Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave, Oneohtrix Point Never, Jonny Greenwood, Max Richter & more make Oscar music shortlists

The 2026 Oscar nominations won’t be announced till January 22, but they have announced shortlists for 12 categories, and those include both Best Original Score and Best Original Song.

Among the Best Score shortlist nominees are Nine Inch Nails for Tron: Ares, Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) for Marty Supreme, Kangding Ray for Sirât, Bryce Dessner for Train Dreams, Max Richter for Hamnet, Jonny Greenwood for One Battle After ­Another, and Ludwig Göransson for Sinners.

As for Best Song, shortlist nominees include Nine Inch Nails‘ “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from Tron: Ares, Nick Cave‘s theme song to Train Dreams, Miley Cyrus‘ “Dream As One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash, Ariana Grande‘s “The Girl in the Bubble” from Wicked: For Good, Billy Idol‘s “Dying to Live” from Billy Idol Should Be Dead, and more.

Check out all the Best Original Score and Best Original Song shortlist nominees below.

The 2026 Oscars will be given out March 15.

2026 Best Original Score Oscar Shortlist
Avatar: Fire and Ash – Simon Franglen
Bugonia – Jerskin Fendrix
Captain America: Brave New World – Laura Karpman
Diane Warren: Relentless – Lesley Barber
F1 – Hans Zimmer
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Hamnet – Max Richter
Hedda – Hildur Guðnadóttir
A House of Dynamite – Volker Bertelmann
Jay Kelly – Nicholas Britell
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin
Nuremberg – Brian Tyler
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
Sirāt – Kangding Ray
Train Dreams – Bryce Dessner
Tron: Ares – Nine Inch Nails
Truth and Treason – Aaron Zigman
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Nathan Johnson
Wicked: For Good – John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

2026 Best Original Song Oscar Shortlist
“As Alive As You Need Me To Be” from Tron: Ares (Nine Inch Nails)
“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless (Kesha)
“Dream As One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash (Miley Cyrus)
“Drive” from F1 (Ed Sheeran)
“Dying To Live” from Billy Idol Should Be Dead (Billy Idol)
“The Girl In The Bubble” from Wicked: For Good (Ariana Grande)
“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters (Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami)
“Highest 2 Lowest” from Highest 2 Lowest (Aiyana-Lee)
“I Lied To You” from Sinners (Miles Caton)
“Last Time (I Seen The Sun)” from Sinners (Miles Caton and Alice Smith)
“No Place Like Home” from Wicked: For Good (Cynthia Erivo)
“Our Love” from The Ballad of Wallis Island (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan)
“Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from Come See Me in the Good Light (Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile)
“Sweet Dreams Of Joy” from Viva Verdi! (Ana María Martínez)
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams (Nick Cave)