Who's been nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars 2026?

The 98th annual Oscar nominees for Best Original Song have been revealed. 

Announced today (22 January), the list consists of five tracks, each from different films. 

The nominations can be found here: 

•    Dear Me, Diane Warren: Relentless
•    Golden, KPop Demon Hunters
•    I Lied to You, Sinners
•    Sweet Dreams of Joy, Viva Verdi
•    Train Dreams, Train Dreams

The standout nominee is Golden, which broke Official Charts Records in 2025 and claimed ten weeks at Number 1. The track also recently won Best Original Song - Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, with EJAE delivering an incredibly emotional speech as a result. 

KPop Demon Hunters also became Netflix' most watched film ever, while also being nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2026 Academy Awards. 

Elsewhere in the nominations, Sinners set a new record for the most Oscar nominations ever with 16, while One Battle After Another also taking home 13 nominations. 

Who do you think will clinch the award for Best Original Score? 

When is the Oscars 2026 and where is it being held? 

The 98th Oscars will be held on Sunday March 15 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. 

The full nomination list can also be found here: 

Best Picture
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Actress
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Original Screenplay
Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Train Dreams

Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best International Feature
The Secret Agent, Brazil
It Was Just an Accident, France
Sentimental Value, Norway
Sirāt, Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

Best Documentary Feature
The Alabama Solution
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cutting Through Rocks
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
The Perfect Neighbor

Best Casting
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Film Editing
F1
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Costume Design
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Frankenstein
Kokuho
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
The Ugly Stepsister

Best Original Score
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners

Best Original Song
Dear Me, Diane Warren: Relentless
Golden, KPop Demon Hunters
I Lied to You, Sinners
Sweet Dreams of Joy, Viva Verdi
Train Dreams, Train Dreams

Best Sound
F1
Frankenstein
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1
Jurassic World Rebirth
The Lost Bus
Sinners

Best Animated Short Film
Butterfly
Forever Green
The Girl Who Cried Pearls
Retirement Plan
The Three Sisters

Best Live Action Short Film
Butcher's Stain
A Friend of Dorothy
Jane Austen's Period Drama
The Singers
Two People Exchanging Saliva

Best Documentary Short Film
All the Empty Rooms
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
Children No More: Were and Are Gone
The Devil Is Busy
Perfectly a Strangeness

Article image: Getty/Valerie Macon