While diverse, this year’s nominees in the Academy Awards’ Best Original Song category are competing on an even playing ground. Most of the writers and performs are first-time nominees, with two-time Best Documentary winner J. Ralph and, now, eight-time Best Original Song Nominee Diane Warren as the exceptions. Still, it’s an Oscar-winner free game and has many hitmakers vying for a very rare award for musicians to nab.
“Earned It,” by The Weeknd
Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray” by J. Ralph and Antony
Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3,” by David Lang
Youth
“Til It Happens to You,” by Lady Gaga
The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s on the Wall,” by Sam Smith
Spectre
Source: Rolling Stone
