OSCAR SHORTLIST 2024: IGA SINGS PRAISES OF BILLIE, OLIVIA, BATISTE

The 2024 Oscar shortlists are here, and IGA, following an extraordinary showing in the major Grammy categories, is celebrating a significant share of the shortlisted titles for Best Original Song. These include the Barbie hit "What Was I Made for" by Darkroom/Interscope's Billie Eilish, Geffen star Olivia Rodrigo's “Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbird and Snakes and “It Never Went Away” by Verve/Interscope's Jon Batiste from the Batiste documentary American Symphony. Oscar Shortlist voting begins Thursday, 1/11, and closes on 1/16.

Three Barbie songs appear on the Song shortlist, as do two cuts from the highly touted Color Purple ST. Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things and Maestro are among the most decorated titles overall.

The full shortlist of songs appears below. Peruse the other categories here.

2024 OSCAR SHORTLIST: BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“It Never Went Away” from American Symphony

“Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)” from Asteroid City

“Dance The Night” from Barbie

“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie

“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie

“Keep It Movin’” from The Color Purple

“Superpower (I)” from The Color Purple

“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot

“High Life” from Flora and Son

“Meet In The Middle” from Flora and Son

“Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon

“Quiet Eyes” from Past Lives

“Road To Freedom” from Rustin

“Am I Dreaming” from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse