Quite a few music stars are on the very best unique tune shortlist for the 2025 Oscars, together with Elton John and Brandi Carlile, Lainey Wilson, Pharrell Williams, Maren Morris, Robbie Williams, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
John and Carlile are shortlisted for co-writing “By no means Too Late” from Elton John: By no means Too Late; Wilson for co-writing “Out of Oklahoma” from Twisters; Williams for writing “Piece by Piece” from the Netflix movie Piece by Piece; Morris for co-writing Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robotic; Williams for co-writing “Forbidden Street” from Higher Man; and Reznor and Ross for co-writing “Compress/Repress” from Challengers.
The Academy of Movement Image Arts & Sciences launched shortlists in 10 classes, together with finest unique tune and finest unique rating on Tuesday (Dec. 17).
Whereas music stars have been well-represented on the shortlist, a number of others fell brief, together with Luke Combs, Miley Cyrus, Woman Gaga, Ed Sheeran and Megan Thee Stallion, Reneé Rapp and Ryan Tedder.
Two songs from Emilia Pérez seem on the shortlist for finest unique tune. The songs are “El Mal” and “Mi Camino,” each co-written by Clément Ducol and Camille, with the movie’s director, Jacques Audiard, co-writing “El Mal.”
Diane Warren is shortlisted for writing “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight. If Warren is nominated, she’ll tie midcentury lyricist Sammy Cahn for the longest streak of consecutive nominations (eight) within the historical past of the class. (Cahn was a contender yearly from 1954 to 1961.) This might be Warren’s sixteenth general nod on this class, greater than every other lady. Amongst ladies, she’s presently tied with the late Marilyn Bergman.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is shortlisted for writing “Inform Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King. Miranda has been simply an Oscar away from an EGOT since 2014, when he received his first Primetime Emmy. He has been Oscar-nominated twice for writing “How Far I’ll Go” from Moana and “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto.
“El Mal” and “Mi Camino” are each nominated for each the Golden Globe and Critics Selection Awards for finest unique tune. Three different songs which can be nominated for each of these awards are on the Oscar shortlist “Stunning That Approach” from The Final Showgirl, “Compress/Repress” from Challengers and “Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robotic.
The sixth nominee for the Golden Globe is “Forbidden Street” from Higher Man. The sixth nominee for the Critics Selection Award is “Harper and Will Go West” from Will & Harper. Each are shortlisted right here.
Kristen Wiig co-wrote the latter tune with Sean Douglas. (The multitalented performer and author was Oscar-nominated for finest unique screenplay for the 2011 hit Bridesmaids.) “Harper and Will Go West” has components of humor, as have such latest nominees as “Husavik,” from the 2020 comedy Eurovision Tune Contest: The Story of Hearth Saga, and “I’m Simply Ken,” from final 12 months’s Barbie.
Right here’s a whole checklist of this 12 months’s 15 shortlisted songs for finest unique tune.
Shortlisted Songs
“Past” from Moana 2 (Walt Disney Footage) — Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear
“Compress/Repress” from Challengers (Amazon MGM) — Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez (Netflix) — Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard
“Forbidden Street” from Higher Man (Paramount Footage) — Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek
“Harper and Will Go West” from Will & Harper (Netflix) — Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig, Josh Greenbaum
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight (Netflix) — Diane Warren
“Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robotic (DreamWorks Animation) — Delacey, Jordan Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael Pollack, Ali Tamposi
“Like a Chook” from Sing Sing (A24) — Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, Adrian Quesada
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez (Netflix) — Clément Ducol, Camille
“By no means Too Late” from Elton John: By no means Too Late” (Walt Disney Footage) — Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin
“Out of Oklahoma” from Twisters (Common Footage) — Lainey Wilson, Luke Dick, Shane McAnally
“Piece by Piece” from Piece by Piece (Focus Options) — Pharrell Williams
“Sick within the Head” from Kneecap (Sony Footage Classics) — Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí, Adrian Louis Richard Mcleod, Toddla T
“Inform Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King (Walt Disney Footage) – Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Winter Coat” from Blitz (Apple Unique Movies) — Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen, Taura Stinson
And listed here are some highly-touted songs that have been handed over for the shortlist.
Not Shortlisted
“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” from Twisters (Common) – Jessi Alexander, Luke Combs, Jonathan Singleton
“Stunning That Approach” from The Final Showgirl (Roadside Sights) — Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li, Andrew Wyatt
“Folie à Deux” from Joker: Folie à Deux (Warner Bros.) — Woman Gaga
“Leash” from Babygirl (A24) — Sky Ferreira, Jorge Elbrecht
“Not My Fault” from Imply Ladies (Paramount Footage) — Alexander 23, Nell Benjamin, Jasper Harris, Megan Thee Stallion, Reneé Rapp, Jeff Richmond, Ryan Tedder, Billy Walsh
“Beneath the Tree” from That Christmas (Netflix) — Ed Sheeran
“Vaster Than Empires” from Queer (A24) — William Burroughs, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Nominations-round voting runs from Jan. 8 to 12. Nominations shall be introduced Jan. 17. Remaining-round voting runs from Feb. 11 to 18. The 97th Oscars shall be held on Sunday, March 2, on the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and shall be televised reside on ABC and in additional than 200 territories worldwide. The present may even stream reside on Hulu for the primary time.
