2026 Soundtrack Music Nominations for the Golden Globes Announced

The Golden Globes released their nominees for next month’s awards ceremony. The list includes numerous soundtrack music nominations vying for the top spot. But which ones?

Only ten film soundtracks are on the 2026 Golden Globe soundtrack music nominations list this year. Six of them are up for Best Score. The rest are for Best Song. However, the big winner is KPop Demon Hunters, which is also up for the best animated feature and box office achievement awards.

However, the Golden Globes weren’t the first awards ceremony to announce its nominees. Keep reading to learn which soundtracks got nominations, and for which award.

KPOP Demon Hunters Score Big Golden Globe Soundtrack Music Nominations

With awards season around the corner, everyone is dropping their nominations. The Grammys dropped their list last week, and now, it’s the Golden Globes’ turn.

Announced on December 8, 2025, the nominations for the 83^rd Golden Globes include some impressive names and several new categories, including the Best Podcast award.  However, the music categories have all the buzz at the moment.

This is due to the continued popularity and growth of KPOP Demon Hunters. The Netflix animated feature received three nominations:

• Best Animated Motion Picture
• Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
• Best Original Soundtrack Song for “Golden.”

The other notable inclusion is Wicked: For Good, which bagged two nominations for Best Soundtrack Song.

Best Original Score

Six soundtracks were nominated for Best Score:

• F1 – Hans Zimmer
• Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
• Hamnet – Max Richter
• One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
• Sinners – Ludwig Göransson
• Sirat – Kangding Ray

Best Original Song

The nominees for Best Song are:

• Dream As One – Avatar: Fire and Ash (Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen)
• Golden– KPOP Demon Hunters (Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (EJAE), Mark Sonnenblick)
• I Lied to You – Sinners (Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson)
• No Place Like Home – Wicked: For Good (Stephen Schwartz)
• The Girl in the Bubble – Wicked: For Good (Stephen Schwartz)
• Train Dreams – Train Dreams (Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner)

When Will the Golden Globes Air?

CBS will air the 83^rd Annual Golden Globe Awards Ceremony live on Sunday, January 11, 2026, from 8 to 11 p m. ET. They will also stream the event on Paramount+ for U. S. viewers. Until then, you’ll find the complete nominations list here.

Other Notable Soundtrack Music Award Nominations

Besides the Golden Globes, the Grammys and Critics’ Choice Awards also released their nominations lists. They are mostly the usual suspects, but they have a few surprises as well.  

However, the Oscars have yet to release their list, despite revealing that over 130 soundtracks are vying for the Oscar in the soundtrack categories.

The 2026 Grammys Soundtrack Music Nominations

The Grammys released their nominations a month ago, on November 7, 2025, for the ceremony airing on February 1, 2026, on CBS. They added new categories as well, including Best Traditional Country Album and Best Album Cover.

However, only the soundtrack categories have something for film music enthusiasts, unless you’re a KPop Demon Hunters fan. That’s because Demon Hunters landed in five categories, including:

• Song of the Year – for “Golden.”
• Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – for “Golden.”
• Best Remixed Recording – for the David Guetta REM/X of “Golden.”
• Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
• Best Song Written for Visual Media – for “Golden.”

You will find the complete 2026 Grammy nominations list here.

Best Visual Media Compilation Soundtrack

Demon Hunters is only up for two soundtrack categories for this year’s Grammys, and Best Compilation is the more interesting of the two. The award celebrates soundtracks that feature a single principal group of artists. This year, five soundtracks are up for it, spanning several music styles, including:

• A Complete Unknown – for Timothée Chalamet
• F1® The Album – for composers
• KPop Demon Hunters – for HUNTR/X
• Sinners – for composers
• Wicked – for Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande (& Wicked Movie Cast)

Best Visual Media Song

Soundtrack Song is the other category that features Demon Hunters. The category celebrates songs that were written explicitly for soundtracks. It includes the following songs this year:

• “As Alive as You Need Me to Be” by Nine Inch Nails, From TRON: Ares
• “Golden” by HUNTR/X, From KPop Demon Hunters
• “I Lied to You” by Miles Caton, From Sinners
• “Never Too Late” by Elton John and Brandi Carlile, From Elton John: Never Too Late
• “Pale, Pale Moon” by Jayme Lawson, From Sinners
• “Sinners” by Rod Wave, From Sinners

Best Film Soundtrack Score

Despite its popularity, KPop Demon Hunters is not on the list for either soundtrack score category. That includes Film Score, leaving the door open for other movies and series to take the stage. The five soundtracks for Best Score include:

• How To Train Your Dragon
• Severance: Season 2
• Sinners
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

Best Video Game Soundtrack Score

Five video games are competing for the best soundtrack for gaming or interactive media:

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Secrets of the Spires
• Helldivers 2
• Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
• Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card & A Pirate’s Fortune
• Sword of the Sea

The 31st Critics’ Choice Awards Soundtrack Music Nominations

The Broadcast Film Critics Association is the major awards group that recently released its nominations. Their 31st Critics’ Choice Awards also contain several soundtrack categories. However, they didn’t nominate any soundtrack outside of them.

Best Score

There are six soundtracks up for Best Critics’ Choice Soundtrack:

• Hans Zimmer – F1
• Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
• Max Richter – Hamnet
• Daniel Lopatin – Marty Supreme
• Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
• Ludwig Göransson – Sinners

Best Song

There are also six nominees for Best Song:

• “Drive” by Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, and Blake Slatkin – F1
• “Golden” by HUNTR/X– KPop Demon Hunters
• “I Lied to You” by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
• “Clothed by the Sun” by Daniel Blumberg – The Testament of Ann Lee
• “Train Dreams” by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
• “The Girl in the Bubble” by Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good

When will the 31^st Critics’ Choice Awards Air?

The BFCA will air the 31^st Critics’ Choice Awards on January 4, 2026. However, there won’t be a streaming option. You will have to watch the event on either E! or the USA Network.

Until then, you can read the complete 31^st Critics’ Choice Awards nominations list here.

Who Do You Want to Win?

Awards season is not for everyone, but the 2026 soundtrack awards look promising. There’s something for everyone this year, and the nominations are suitably popular. Who are your favorites to win? Post your answer in the forums.