Who Used to be Nominated and Snubbed in Tune Classes

Diane Warren won her sixteenth Oscar nomination for absolute best unique tune on Thursday (Jan. 23) — a tally equaled by means of best 3 different songwriters within the 91-year historical past of the class. Sammy Cahn leads with 26 nods, adopted by means of Johnny Mercer with 18 and Paul Francis Webster, additionally with 16. Warren used to be nominated this 12 months this 12 months for “The Adventure,” sung by means of H.E.R. in The Six Triple 8.

Additionally, that is the 8th 12 months in a row Warren has been nominated, which permits her to tie Cahn for the longest steady streak of nominations on this class. Cahn used to be nominated 8 years operating from 1954 to 1961.

Clément Ducol and Camille have two of the 5 songs which might be nominated for absolute best unique tune — “El Mal” and “Mi Camino,” each from Emilia Pérez. (They cowrote “El Mal” with the movie’s director, Jacques Audiard.) This marks the primary time {that a} songwriter or group of songwriters has had two nominated songs in the similar 12 months since 2017, when Justin Hurwitz and the group of Pasek & Paul had two nominated songs from L. a. L. a. Land, “Town of Stars” (which received the award) and “Audition (The Fools Who Dream).”

Audiard, nominated for steering and unique tune for Emilia Pérez, turns into best the 3rd particular person to be nominated in each the directing and unique tune classes, and the primary to take action for a similar movie. Leo McCarey and Spike Jonze won their nominations in separate years.

That is the 5th 12 months in a row that a number of non-English language songs has been nominated within the unique tune class. The streak began with “Io Sì (Observed)” from The Existence Forward (L. a. Vita Davanti a Se) and endured with “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto, “Naatu Naatu” from RRR and “Wahzhazhe (A Music for My Folks)” from Killers of the Flower Moon.

Elton John won his 5th Oscar nomination for co-writing “By no means Too Overdue” Elton John: By no means Too Overdue. It’s the second one nod for his collaborator Bernie Taupin; and the primary for fellow collaborators Brandi Carlile and Andrew Watt. “By no means Too Overdue” is the primary tune written by means of 4 songwriters to be nominated for absolute best unique tune since “Carry Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly two years in the past, which used to be cowritten by means of Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson.

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The Movement Image Academy launched a shortlist of 15 contenders for absolute best unique tune on Dec. 17. One tune, “Forbidden Street” from Higher Guy (Paramount Footage) used to be got rid of from the shortlist two days later as a result of similarities to a 1973 movie tune, “I Were given a Identify” from The Nice American Hero.

A few of the notable songwriters who have been shortlisted however no longer nominated: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Pharrell Williams, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Miranda used to be shortlisted for writing “Inform Me It’s You” from Mufasa: The Lion King. Miranda has been simply an Oscar clear of an EGOT since 2014, when he received his first Primetime Emmy. He has been Oscar-nominated two times for writing “How A long way I’ll Pass” from Moana and “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto.

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Volker Bertelmann, who received two years in the past for All Quiet at the Western Entrance, is nominated for Conclave.

Kris Bowers won his first scoring nomination for The Wild Robotic. He has been nominated two times in documentary classes, for A Concerto Is a Dialog and The Ultimate Restore Store (each collabs with Ben Proudfoot).

Clément Ducol and Camille have been nominated for Emilia Pérez. They’re the 3rd married couple to be nominated in a scoring class. Composer Fred Karlin and lyricist Tylwyth Kymry have been nominated in 1971 for absolute best unique tune ranking for The Child Maker. Lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman have been nominated for absolute best unique tune ranking and its adaptation or adaptation ranking in 1984 for Yentl, on which they teamed with Michel Legrand.

John Powell and Stephen Schwartz have been nominated for Depraved. The movie has transform the top-grossing movie ever tailored from a Broadway musical.

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Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, two-time winners within the class (for The Social Community and Soul, a collab with Jon Batiste), have been handed over for Challengers.

This used to be no longer Hans Zimmer’s 12 months on the Oscars. First, his ranking for Dune: Section Two used to be dominated ineligible because of exceeding the Academy’s restrict on pre-existing tune. Academy regulations state: “In instances reminiscent of sequels and franchises from any media, the ranking should no longer use greater than 20% of pre-existing subject matters and tune borrowed from earlier ratings within the franchise.” Zimmer’s ranking for Dune: Section Two comprises really extensive components from his Oscar-winning ranking for 2021’s Dune. Zimmer used to be in at the ranking shortlist for his paintings on Steve McQueen’s Blitz, however that ranking did not land a nomination.

Andrea Datzman used to be additionally handed over for Within Out 2. With this unencumber, Datzman become the primary girl to attain a Pixar function movie.

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