Oscars 2025: Elton John, Pharrell Williams, Trent Reznor among shortlist for Best Original Song

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Oscars 2025 have been revealed – see the full lists below.Last night (December 17), the Academy announced the shortlists for several categories for the 2025 awards ceremony.

Among the revealed lists are Best Original Song and Best Original Score.The shortlist for Best Original Song includes songs that were written specifically for the films they appear in.

Among the shortlist are several major names from the music industry including Elton John, Pharrell Williams, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Kneecap and more.Elton John’s and Brandi Carlile‘s ‘Never Too Late’ is listed for Elton John: Never Too Late, while Kneecap’s ‘Sick In The Head’ is listed for their self-titled biopic.

Pharrell Williams’ ‘Piece By Piece’ off the Lego-film of the same name, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ ‘Compress / Repress’ from Challengers, Selena Gomez‘s ‘Mi Camino’ from Emilia Pérez, Robbie Williams‘ ‘Forbidden Road’ off Better Man and more have also been included in the shortlist – see the full shortlist below.Aaron Pierre & Tiffany Boone – ‘Tell Me It’s You’ (Mufasa: The Lion King)Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander – ‘Like a Bird’ (Sing Sing)Auli‘i Cravalho Featuring Rachel House – ‘Beyond’ (Moana 2)Camille, Zoe Saldaña & Karla Sofía Gascón – ‘El Mal’ (Emilia Pérez)Elton John & Brandi Carlile – ‘Never Too Late’ (Elton John: Never Too Late)Kneecap – ‘Sick in the Head’ (Kneecap)Kristen Wiig – ‘Harper and Will Go West’ (Will & Harper)Lainey Wilson – ‘Out of Oklahoma’ (Twisters)Maren Morris – ‘Kiss the Sky’ (The Wild Robot)Pharrell Williams & Princess Anne High School Fabulous Marching Cavaliers – ‘Piece by Piece’ (Piece by Piece)Robbie Williams – ‘Forbidden Road’ (Better Man)Saoirse Ronan & Nicholas Britell – ‘Winter Coat’ (Blitz)Selena Gomez –.