Will Beyoncé and Lin-Manuel Miranda compete at the Oscars? That matchup became possible on Tuesday when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists for the best song and nine other categories.
Beyoncé and songwriter Dixson made the cut for “Be Alive” from “King Richard,” a biopic about Venus and Serena Williams’ father. If the song makes the next round, it would be Beyoncé’s first Oscar nomination. Miranda was shot for ‘Dos Oruguitas’, which he wrote for ‘Encanto’, the animated story about a gifted family in Colombia. Other contenders in the category include Billie Eilish and Finneas (for the Bond song “No Time to Die”) and Van Morrison (for “Down to Joy”, from “Belfast”), who recently made headlines for songs protesting against Covid-19 lockdown measures. (Eilish was also the subject of a shortlisted documentary.)
Jonny Greenwood and Hans Zimmer may compete against each other and themselves for the best score. Both have been recorded twice: Greenwood for “The Power of the Dog” and “Spencer”; Zimmer for “Dune” and “No Time to Die.”
Another striking twin: ‘Flee’, the animation documentary about an Afghan refugee in Copenhagen, made the documentary and international playlists. The documentary’s finalists included several films that made the top year-end charts from critics, including “Summer of Soul” and “The Velvet Underground.” The same goes for the international feature film category, with ‘Drive My Car’ (Japan’s entry) and ‘The Hand of God’ (from Italy) taking the lead.
Members will begin voting on January 27, and the final nominees will be announced on February 8. The winners will be announced at a ceremony scheduled for March 27.
Here are the shortlists:
Original song
“So can we start?” (“Annette”)
“Down to Joy” (“Belfast”)
“Right Where I Belong” (“Brian Wilson: Long Promised Way”)
“Automatic Woman” (“Brained”)
“Dream Girl” (“Cinderella”)
“Beyond the Shore” (“CODA”)
“The Anonymous” (“Dear Evan Hansen”)
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“Just look up” (“Don’t look up”)
“Dos Oruguitas” (“Encanto”)
“Somehow you do” (“Four good days”)
“Guns Go Bang” (“The Harder They Fall”)
“Be Alive” (“King Richard”)
“No Time to Die” (“No Time to Die”)
“Here I am (sing my way home)” (“Respect”)
“Your song saved my life” (“Sing 2”)
Original score
“The Ricardos are”
“Candy Man”
“Don’t look up”
“Dune”
“encanto”
“The French Shipment”
“The Green Knight”
“The Harder They Fall”
“King Richard”
“The Last Duel”
“No time to die”
“Parallel Mothers”
“The Power of the Dog”
“Spencer”
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Documentary Feature
“Ascension Day”
“Attica”
“Billie Eilish: The world is a bit hazy”
“Faya Dayi”
“The First Wave”
“To flee”
“In the Same Breath”
“Julia”
“President”
“Procession”
“The rescue”
“Simple as water”
“Summer of the soul”
“The velvet background”
“Writing with Fire”
International function
Austria, “Great Freedom”
Belgium, “Playground”
Bhutan, “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”
Denmark, “Flight”
Finland, “Compartment No. 6”
Germany, “I am your man”
Iceland, “Lamb”
Iran, “a hero”
Italy, “The Hand of God”
Japan, “Drive My Car”
Kosovo, “Hive”
Mexico, “Prayers for the Stolen”
Norway, “The Worst Person in the World”
Panama, “Plaza Catedral”
Spain, “The good boss”
Sound
“Belfast”
“Dune”
“Last night in Soho”
“The Matrix Resurrections”
“No time to die”
“The Power of the Dog”
“A quiet place, part II”
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“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
“Tap, tap… Boom!”
“West Side Story”
Visual Effects
“Black Widow”
“Dune”
“eternal”
“free guy”
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife”
“Godzilla vs. Kong”
“The Matrix Resurrections”
“No time to die”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
Makeup and hair styling
“Coming 2 America”
“Cruel”
“Cyran”
“Dune”
“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
“House of Gucci”
“Nightmare Alley”
“No time to die”
“The Suicide Squad”
“West Side Story”
Short animation
“Art Affairs”
“Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Disciple”
“Bad Seeds”
“bestia”
“Box ballet”
“Fluent Home”
“Mommy Pours Rain”
“The Musician”
“Namoo”
“Just a Child”
“Robin Robin”
“Souvenir souvenir”
“Step into the river”
“We again”
“The Windshield Wiper”
Live Action Short
“Ala Kachuu – Take and Run”
“Censor of Dreams”
“The Criminals”
“Distances”
“The dress”
“Frimas”
“Les Grandes Claques”
“The long goodbye”
“In my thoughts”
“Please hold”
“Stenophones”
“Tala’vision”
“Under Heaven”
“When the sun goes down”
“You’re Dead Helen”
Short documentary
“Águilas”
“audible”
“A broken house”
“Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis”
“Coded: JC Leyendecker’s Hidden Love”
“Day of Rage”
“The facility”
“Lead me home”
“Postcard Lynching: ‘Token of a Great Day'”
“The Queen of Basketball”
“Sophie and the Baron”
“Taking over”
“Terror Contamination”
“Three Songs for Benazir”
“When We Were Bullies”
