Reznor, Dessner, Kneecap: Oscar Song, Score Shortlists Revealed

The shortlists are out for the Original Score and Original Song Oscars, and they’re packed with familiar names from the world of rock. Chief among them are Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, the oft-awarded duo who made the cut in both categories for Challengers and the song “Compress / Repress,” plus the National’s Bryce Dessner, whose score for Sing Sing was among the mentioned.

Elsewhere in Original Score, former Yuck frontman Daniel Blumberg made the list for The Brutalist, Danny Elfman for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Hans Zimmer for Blitz and Harry Gregson-Williams for Gladiator II.

In Original Song, the tally features Robbie Williams’ “Forbidden Road,” Kneecap’s “Sick in the Head” from their well-regarded self-titled doc, Maren Morris; “Kiss the Sky,” Selena Gomez’s “Mi Camino,” Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s “Never Too Late,” Lainey Wilson’s “Out of Oklahoma,” Kristen Wiig’s “Harper and Will Go West” and Pharrell Williams & Princess Anne High School Fabulous Marching Cavaliers‘ “Piece by Piece.”

The full 2025 Academy Awards noninations will be announced Jan. 17 See the full list below.

Original Score:

Aaron Zigman – The Six Triple Eight

Amelia Warner – Young Woman and the Sea

Andrea Datzman – Inside Out 2

Alberto Iglesias – The Room Next 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 Robot

Robin Carolan – Nosferatu

Tamar-kali – The Fire Inside

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Challengers

Volker Bertelmann – Conclave

John Powell & Stephen Schwartz – Wicked

Original Song

Aaron Pierre & Tiffany Boone – Tell Me It’s You (Mufasa: The Lion King)

Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander – Like a Bird (Sing Sing)

Auli‘i Cravalho Featuring Rachel House – Beyond (Moana 2)

Camille, Zoe Saldaña & Karla Sofía Gascón – El Mal (Emilia Pérez)

Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Never Too Late (Elton John: Never Too Late)

Kneecap – Sick in 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 Robot)

Pharrell Williams & Princess Anne High School Fabulous Marching Cavaliers – Piece by Piece (Piece by Piece)

Robbie Williams – Forbidden Road (Better Man)

Saoirse Ronan & Nicholas Britell – Winter Coat (Blitz)

Selena Gomez – Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez)

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Compress / Repress (Challengers)

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