The shortlists for the 2025 Academy Awards’ music classes are right here. The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences named Daniel Blumberg, Bryce Dessner, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Hans Zimmer among the many potential nominees for Finest Authentic Rating. Reznor and Ross are additionally Finest Authentic Tune nominees, as are Maren Morris, Pharrell Williams, and extra. See the shortlists beneath.
Within the Finest Authentic Rating class, Reznor and Ross (Challengers) and former Yuck frontperson Blumberg (The Brutalist) are joined on the shortlist by the Nationwide’s Bryce Dessner (Sing Sing), perennial nominees Danny Elfman (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and Hans Zimmer (Blitz), 2023 winner Volker Bertelmann (Conclave), and others.
Maren Morris and her co-writers are in search of nomination for Finest Authentic Tune the Wild Robotic tune “Kiss the Sky.” Pharrell Williams made the shortlist for the title tune to his Piece by Piece film. There are additionally a number of songs on the shortlist from Emilia Pérez: Clément Ducol and Camille wrote the tune “El Mal” for performers Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón, and “Mi Camino” for Selena Gomez.
Together with the music classes, the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences launched the shortlist for Finest Documentary Characteristic Movie. Included within the batch is director Gary Hustwit’s documentary Eno.
The nominees for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards had been lately revealed, and there’s overlap with the Academy Awards shortlists. All however one of many Finest Authentic Rating – Movement Image nominees are on the Oscars shortlist, with the lone holdout being Dune: Half Two. That movie was scored by Hans Zimmer, who’s as a substitute being thought of for Blitz.
As for the songs, just one Golden Globe nominee just isn’t on the Academy Awards shortlist, and that’s Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li, and Andrew Wyatt’s Final Showgirl tune “Stunning That Method.”
The 2025 Academy Awards happen on Sunday, March 2, on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Conan O’Brien will host.
Music (Authentic Rating)
Aaron Zigman – The Six Triple Eight
Amelia Warner – Younger Girl and the Sea
Andrea Datzman – Inside Out 2
Alberto Iglesias – The Room Subsequent Door
Benjamin Wallfisch – Alien: Romulus
Bryce Dessner – Sing Sing
Chanda Dancy – Blink Twice
Clément Ducol & Camille – Emilia Pérez
Cristobal Tapia de Veer – Babygirl
Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist
Danny Elfman – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Hans Zimmer – Blitz
Harry Gregson-Williams – Gladiator II
John Cardon Debney – Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
Kris Bowers – The Wild Robotic
Robin Carolan – Nosferatu
Tamar-kali – The Fireplace Inside
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers
Volker Bertelmann – Conclave
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz – Depraved
Music (Authentic Tune)
Aaron Pierre & Tiffany Boone – Inform Me It’s You (Mufasa: The Lion King)
Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander – Like a Hen (Sing Sing)
Auli‘i Cravalho That includes Rachel Home – Past (Moana 2)
Camille, Zoe Saldaña & Karla Sofía Gascón – El Mal (Emilia Pérez)
Elton John & Brandi Carlile – By no means Too Late (Elton John: By no means Too Late)
Kneecap – Sick within the Head (Kneecap)
Kristen Wiig – Harper and Will Go West (Will & Harper)
Lainey Wilson – Out of Oklahoma (Twisters)
Maren Morris – Kiss the Sky (The Wild Robotic)
Pharrell Williams & Princess Anne Excessive Faculty Fabulous Marching Cavaliers – Piece by Piece (Piece by Piece)
Robbie Williams – Forbidden Highway (Higher Man)
Saoirse Ronan & Nicholas Britell – Winter Coat (Blitz)
Selena Gomez – Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez)
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Compress / Repress (Challengers)
