Done” from “Belly of the Beast”
“Wuhan Flu” from “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
“Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”
“Never Break” from “Giving Voice”
“Make It Work” from “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”
“Fight For You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”
“lo Sì (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)”
“Rain Song” from “Minari”
“Show Me Your Soul” from “Mr. Soul!”
“Loyal Brave True” from “Mulan”
“Free” from “The One and Only Ivan”
“Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami…”
“Green” from “Sound of Metal”
“Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7”