Sam Smith has been nominated for the best original song Oscar for Writing's On The Wall, the theme to James Bond film Spectre at the 2016 Oscars.

The Grammy-winning singer recently won a Golden Globe for the track alongside his writing partner Jimmy Napes.

He follows Skyfall hitmaker Adele, who picked up the coveted gong in 2013.

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They will compete with singles including Lady Gaga's track Til It Happens To You from The Hunting Ground and The Weeknd's Earned It from Fifty Shades Of Grey.

Sam, 23, previously revealed how he was bold enough to ask to sing the theme tune but was 'scared' about hitting the high notes.

Speaking to Graham Norton, Sam said: "I was scared because it’s horrible to sing as it’s so high. It’s dreadful."

He added: "I thought it a dream to do it and I was cocky enough to write an email with ‘007’ in the subject line to my agent asking, 'Is there was any chance I could do this ever? I don’t care if it’s this year or in 34 years, I’d love to do it.' And it happened."

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for the 2016 Oscars today.

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski and Ang Lee read out the list of the 88th Academy Awards nominations in all 24 Oscar categories at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

The Oscars will air live on ABC on February 28th with Chris Rock returning to host the show after his 2005 stint.