“A Star Is Born,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “Black Panther” and “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” are among the films that remain in the running in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Best Original Song and Best Original Score categories, which revealed their shortlists on Monday.
In the Original Song category, where “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” is the presumed frontrunner, other songs on the 15-film shortlist include Kendrick Lamar’s “All the Stars” from “Black Panther,” Dolly Parton’s “Girl in the Movies” from “Dumplin’,” Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings’ “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” and two Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman songs from “Mary Poppins Returns,” “The Place Where Lost Things Go” and “Trip a Little Light Fantastic.”
Other song contenders include Diane Warren for “I’ll Fight” from “RBG,” Boots Riley’s “OYAHYTT” from “Sorry to Bother You,” Quincy Jones’ “Keep Reachin'” from “Quincy” and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s “Suspirium” from “Suspiria.”
Alan Menken, who has won more Oscars than any other living person for his music to animated Disney films, is back with another nomination with the “Ralph Breaks the Internet” anthem “A Place Called Slaughter Race,” a song specifically patterned after many of his other Disney princess songs.
Songwriter and producer Mark Ronson had a hand in two of the shortlisted songs, “Shallow” and “Keep Reachin’.”
In the Original Score category, three of the movies that also received song nominations repeated: “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (Carter Burwell) “Black Panther” (Ludwig Goransson) and “Mary Poppins Returns” (Shaiman). Other nominated scored included “BlacKkKlansman,” “First Man,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Isle of Dogs.”
For the first time ever, the Academy didn’t systematically dole out the shortlists of films that remain in contention. Instead, they dropped all the lists at once in a single press release that trimmed the fields in Best Documentary Feature, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Song and six other categories.
The full list of Oscar nominees will be announced on Jan. 22.
Below are the short lists for Original Song and Original Score:
Music (Original Song)
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Treasure” from “Beautiful Boy”
“All The Stars” from “Black Panther”
“Revelation” from “Boy Erased”
“Girl In The Movies” from “Dumplin'”
“We Won’t Move” from “The Hate U Give”
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
“Trip A Little Light Fantastic” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
“Keep Reachin'” from “Quincy”
“I’ll Fight” from “RBG”
“A Place Called Slaughter Race” from “Ralph Breaks the Internet”
“OYAHYTT” from “Sorry to Bother You”
“Shallow” from “A Star Is Born”
“Suspirium” from “Suspiria”
“The Big Unknown” from “Widows”
Music (Original Score)
“Annihilation”
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Death of Stalin”
“Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
“First Man”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“A Quiet Place”
“Ready Player One”
“Vice”
The Scene at TheWrap's Oscars Best Original Song Contenders Panel (Photos)
Here are photos from the scene at TheWrap's Best Original Song Contenders Panel 2018 ahead of the 2019 Oscars race, with Diane Warren, Boots Riley, Drew Pearson, Keegan DeWitt, Sounwave, Aoife O'Donovan, Phil Johnston, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The event was presented by Dolby Laboratories.
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Guests line up in front of the Dolby Screening Room Hollywood Vine.
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Panelists at TheWrap's Oscars Best Original Song Contenders event pose together on the red carpet.
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Dolby's Jennifer Bowcock and TheWrap founder Sharon Waxman pose on the red carpet.
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Left to right, "Ralph Breaks the Internet" co-director and co-lyricist Phil Johnston with his co-lyricist Tom MacDougall and with songwriter and AMPAS member Allan Rich on the red carpet.
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"Ralph Breaks the Internet" songwriter Phil Johnston, "Boy Erased" songwriter Brett Leland McLaughlin and "On the Basis of Sex" songwriter Drew Pearson pose for a photo together.
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Dolby's Jennifer Bowcock and "RBG" songwriter Diane Warren line up on the red carpet.
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"Sorry to Bother You" director and songwriter Boots Riley arrives on the red carpet.
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TheWrap founder Sharon Waxman, "RBG" songwriter Diane Warren and Christine La Monte pose for a photo.
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"Mary Poppins Returns" songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman arrive on the red carpet.
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Panelists arrive at TheWrap's Oscars Best Original Song Contenders event.
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Guests mingle at the opening reception.
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Guests and panelists take their seats in the Dolby Screening Room.
TheWrap's Awards Editor Steve Pond moderates the panel.
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Diane Warren takes the mic on the panel.
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"Sorry to Bother You" songwriter Boots Riley takes the mic on the panel.
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"Here Comes the Change" songwriter Drew Pearson takes the mic on the panel to talk about his song with Kesha from "On the Basis of Sex."
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"Everything Must Go" songwriter Keegan DeWitt speaks on the panel about the film "Hearts Beat Loud."
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Producer Sounwave fist bumps songwriter Diane Warren as the panel kicks off.
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The audience listens during the panel discussion.
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"Revelation" songwriter Brett Leland McLaughlin speaks on the panel about the film "Boy Erased."
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Songwriter Sounwave discusses his work with Kendrick Lamar for the "Black Panther" song "All the Stars."
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"What They Had" songwriter Aoife O'Donovan talks about her song "Are You There" on the panel.
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"Ralph Breaks the Internet" director and songwriter Phil Johnston speaks on the panel about the song "A Place Called Slaughter Race."
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The audience at the panel.
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Marc Shaiman explains how he felt the weight of responsibility in writing songs for "Mary Poppins Returns."
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"Mary Poppins Returns" songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman speak on the panel.
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The panel takes a question from the audience.
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"Mary Poppins Returns" songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman take a picture after the panel discussion.
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TheWrap founder Sharon Waxman and "RBG" songwriter Diane Warren share a selfie.
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Diane Warren, Boots Riley, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Sounwave and more were on hand for event presented by Dolby Laboratories
Here are photos from the scene at TheWrap's Best Original Song Contenders Panel 2018 ahead of the 2019 Oscars race, with Diane Warren, Boots Riley, Drew Pearson, Keegan DeWitt, Sounwave, Aoife O'Donovan, Phil Johnston, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The event was presented by Dolby Laboratories.