Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar or Thom Yorke Could Win the Oscars

Lady Gaga at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards
Lady Gaga at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. Photo by Andrew H. Walker/REX/Shutterstock (9336003fw)

With the full list of Oscar nominees for 2019 announced, our eyes were instantly drawn to the music category.

As well as receiving a nomination for Best Actress, Lady Gaga is also heavily tipped for a win in the ‘Best Original Song’ category for her collaboration on “Shallow” with Bradley Cooper in the tear-fest of the year, A Star Is Born. 

Kendrick Lamar’s “All The Stars” in Black Panther is also a favorite in two music categories and Thom Yorke’s Suspiria soundtrack is rightly a popular choice for a win.

Here is the full list of nominees for Best Original Song:

  • Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson, Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson – ‘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

You can view the shortlist for Best Score below:

  • 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
  • Vice

The winners will be announced at the Oscar Award Ceremony on February 25.