The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 928 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2018. Among the composers, songwriters and music editors invited to the music branch are:

Jeff Beal – "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power," "Blackfish"
Joe Bonn (music editor)
Carlinhos Brown – "Rio," "Capitγes da Areia"
Joanna Bruzdowicz – "I Forgot to Tell You," "The Gleaners and I"
Ted Caplan (music editor)
Benoξt Charest – "Paul ΰ Quιbec," "The Triplets of Belleville"
Lisa Coleman – "Valentino's Ghost," "Dangerous Minds"
Ester Dean – "Ice Age Continental Drift," "Rio"
Fil Eisler – "Newtown," "How to Be Single"
Melissa Etheridge – "An Inconvenient Truth," "Boys on the Side"
Sharon Farber – "The Dove Flyer," "When Nietzsche Wept"
Osvaldo Golijov – "The Oath," "The Man Who Cried"
Sofia Gubaidulina – "Mary Queen of Scots," "Vertikal"
Hauschka – "Adrift," "Lion"
Mandy Hoffman – "The Lovers," "Terri"
Yoko Kanno – "Our Little Sister," "Macross Plus"
Emilio Kauderer – "The Secret in Their Eyes," "Metegol"
Usha Khanna – "Khandala House," "Ali Baba and 40 Thieves"
Sneha Khanwalkar – "Detective Byomkesh Bakshy," "Gangs of Wasseypur"
Joseph Koo – "A Better Tomorrow," "Fists of Fury"
Kendrick Lamar – "Black Panther," "Divergent"
Lee Byung-woo – "Mother," "The Host"
Lim Giong – "The Assassin," "Millennium Mambo"
Stephanie Lowry (music editor)
Wendy Melvoin – "Just Wright," "Soul Food"
Jen Monnar (music editor)
Jason Moran – "13th," "Selma"
Trevor Morris – "Olympus Has Fallen," "Bending the Rules"
Melissa Muik (music editor)
Dustin O'Halloran – "Lion," "Marie Antoinette"
Daniel Pemberton – "Molly's Game," "Steve Jobs"
Carlton Douglas "Chuck D" Ridenhour – "He Got Game," "Do the Right Thing"
Jeff Rona – "Generation Iron," "White Squall"
Steven A. Saltzman (music editor)
Nitin Sawhney – "Breathe," "The Namesake"
Ilona Sekacz – "Wondrous Oblivion," "Solomon and Gaenor"
Eric Serra – "The Fifth Element," "Goldeneye"
Gingger Shankar – "Brahmin Bulls," "Home"
Carlo Siliotto – "The Punisher," "Oltremare"
Rob Simonsen – "Love, Simon," "Foxcatcher"
Sufjan Stevens – "Call Me by Your Name," "Beyond This Place"
Jeanette Surga (music editor)
Ahmir Khalib "Questlove" Thompson – "Detroit," "The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975"
Nathan Wang – "No Man's Land," "Rumble in the Bronx"

Also invited as members-at-large were the following music supervisors:
Maureen Crowe – "Wayne's World," "The Perfect Storm"
Mary Ramos – "Inglorious Basterds," "The Hateful Eight"

Click here for the full list of new members invited.