Film Music Reporter

This morning, the nominations for the 98th Academy Awards were announced. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of the last year will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 15, 2026 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live in the U.S. on the ABC Television Network, streamed live on Hulu and in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Here are the music-related nominations:

Original Score

Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Sinners  – Ludwig Göransson

Original Song

Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren)
Golden from KPop Demon Hunters (Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park)
I Lied to You from Sinners (Music and Lyric by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson)
Sweet Dreams of Joy from Viva Verdi (Music and Lyric by Nicholas Pike)
Train Dreams from Train Dreams (Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyric by Nick Cave)

Among the score composers, Jerskin Fendrix received his second nomination, Alexandre Desplat (previous winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water) received his twelfth nomination, Jonny Greenwood received his third nomination and Ludwig Göransson (previous winner for Black Panther & Oppenheimer) received his third nomination. Max Richter is the only first time nominee.