Charli xcx Nominated for Best Original Song at 2026 World Soundtrack Awards: Will Oscar Nod Follow?
UPDATE (Aug.
26): The World Soundtrack Awards announced nominations in four additional categories today, including the public choice award.
Fittingly, the nominees in that category hail from around the world.
Simon Franglen ( Avatar: Fire and Ash ) and Daniel Pemberton ( Project Hail Mary ) are English, Kevin Smithers ( Soy Frankelda ) is Mexican; Ludek Drizhal ( Starbright ) is Czech; and Marcelo Zarvos ( KPop Demon Hunters ) is Brazilian.
Winners will be announced on Saturday Oct.
10 at the annual WSA Ceremony & Concert during Film Fest Gent, Belgium’s biggest international film festival.
PREVIOUSLY (Aug.
5): We won’t know if Charli xcx will receive an Oscar nomination for her songs from Emerald Fennell’s film Wuthering Heights until the nods are announced on Jan.
21, but Charli is vying in that category at the 2026 World Soundtrack Awards.
Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Academy revealed the first wave of nominations for the World Soundtrack Awards on Wednesday (Aug.
5).
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