When the Oscar nominations were announced bright and early on Thursday (Jan. 22), KPop Demon Hunters became just the 14th film to be nominated for both best animated feature film and best original song.
The nominated song from KPop Demon Hunters is of course “Golden,” the global smash that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks.
Here is a list of the 14 films that have received Oscar nominations for both best animated feature film and best original song. One film on the list, The Princess and the Frog, spawned two Oscar-nominated songs — “Almost There” and “Down in New Orleans,” both written by Randy Newman. Newman also wrote the songs for four other films on the list — Cars, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4 and Monsters, Inc.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and the husband-and-wife team of Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez each wrote the songs for two films on the list.
Two film franchises are each represented with two films. Both Shrek and Shrek 2 qualify, as do both Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4. (The first Toy Story was released in 1995, the second in 1999, both before the introduction of the animated feature film category in 2002.)
When the animated feature film category was introduced, the nomination went to the person(s) most involved in creating the film. Current rules state: “The designated recipient(s) must be the key creative individual(s) most clearly responsible for the overall achievement. There is a maximum of FOUR designated nominees, one of whom must be the credited director who exercised directorial control, and the other(s) of whom must have a director or producer credit.”
Here’s a complete list of the films that were nominated for both best animated feature film and best original song. The years shown are the years of the Oscar ceremony.
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Monsters, Inc., 2002
Animated feature film: Nominated (Pete Docter, John Lasseter)
Original song: Won (“If I Didn’t Have You,” music and lyric by Randy Newman)
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The Triplets of Belleville, 2004
Animated feature film: Nominated (Sylvain Chomet)
Original song: Nominated (“Belleville Rendez-vous,” Music by Benoît Charest; Lyric by Sylvain Chomet)
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Shrek 2, 2005
Animated feature film: Nominated (Andrew Adamson)
Original song: Nominated (“Accidentally in Love,” Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley and David Bryson; Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey)
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Cars, 2007
Animated feature film: Nominated (John Lasseter)
Original song: Nominated (“Our Town,” music and lyrics by Randy Newman)
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WALL-E, 2009
Animated feature film: Won (Andrew Stanton)
Original song: Nominated (“Down to Earth,” music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; lyric by Peter Gabriel)
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The Princess and the Frog, 2010
Animated feature film: Nominated (John Musker and Ron Clements)
Original song: Nominated (“Almost There” and “Down in New Orleans,” both music and lyrics by Randy Newman).
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Toy Story 3, 2011
Animated feature film: Won (Lee Unkrich)
Original song: Won (“We Belong Together,” music and lyric by Randy Newman)
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Frozen, 2014
Animated feature film: Won (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho)
Original song: Won (“Let It Go,” music and lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)
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Despicable Me 2, 2014
Animated feature film: Nominated (Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri)
Original song: Nominated (Pharrell Williams, “Happy”)
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Moana, 2017
Animated feature film: Nominated (John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer)
Original song: Nominated (“How Far I’ll Go,” music and lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
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Coco, 2018
Animated feature film: Won (Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson)
Original song: Won (“Remember Me,” music and lyrics by music and lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)
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Toy Story 4, 2020
Animated feature film: Won (Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen and Jonas Rivera)
Original song: Nominated (“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” music and lyric by Randy Newman)
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Encanto, 2022
Animated feature film: Won (Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, Clark Spencer)
Original song: Nominated (“Dos Oruguitas,” words and music by Lin-Manuel Miranda)
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KPop Demon Hunters, 2026
Animated feature film: Nominated (Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong)
Original song: Nominated (“Golden,” Music and Lyric by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seon and Teddy Park)
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