The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the shortlists for several categories for the 94th Academy Awards, including Original Score and Original Song. The shortlisted scores and songs are listed in alphabetical order below. The nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be announced on February 8, 2022 and the awards show will be held on March 27.
Fifteen scores will advance in the Original Score category for the 94th Academy Awards. 136 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:
“Being the Ricardos” – Daniel Pemberton
“Candyman” – Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.
“Don’t Look Up” – Nicholas Britell
“Dune” – Hans Zimmer
“Encanto” – Germaine Franco
“The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun” – Alexandre Desplat
“The Green Knight” – Daniel Hart
“The Harder They Fall” – Jeymes Samuel
“King Richard” – Kris Bowers
“The Last Duel” – Harry Gregson-Williams
“No Time to Die” – Hans Zimmer
“Parallel Mothers” – Alberto Iglesias
“The Power of the Dog” – Jonny Greenwood
“Spencer” – Jonny Greenwood
“The Tragedy of Macbeth” – Carter Burwell
Fifteen songs will advance in the Original Song category for the 94th Academy Awards. 84 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:
“So May We Start?” from “Annette”
“Down To Joy” from “Belfast”
“Right Where I Belong” from “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road”
“Automatic Woman” from “Bruised”
“Dream Girl” from “Cinderella”
“Beyond The Shore” from “CODA”
“The Anonymous Ones” from “Dear Evan Hansen”
“Just Look Up” from “Don’t Look Up”
“Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”
“Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”
“Guns Go Bang” from “The Harder They Fall”
“Be Alive” from “King Richard”
“No Time To Die” from “No Time to Die”
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from “Respect”
“Your Song Saved My Life” from “Sing 2”
