22. ledna 2009 byly vyhlášeny nominace na Oscary:
Music (Score)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Alexandre Desplat
DEFIANCE – James Newton Howard
MILK – Danny Elfman
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – A.R. Rahman
WALL-E – Thomas Newman
Music (Song)
„Down to Earth“
WALL-E – Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; Lyric by Peter Gabriel
„Jai Ho“
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
„O Saya“
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE – Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam