Nominations for the 98th Oscars will be announced in 24 categories on Thursday, January 22nd. Fifteen films have been shortlisted, which will be winnowed down to five eventual nominees.
The shortlist:
“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” (Tron: Ares)
“Dear Me” (Diane Warren: Relentless)
“Dream As One” (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
“Drive” (F1)
“Dying To Live” (Billy Idol Should Be Dead)
“The Girl In The Bubble” (Wicked: For Good)
“Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters)
“Highest 2 Lowest” (Highest 2 Lowest)
“I Lied To You” (Sinners)
“Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” (Sinners)
“No Place Like Home” (Wicked: For Good)
“Our Love” (The Ballad of Wallis Island)
“Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” (Come See Me in the Good Light)
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” (Viva Verdi!)
“Train Dreams” (Train Dreams)
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards has four separate categories for original songs from film and awarded prizes this year to “Dear Me,” “Golden,” “Highest 2 Lowest,” and “I Lied to You,” with that Sinners track also winning an award for Onscreen Performance. Other nominees were “Dream as One,” “Drive,” “Dying to Live,” “The Girl in the Bubble,” “Last Time (I Seen the Sun),” “No Place Like Home,” “Our Love,” and “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet.” At both the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, “Golden” triumphed over “I Lied to You,” “The Girl in the Bubble,” and “Train Dreams.” The Critics Choice Association also cited “Drive” while the Golden Globes nominated “Dream as One” and “No Place Like Home.” Diane Warren has a whopping sixteen nominations but has yet to win, and it would be unwise not to predict “Dear Me” given that she’s on the ballot again.
Predicted nominees:
“Dear Me” (Diane Warren: Relentless)
“The Girl in the Bubble” (Wicked: For Good)
“Golden” (KPop Demon Hunters)
“I Lied to You” (Sinners)
“Train Dreams” (Train Dreams)
