La Academia de artes y ciencia cinematográficas dio a conocer la lista de contendores para la categoría de Mejor Canción Original.
Son 70 las canciones que forman este largo listado consignado por EW, que finalmente se reducirá a solo 5 nominados. El 23 de enero será anunciada la lista definitiva de nominados.
Para ser elegibles, deben tener tanto música como letra, y deben ser escritas específicamente para la película de la cual formaron parte.
Esta es la lista de canciones elegibles:
- "U.N.I (You And I)" from And the Winner Isn't
- "Love And Lies" from Band Aid
- "If I Dare" from Battle of the Sexes
- "Evermore" from Beauty and the Beast
- "How Does A Moment Last Forever" from Beauty and the Beast
- "Now Or Never" from Bloodline: Now or Never
- "She" from Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
- "Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go" from The Book of Henry
- "Buddy's Business" from Brawl in Cell Block 99
- "The Crown Sleeps" from The Breadwinner
- "World Gone Mad" from Bright
- "Mystery Of Love" from Call Me by Your Name
- "Visions Of Gideon" from Call Me by Your Name
- "Captain Underpants Theme Song" from Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie
- "Ride" from Cars 3
- "Run That Race" from Cars 3
- "Tell Me How Long" from Chasing Coral
- "Broken Wings" from City of Ghosts
- "Remember Me" from Coco
- "Prayers For This World" from Cries from Syria
- "There's Something Special" from Despicable Me 3
- "It Ain't Fair" from Detroit
- "A Little Change In The Weather" from Downsizing
- "Stars In My Eyes (Theme From Drawing Home)" from Drawing Home
- "All In My Head" from Elizabeth Blue
- "Dying For Ya" from Elizabeth Blue
- "Green" from Elizabeth Blue
- "Can't Hold Out On Love" from Father Figures
- "Home" from Ferdinand
- "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" from Fifty Shades Darker
- "You Shouldn't Look At Me That Way" from Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
- "This Is How You Walk On" from Gifted
- "Summer Storm" from The Glass Castle
- "The Pure And The Damned" from Good Time
- "This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman
- "The Hero" from The Hero
- "How Shall A Sparrow Fly" from Hostiles
- "Just Getting Started" from If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
- "Truth To Power" from An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
- "Next Stop, The Stars" from Kepler's Dream
- "The Devil & The Huntsman" from King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
- "Have You Ever Wondered" from Lake of Fire
- "I'll Be Gone" from Lake of Fire
- "We'll Party All Night" from Lake of Fire
- "Friends Are Family" from The Lego Batman Movie
- "Found My Place" from The Lego Ninjago Movie
- "Stand Up For Something" from Marshall
- "Rain" from Mary and the Witch's Flower
- "Myron/Byron" from The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
- "Longing For Summer" from Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
- "Mighty River" from Mudbound
- "Never Forget" from Murder on the Orient Express
- "Hold The Light" from Only the Brave
- "PBNJ" from Patti Cake$
- "Tuff Love (Finale)" from Patti Cake$
- "Lost Souls" from The Pirates of Somalia
- "How A Heart Unbreaks" from Pitch Perfect 3
- "The Promise" from The Promise
- "Kaadanayum Kaalchilambe" from Pulimurugan
- "Maanathe Maarikurumbe" from Pulimurugan
- "Stubborn Angel" from Same Kind of Different as Me
- "Dancing Through The Wreckage" from Served Like a Girl
- "Keep Your Eyes On Me" from The Shack
- "On The Music Goes" from Slipaway
- "The Star" from The Star
- "Jump" from Step
- "Tickling Giants" from Tickling Giants
- "Fly Away" from Trafficked
- "Speak To Me" from Voice from the Stone
- "Walk On Faith" from Year by the Sea