SZA and Kendrick Lamar Among Those Shortlisted for 2019 Oscars

With the nominations for the 2019 Oscars just around the corner in the new year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the shortlists for documentaries, foreign language films, music, visual effects, and shorts. While there aren’t too many surprises, the Best Original Song shortlist includes Sampha’s contribution to Beautiful Boy, Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “All The Stars” from Black Panther, Sade’s “The Big Unknown” from Widows, and Thom Yorke of Radiohead’s “Suspirium” from the 2018 remake of Suspiria.

Of course, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper got a nod for their song “Shallows” from A Star Is Born, while Jónsi and Troy Sivan’s “Revelation” from Boy Erased also landed on the shortlist. Notably, the Best Original Score shortlist is lacking Thom Yorke’s score for Suspiria, and Jonny Greenwood’s You Were Never Really Here failed to make the list.

Greenwood received a nomination for the first time last year when he was nominated for Best Original Score for his work on Phantom Thread, although he lost to Alexandre Desplat’s The Shape of Water score. Check out the full shortlists for the music-related categories below.

Best Original Song shortlist:

Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson and Willie Watson – “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs) 

Sampha – “Treasure” (Beautiful Boy)

Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “All The Stars” (Black Panther)

Jónsi and Troye Sivan – “Revelation” (Boy Erased)

Dolly Parton – “Girl in the Movies” (Dumplin’)

Arlissa – “We Won’t Move” (The Hate U Give)

Emily Blunt – “The Place Where Lost Things Go” (Mary Poppins Returns)

Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda – “Trip A Little Light Fantastic” (Mary Poppins Returns)

Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan and Mark Ronson – “Keep Reachin’” (Quincy)

Jennifer Hudson and Diane Warren – “I’ll Fight” (RBG)

Gal Gadot and Sarah Silverman – “A Place Called Slaughter Race” (Ralph Breaks the Internet)

The Coup and Lakeith Stanfield – “OYAHYTT” (Sorry to Bother You)

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – “Shallow” (A Star is Born)

Thom Yorke – “Suspirium” (Suspiria)

Sade – “The Big Unknown” (Widows)

Best Score shortlist:

Annihilation

Avengers: Infinity War

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Black Panther

BlacKkKlansman

Crazy Rich Asians

The Death of Stalin

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

First Man

If Beale Street Could Talk

Isle of Dogs

Mary Poppins Returns

A Quiet Place

Ready Player One

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