The Oscars have released their shortlist of the possible nominees for their coveted award. The list for the Best Original Song has been released and both Beyoncé and Pharrell made the cut.
Beyoncé’s “Spirit” from The Lion King and Pharrell’s “Letter to My Godfather” from Netflix’s The Black Godfather were included. Bey has never earned an Oscar nomination before, but Pharrell competed for one in 2014 with “Happy” from Despicable Me 2.
The shortlist for the possible nominees:
• Beyoncé’s “Spirit” from The Lion King
• Thom Yorke’s “Daily Battles” from Motherless Brooklyn
• Pharrell Williams and Clad Hugo’s “Letter to My Godfather” from The Black Grandfather
• Idina Menzel’s “Into the Unknown” from Frozen 2
• Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Never Too Late” from The Lion King
• Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman
• Cynthia Erivo’s “Stand Up” from Harriet
• Randy Newman’s “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from Toy Story 4
• Kathryn Bostic’s “High Above the Water” from Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
• Jung Jae-il’s “A Glass of Soju” from Parasite
• Mary Steenburgen & Jessie Buckley’s “Glasgow” from Wild Rose
• Jon Lajoie’s “Catchy Song” from The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
• Alan Menken’s “Speechless” from Aladdin
• Charles Fox & Paul Williams’ “Da Bronx” from The Bronx USA
• Diane Warren’s “I’m Standing With You” from Breakthrough
The Oscars are going down on February 9th, 2020.