In recent years, Best Original Song has gone to big pop and rock acts like Lady Gaga (“Shallow” from A Star Is Born), Elton John (“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman), and Billie Eilish, twice (“No Time To Die” from No Time To Die and “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie). Will that trend continue at the 2025 Oscars? The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards were revealed this morning, including Best Original Song and Best Original Score.
Best Original Song has two songs from Emilia Pérez, a track from the Elton John documentary Elton John: Never Too Late, and songs from The Six Triple Eight and Sing Sing.
As for Best Original Score, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ techno-driven score for Challengers was unfortunately snubbed, but the Oscars did nominate Daniel Blumberg’s masterful work for The Brutalist (read our interview), as well as John Powell & Stephen Schwartz for Wicked, among others.
Check out the complete Best Original Song and Best Original Score nominations below.
Best Original Song
“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez
“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late
“Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez
“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight
“Like A Bird” from Sing Sing
Best Original Score
The Brutalist — Daniel Blumberg
Emilia Pérez — Clément Ducol
Conclave — Volker Bertelmann
Wicked — John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot — Kris Bowers
To find the full list of 2025 Oscar nominees, click here.
