Photo: By Anthony D’Alessandro, Deadline | While last year’s Oscar original song short list was dominated by pop stars such as Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo, this year’s lineup is filled with several ditties from musically themed movies such as Emila Perez, Moana 2, The Lion King, Piece by Piece to name a few with Oscar vets such as Diane Warren, Nicholas Britell and more eyeing a potential return to the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025.
Today, AMPAS cleared 15 songs as finalists for Oscar’s original song category which will be whittled down to five when nominations are announced on Jan. 17, 2025.
The most eye-brow raising snub in original song by the Academy goes to the Miley Cyrus end credits tune “Beautiful This Way” from Roadside Attractions’ Pamela Anderson comeback The Last Showgirl. The Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt penned song is nominated at the Golden Globes. Note the Disney Channel alum Cyrus has yet to be nominated at the Oscars.
Not included in this year’s shortlist are any songs from the highest grossing Broadway musical movie at the domestic box office, Wicked. That’s because there weren’t any new tunes written for Part One. But when Wicked: For Good opens next Thanksgiving there will be two new songs in the Jon M. Chu directed feature.
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