The shortlist voting concluded on December 15, and the remaining ones will move on to the official phase one voting.
Nominations voting begins on Thursday, January 27, and ends on Tuesday, February 1.
The official credits and nominees for all the films will be announced, with the rest of the Oscar nominations on Tuesday, February 8.
Original Score
- “Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios) – Daniel Pemberton
- “Candyman” (Universal Pictures) – Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
- “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix) – Nicholas Britell
- “Dune” (Warner Bros) – Hans Zimmer
- “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures) – Germaine Franco
- “The French Dispatch” (Searchlight Pictures) – Alexandre Desplat
- “The Green Knight” (A24) – Daniel Hart
- “The Harder They Fall” (Netflix) – Jeymes Samuel
- “King Richard” (Warner Bros) – Kris Bowers
- “The Last Duel” (20th Century Studios) – Harry Gregson-Williams
- “No Time to Die” (MGM/United Artists Releasing) – Hans Zimmer
- “Parallel Mothers” (Sony Pictures Classics) – Alberto Iglesias
- “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix) – Jonny Greenwood
- “Spencer” (Neon/Topic Studios) – Jonny Greenwood
- “The Tragedy of Macbeth” (Apple Original Films/A24) – Carter Burwell
This year, there are two possibilities for double nominations in the original score category. Oscar winner Hans Zimmer (“The Lion King”) nabbed two of the 15 spots with “Dune” and “No Time to Die” while the still unrewarded Jonny Greenwood was shortlisted for “The Power of the Dog” and “Spencer.”
Germaine Franco, who became the first Latina to ever join the Music Branch in 2019, is the only woman represented among the shortlisted for the animated musical “Encanto.”
She could become one of the favorites if the film continues to gain traction in other races like animated feature and original song.
The most shocking (but welcoming) inclusion on the list is the horror film “Candyman” by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, who is one of three Black composers to make the shortlist, including Kris Bowers for “King Richard” and Jeymes Samuel for “The Harder They Fall.”
The most shocking exclusion came from Nathan Johnson’s beautiful work on “Nightmare Alley” failing to cut. At the same time, the branch also passed on another Disney feature, “Raya and the Last Dragon,” from nine-time Oscar-nominee James Newton Howard.
Despite three scores submitted this year, the Grammy-winning The National failed to make a list with “C’mon C’mon,” “Cyrano” and “Jockey.”
Animated Short Film
- “Affairs of the Art”
- “Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice”
- “Bad Seeds”
- “Bestia”
- “Boxballet”
- “Flowing Home”
- “Mum Is Pouring Rain”
- “The Musician”
- “Namoo”
- “Only a Child”
- “Robin Robin”
- “Souvenir Souvenir”
- “Step into the River”
- “Us Again”
- “The Windshield Wiper”
Documentary Short Subject
- “Águilas”
- “Audible”
- “A Broken House”
- “Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis”
- “Coded: The Hidden Love of J. C. Leyendecker”
- “Day of Rage”
- “The Facility”
- “Lead Me Home”
- “Lynching Postcards: “Token of a Great Day”
- “The Queen of Basketball”
- “Sophie & the Baron”
- “Takeover”
- “Terror Contagion”
- “Three Songs for Benazir”
- “When We Were Bullies”
Live Action Short
- “Ala Kachuu – Take and Run”
- “Censor of Dreams”
- “The Criminals”
- “Distances”
- “The Dress”
- “Frimas”
- “Les Grandes Claques”
- “The Long Goodbye”
- “On My Mind”
- “Please Hold”
- “Stenofonen”
- “Tala’vision”
- “Under the Heavens”
- “When the Sun Sets”
- “You’re Dead Helen”
