Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and The Weeknd are among the nominees for Best Song at the Oscars, following the announcement of today’s music shortlist, and will star at the Academy Awards on March 12. It could be an evening of interspersed music.
15 songs and 15 scores from the 2022 films were selected by the 389 voting members of the Oscar’s music division. But the score department made history, with two women and her three African-American composers on the list.
The Music Division will vote again in January to select five nominees in each category.
Taylor Swift finally has a potential Oscar nomination for her song “Carolina” from “Where Crowdad Sings,” and Rihanna scores for her song “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” was able to attach Gaga, who already won an Oscar for “Shallow” from 2018’s A Star Is Born, was able to score again with the anthem “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick.”
The Weeknd is a strong contender for Avatar: The Way of Water’s ending title track, “Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength),” while David Byrne is a leading contender for “Everything Everyday.” A candidate for “This Is a Life” from “Where All At”. one time. “The Weeknd would be nominated for the first time if selected in the final round of voting that begins January 12, but Byrne is already an Oscar winner (as co-writer of the score for 1987’s The Last Emperor).
Selena Gomez could be on final list of title songs for documentary ‘My Mind and Me’, Di Miles on ‘Stand Up’ from ‘Till’, Gibeon on ‘Time’ from ‘Amsterdam’ was.
Diane Warren, who recently won an honorary Oscar for her film songwriting career, is in the competitive slot with “Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman.” She’s not hiding the fact that she wants a statuette of her buddy for her newly acquired little gold man.
A lighthearted dance number is represented by three examples. ‘Naatu Naatu’ from the Indian Telugu epic ‘RRR’. LCD Soundsystem’s ‘New Body Rumba’ from the ‘White Noise’ finale. “Good Afternoon” was sung by Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds in the holiday comedy musical Spirited, with past Oscar-winners Benji Pasek and Justin Paul (“La La Land”) among his three other songwriters. I am writing with
The moving “Ciao Papa” from “Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro” and the “Til Pappa” from “A Man Called Otto” by film producer, actress and songwriter Rita Wilson (duet with Sebastian Yatra). You Are Home” is on the list. She is famous for singing “Dos Ologitas” from “Encanto”).
Perhaps the most surprising entry on the list, the only other documentary-cited one, aside from Selena Gomez’s entry, is “Dust & Ash” from the movie The Voice of Dust & Ash, where the song A pop duet with writer J. Ralph. Jazz star Norah Jones.
Notable nominees who weren’t shortlisted included last year’s Oscar winners (James Bond song “No Time to Die”) Billie Eilish and Phineas, and “Nobody Like U” from “Turning Red”. ‘ was considered likely. ‘Love Is Not Love’ from ‘Bros’ and ‘Ready as I’ll Never Be’ from the documentary ‘The Return of Tanya Tucker featuring Brandi Carlile’.
This year’s score list was a triumph for diversity. ‘Women Talking’ by Hildur Guznadottir and ‘Devotion’ by Chanda Dansi. Dancy is one of her three African-American composers shortlisted. Michael Abels in “No” and Terrence Blanchard in “The Woman King” are others.
If Dancy is nominated, she would be the first black female composer to make the top five.
Guðnadóttir is one of five past Oscar winners. The Icelandic composer won the 2019 ‘Joker’. John Williams (“Jaws,” “E.T.”), 90, is poised to score his 53rd nomination for Steven Spielberg’s “Favellman.” Other past winners include Justin Hurwitz (“La La Land”) for “Babylon”, Ludwig Goransson (“Black Panther”) for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and Guillermo Dell of Alexandre Desplat (“The Shape of Water”). Pinocchio from Toro. ”
Five previous Academy Award nominees were also named: Volker Bertelmann (The Lion) for the German film Serenity on the Western Front, Carter Burwell (The Carol) for The Banshee of Inisherin, and John Powell. (“How To Training”). Your Dragon”) is “Don’t Worry Darling”, Nicholas Britell (“Moonlight”) is “She Said” and Blanchard (“Da 5 Bloods”) is “Woman King”.
Composers hoping to get their first Oscar nominations include Simon Frangren for “Avatar: Path of Water,” Dancy for “Devotion,” Abels for “Nope,” and “Glass Onion: Knife Out.”・Mysteries” includes Nathan Johnson. An entry on the list is the music from Son Lux’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
Son Lux is an experimental band of three (Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang), and it’s rare for an Oscar to nominate three writers for a single score — except Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon. Batiste was not only nominated, but won at Disney – Pixar’s “Soul” in 2020, so it’s not unprecedented.
Reznor and Ross were left off this year’s list despite two entries: “Empire of Light” and “Bones and All.” Michael Jacchino (“The Batman”), Thomas Newman (“A Man Called Otto”), Danny Elfman (“White Noise”), and Emily Levinese Farroche (“Living”) were also left out. rice field.
Full shortlist of original songs:
“Time” from “Amsterdam”
“Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” from “Avatar: Path of Water”
“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther Wakanda Forever”
“This is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Ciaopapa” from “Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro”
“Until I Get Home” from “The Man Called Otto”
“Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”
“My Mind & Me” from “Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me”
“Good Afternoon” from “Spirited”
“Applause” from “Tell It like a Woman”
“Standup” from “Till”
“Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun Maverick”
“Dust and Ashes” from “Voice of Dust and Ashes”
“Carolina” from “Where Crowdad Sings”
“New Body Rumba” from “White Noise”
Full picklist for the original score:
“Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: Path of Water”
“Babylon”
“Banshee of Inishelin”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“dedication”
“Darling, don’t worry”
“All at once”
“The Fabermans”
“Glass Onion: Knife Out Mystery”
“Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro”
“No”
“she said”
“Queen”
“Talking Women”