The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 96th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced on January 23, 2024 and the awards show will be held on March 10.
Fifteen scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 96th Academy Awards. 148 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:
“American Fiction” – Laura Karpman
“American Symphony” – Jon Batiste
“Barbie” – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt
“The Boy and the Heron” – Joe Hisaishi
“The Color Purple” – Kris Bowers
“Elemental” – Thomas Newman
“The Holdovers” – Mark Orton
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” – John Williams
“Killers of the Flower Moon” – Robbie Robertson
“Oppenheimer” – Ludwig Goransson
“Poor Things” – Jerskin Fendrix
“Saltburn” – Anthony Willis
“Society of the Snow” – Michael Giacchino
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – Daniel Pemberton
“The Zone of Interest” – Mica Levi
Fifteen songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 96th Academy Awards. 94 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:
“It Never Went Away” from “American Symphony”
“Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)” from “Asteroid City”
“Dance The Night” from “Barbie”
“I’m Just Ken” from “Barbie”
“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”
“Keep It Movin’” from “The Color Purple”
“Superpower (I)” from “The Color Purple”
“The Fire Inside” from “Flamin’ Hot”
“High Life” from “Flora and Son”
“Meet In The Middle” from “Flora and Son”
“Can’t Catch Me Now” from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”
“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from “Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Quiet Eyes” from “Past Lives”
“Road To Freedom” from “Rustin”
“Am I Dreaming” from “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
