2025 Oscars: 145 Original Scores, 89 Original Songs Eligible for 97th Academy Awards
145 Original Scores and 89 Original Songs have made the first cut on their way to an Academy Award nomination but with one big omission.
As was noted in the new last week, Hans Zimmer’s score for Dune: Part Two was disqualified for using too much of the first film’s music cues and themes. Of the ruling the Academy said, “The score must not use more than 20 percent of pre-existing themes and music borrowed from previous scores in the franchise.”
The number is down slightly from last year’s totals, which saw 94 songs and 149 scores eligible. Voting on the shortlists for 15 songs and 20 scores (as well as other craft categories like sound plus the animated, international and documentary sections) are now being voted on by the music branch’s 403 members to come up with the shortlists to be revealed on December 17.
Nominations voting for the 97th Oscars begins January 8, 2025 with the nominees to be announced January 17.
Full list of eligible scores to come. The news was first reported exclusively by Variety.
Eligible songs:
“Albany Road” and “Built for This” from “Albany Road”
“Am I Racist?” and “Do the Work” from “Am I Racist?”
“Pain Has a Purpose” from “Americans With No Address”
“Electric Energy” from “Argylle”
“Leash” from “Babygirl”
“Song for Amy” from “Back to Black”
“Ishq Walla Daku” from “Band of Maharajas”
“Forbidden Road” from “Better Man”
“A Country Dance” from “Between the Temples”
“Winter Coat” from “Blitz”
“Then I Will” from “Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin”
“Nazarene” from “The Book of Clarence”
“Dare to Be” from “Cabrini”
“El Baile de los Zanganos” and “Mi Amor” from “Captain Avispa”
“Whoever You Are” from “Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins”
“Compress / Repress” from “Challengers”
“City of Dreams” from “City of Dreams”
“Custer Park,” “Honey” and “Thin Elephant” from “Dandelion”
“Double Life” from “Despicable Me 4”
“You Are Never Far Away” from “Don’t Say It”
“Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late”
“El Mal” and “Mi Camino” from “Emilia Perez”
“Alone,” “The Big Blue Sky” and “Catch Fire” from “The End”
“Bricks” from “Exhibiting Forgiveness”
“Ezra” from “Ezra”
“The Peace That You Are Missing” from “Fighting Spirit: A Combat Chaplain’s Journey”
“Not on My Watch” from “Following Harry”
“Panorama” from “Embers”
“The Good Life” and “Let It Roll” from “The Garfield Movie”
“What We Wanna Be” from “Glitter and Doom”
“Istigfar” and “Puthu Mazha” from “The Goat Life”
“Never Lost” from “The Greatest Hits”
“In Time” from “His Three Daughters”
“Made for You” from “The Hopeful”
“Claw Machine” and “Starburned and Unkissed” from “I Saw the TV Glow”
“The Idea of You” from “The Idea of You”
“Nothing’s Impossible” from “The Imaginary”
“Folie a Deux” from “Joker: Folie a Deux”
“Sick in the Head” from “Kneecap”
“Beautiful That Way” from “The Last Showgirl”
“Between the Lines” and “One of Us” from “Left Behind”
“The Rider” from “Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim”
“Freedom” from “Lovely Jackson”
“Not My Fault” from “Mean Girls”
“My Pledge” from “Megalopolis”
“Beyond” and “Can I Get a Chee Hoo” from “Moana 2”
“I Always Wanted a Brother” and “Tell Me Its You” from “Mufasa: The Lion King”
“The Neon Highway” from “The Neon Highway”
“Summer Blue” from “Nightbitch”
“Black Truck” and “Callin’ Angels” from “The Other, Gold”
“Piece by Piece” from “Piece by Piece”
“Huele a Fraude” from “Problemista”
“Iti Maa” from “Putul”
“Emotional” from “Ray of Hope”
“Christmas Magic” from “Red One”
“Creatures of Nature” from “Sasquatch Sunset”
“Why I’m Here” from “Shirley”
“Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing”
“The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”
“New Brain” from “Smile 2”
“Run It” from “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”
“The Way It Was Before” from “Spellbound”
“Better the Devil” from “Strange Darling”
“Under the Tree” from “That Christmas”
“Just As You Are” from “Thelma the Unicorn”
“If I Fall” from “Transformers One”
“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” and “Out of Oklahoma” from “Twisters”
“No Better” from “Ultraman: Rising”
“On a Corner at the Center of the World” from “Veselka”
“Kiss the Sky” from “The Wild Robot”
“Harper and Will Go West” from “Will & Harper”
“Little Miss Polka Dot” and “My Stranger” from “Your Monster”
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