{"id":154334,"date":"2025-12-17T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=154334"},"modified":"2025-12-17T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:00:50","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-wicked-and-sinners-land-on-the-oscars-shortlist-for-best-original-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/kpop-demon-hunters-wicked-and-sinners-land-on-the-oscars-shortlist-for-best-original-song\/","title":{"rendered":"KPop Demon Hunters, Wicked and Sinners land on the Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The songs from major hit movies make the cut at the Academy Awards<\/h2>\n<p>The race for <strong>Best Original Song<\/strong> at the <strong>Oscars<\/strong>\u00a0just got serious! On Tuesday, December 16, 2026, the Academy revealed its shortlist of 15 songs selected from 65 eligible tracks, and big names like K<strong>Pop Demon Hunters, Sinners, and Wicked: For Good<\/strong> made noise on the list. The tracks in question include: \u201cGolden\u201d from KPop Demon Hunters, two songs from Sinners, \u201cI Lied To You,\u201d \u201cLast Time (I Seen the Sun),\u201d and another two from Wicked: For Good, \u201cThe Girl in the Bubble\u201d and \u201cNo Place Like Home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yebNIHKAC4A?si=RP-DL60HTqk3uL_g\" title=\"\u201cGolden\u201d Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yebNIHKAC4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Renowned songwriters and their original songs<\/h2>\n<p>The shortlist also features major music names with serious star power.<strong> Miley Cyrus<\/strong>, Mark Ronson, Billy Idol, Ed Sheeran, and<strong> EJAE<\/strong> all appear as songwriters. Miley Cyrus and Mark Ronson co-wrote \u201cDream As One\u201d from Avatar: Fire and Ash. Billy Idol contributed to \u201cDying To Live\u201d from Billy Idol Should Be Dead. Meanwhile, <strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong> appears credited on\u00a0 \u201cDrive\u201d from F1. EJAE co-wrote \u201cGolden,\u201d adding another milestone to KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 growing cultural footprint.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wVTSz1LYXuE?si=o6rFX0ShQcT6CU8a\" title=\"Wicked: For Good The Soundtrack - No Place Like Home (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wVTSz1LYXuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,<strong> Diane Warren<\/strong> once again secured her spot on the shortlist with \u201cDear Me\u201d from Diane Warren: Relentless, keeping alive her chance to earn her first Oscar in the category after nine consecutive nominations. The Academy\u2019s music branch will now vote to narrow the list down to five nominees, which will be revealed on January 22, 2026. The final voting will decide the winner, who will earn the award at the 98th Oscars on March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OVCnJvgrLfU?si=101gR3_9eTQEv1h9\" title=\"Wicked: For Good The Soundtrack - The Girl In The Bubble (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OVCnJvgrLfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Full Oscar short list with the possible nominees for Best Original Song<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u201cDream As One\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen<\/p>\n<p>Avatar: Fire and Ash, 20th Century Studios<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOur Love\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tom Basden, Carey Mulligan<\/p>\n<p>The Ballad of Wallis Island, Universal<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDying To Live\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Billy Idol, J. Ralph, Steve Stevens, Tommy English, Joe Janiak<\/p>\n<p>Billy Idol Should Be Dead, Live Nation Productions<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSalt Then Sour Then Sweet\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile, Andrea Gibson<\/p>\n<p>Come See Me in the Good Light, Apple Original Films<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDear Me\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diane Warren<\/p>\n<p>Diane Warren: Relentless, Greenwich Entertainment\/MasterClass<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDrive\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Mayer, Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin<\/p>\n<p>F1, Apple Original Films<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHighest 2 Lowest\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aiyana-Lee Anderson, Nicole Daciana Anderson<\/p>\n<p>Highest 2 Lowest, A24<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cGolden\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, IDO, 24, Teddy<\/p>\n<p>KPop Demon Hunters, Netflix<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI Lied to You\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig G\u00f6ransson<\/p>\n<p>Sinners, Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLast Time (I Seen the Sun)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alice Smith, Miles Caton<\/p>\n<p>Sinners, Warner Bros. Pictures<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTrain Dreams\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner<\/p>\n<p>Train Dreams, Netflix<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs Alive as You Need Me To Be\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nine Inch Nails<\/p>\n<p>Tron: Ares, Disney<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSweet Dreams of Joy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicholas PikeViva Verdi!, LA Monte Productions<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Girl in the \u00adBubble\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Schwartz<\/p>\n<p>Wicked: For Good, Universal<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNo Place Like Home\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Schwartz<\/p>\n<p>Wicked: For Good, Universal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The songs from major hit movies make the cut at the Academy Awards The race for Best Original Song at the Oscars\u00a0just got serious! On Tuesday, December 16, 2026, the Academy revealed its shortlist of 15 songs selected from 65 eligible tracks, and big names like KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners, and Wicked: For Good made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":154336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1402,1632],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-154334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-list","9":"category-oscars"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154334"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=154334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}