Listen to the Oscar nominees for original song

Jan. 22, 2019 6:55 AM PT

Well, here’s a motley crew.

Hip-hop heavyweight Kendrick Lamar, songwriting powerhouse Diane Warren, Broadway darlings Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, pop star and actress Lady Gaga and Americana heroes Gillian Welch and David Rawlings all found themselves in the same Oscar race for original song when Motion Picture Academy nominations were announced Tuesday morning.

Their songs bolstered Oscar momentum for “Black Panther,” “RBG,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “A Star Is Born” and “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”

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And the nominees are...

“All the Stars” (from “Black Panther”)

“I’ll Fight” (from “RBG”)

“The Place Where Lost Things Go” (from “Mary Poppins Returns”)

“Shallow” (from “A Star Is Born”)

“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” (from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”)

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James Reed is a former deputy editor of the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. Previously, he served as The Times’ entertainment news editor, overseeing early morning coverage across all genres of the arts. Before joining The Times in 2016, he spent 12 years at the Boston Globe as a pop music critic and assistant arts editor. A Midwestern native, he holds degrees in journalism and Spanish from the University of Missouri-Columbia.