Oscars 2023 'Best Original Song' & 'Best Original Score' Shortlists Announced

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences have revealed the shortlists in numerous categories for next year's Oscars. 

The Best Original Song group is packed with major pop stars, including Rihanna, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and Lady Gaga; renowned songwriters such as Jazmine Sullivan, David Byrne, and Norah Jones, and indie darlings Mitski and LCD Soundsystem.

Over in the potential Best Original Score category, previous winners like the legendary John Williams feature, alongside Ludwig Göransson, Hildur Guðnadóttir - the fourth woman to win the award with Joker - Alexandre Desplat, Terence Blanchard, Son Lux, Michael Abels and Nicholas Britell.

The 2022 Academy Award for Best Original Song went to Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas with their 007 tune, No Time To Die. Hans Zimmer scored the Best Original Score win for his work on Dune.

In other award news, Taylor Swift is submitting Red (Taylor's Version) in the Album Of The Year and Best Country Album categories for the 2023 Grammy Awards. Meanwhile, she also submitted the infamous All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (The Short Film) to the Record Of The Year and Song Of The Year categories, as well as I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault) for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. 

Beyoncé is eyeing her first nominations in the best dance/electronic categories. She has submitted Renaissance for Album Of The Year and Best Dance/Electronic Album and Break My Soul to the Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best Dance/Electronic Recording categories. Beyoncé has won 28 Grammy Awards and received 79 nominations - most in the main Album, Record, and Song Of The Year groups and the R&B, pop, rap, and rock genres.

View the full Best Song and Best Score shortlists below, per Pitchfork:

Music (Original Song)

Giveon - Time (Amsterdam)
The Weeknd - Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength) (Avatar: The Way of Water)
Rihanna - Lift Me Up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Son Lux Featuring Mitski & David Byrne - This Is a Life (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Gregory Mann - Ciao Papa (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio)
Rita Wilson & Sebastián Yatra - Til You’re Home (A Man Called Otto)
Rahul Sipligunj, Kaala Bhairava & M.M. Keeravani - Naatu Naatu (RRR)
Selena Gomez - My Mind & Me (Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me)
Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell & The Spirited Ensemble - Good Afternoon (Spirited)
Sofia Carson - Applause (Tell It like a Woman)
Jazmine Sullivan - Stand Up (Till)
Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand (Top Gun: Maverick)
J. Ralph & Norah Jones - Dust & Ash (The Voice of Dust and Ash)
Taylor Swift - Carolina (Where the Crawdads Sing)
LCD Soundsystem - New Body Rhumba (White Noise)

Music (Original Score)

Volker Bertelmann - All Quiet on the Western Front
Simon Franglen - Avatar: The Way of Water
Justin Hurwitz - Babylon
Carter Burwell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Ludwig Göransson - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Chanda Dancy - Devotion
John Powell - Don’t Worry Darling
Son Lux - Everything Everywhere All at Once
John Williams - The Fabelmans
Nathan Johnson - Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Alexandre Desplat - Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Michael Abels - Nope
Nicholas Britell - She Said
Terence Blanchard - The Woman King
Hildur Guðnadóttir - Women Talking