Quest’anno, per la prima volta dal 1979, l’Academy ha diffuso prima delle altre candidature quelle per la miglior canzone originale e per la miglior colonna sonora originale. Fra i nominati ci sono Thom Yorke con Suspirium, Kendrick Lamar e SZA con All The Stars, Sampha e la sua Treasure, Jónsi e Troye Sivan (Revelation), mentre non sono entrati nella lista Jonny Greenwood (You Were Never Really Here) e Jóhann Jóhannsson (Mandy). Ecco tutte le nomination:
Miglior Canzone Originale:
Willie Watson, Tim Blake Nelson and Willie Watson – 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)
Miglior Colonna sonora:
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 
