The Finest Authentic Tune nominees for the 2025 Oscars are in. The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences’ alternatives within the class are “Mi Camino” and “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez, “By no means Too Late” from Elton John: By no means Too Late, “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight, and “Like a Hen” from Sing Sing. The Oscars ceremony, which takes place on March 2 at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, will break from custom by airing behind-the-scenes insights on the making of the songs rather than stay performances, Variety reviews.
Formally, Clément Ducol and Camille are nominated for each Emilia Pérez songs (with director Jacques Audiard additionally being nominated for co-writing the lyrics to “El Mal”). Diane Warren is the nominee for The Six Triple Eight’s “The Journey”; Abraham Alexander and Black Pumas’ Adrian Quesada wrote the nominated Sing Sing observe; and Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Wyatt, and Bernie Taupin are the nominees for “By no means Too Late.” See the performers of every tune beneath.
The class’s pre-nomination shortlist was revealed in December, with quite a lot of songs that didn’t obtain remaining nominations. These embody tracks carried out by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Kneecap, Robbie Williams, Kristen Wiig, Saoirse Ronan and Nicholas Britell, and Pharrell Williams.
Final 12 months’s Best Original Song winners had been Billie Eilish and Finneas, who netted Barbie its sole statuette with their tune “What Was I Made For?”
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Music (Authentic Tune)
Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander – Like a Hen (Sing Sing)
Camille, Zoe Saldaña & Karla Sofía Gascón – El Mal (Emilia Pérez)
Elton John & Brandi Carlile – By no means Too Late (Elton John: By no means Too Late)
H.E.R. – The Journey (The Six Triple Eight)
Selena Gomez – Mi Camino (Emilia Pérez)
