December 17, 2009

The Academy settles on 63 songs to duke it out for the Best Original Song nominations!

Some expected contenders were left out (the song from Precious, as well as additional songs from Crazy Heart and The Princess and the Frog), but overall, they sure have a varied list to choose from. Here they are:

  • “All Is Love” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
  • “Almost Over You” from “My One and Only”
  • “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
  • “AyAyAyAy” from “The Maid”
  • “Back to Tennessee” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
  • “Being Bad” from “Duplicity”
  • “Blanco” from “Fast & Furious”
  • “Brothers in Arms” from “Brothers at War”
  • “Butterfly Fly Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
  • “Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
  • “Colorblind” from “Invictus”
  • “Depression Era” from “That Evening Sun”
  • “Don’t Walk Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
  • “Dove of Peace” from “Bruno”
  • “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
  • “Fly Farm Blues” from “It Might Get Loud”
  • “Forget Me” from “I Love You, Beth Cooper”
  • “God Bless Us Everyone” from “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
  • “Here” from “Shrink”
  • “Hideaway” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
  • “Hoedown Throwdown” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
  • “I Bring What I Love” from “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love”
  • “I See You” from “Avatar”
  • “(I Want to) Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”
  • “If You’re Wondering” from “The Lightkeepers”
  • “Impossible Fantasy” from “Adventures of Power”
  • “Innocent Child” from “Skin”
  • “Invictus 9,000 Days” from “Invictus”
  • “Legendary” from “Tyson”
  • “Let Freedom Reign” from “Skin”
  • “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36”
  • “Ma Belle Evangeline” from “The Princess and the Frog”
  • “My One and Only” from “My One and Only”
  • “Na Na” from “Couples Retreat”
  • “Never Knew I Needed” from “The Princess and the Frog”
  • “New Divide” from “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
  • “New Jersey Nights” from “Adventures of Power”
  • “New York Is Where I Live” from “Did You Hear about the Morgans?”
  • “No Time for Love” from “Simon & Malou”
  • “One Day” from “Post Grad”
  • “Only You” from “The Young Victoria”
  • “Other Father Song” from “Coraline”
  • “Petey’s Song” from “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
  • “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” from “Ponyo”“
  • Possibility” from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
  • “Raining Sunshine” from “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
  • “Running Out of Empty (Make Ourselves at Home)” from “Lymelife”
  • “Smoke without Fire” from “An Education”
  • “Somebody Else” from “Crazy Heart”
  • “Stu’s Song” from “The Hangover”
  • “Take It All” from “Nine”
  • “Through the Trees” from “Jennifer’s Body”
  • “Trust Me” from “The Informant!”
  • “Un Bouquet des Violettes” from “New York, I Love You”
  • “We Are the Children of the World” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
  • “We Love Violence” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
  • “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart”
  • “When You Find Me” from “Adam”
  • “Winter” from “Brothers”
  • “The Word Is Love” from “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!”
  • “You Got Me Wrapped around Your Little Finger” from “An Education”
  • “You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
  • “You’ve Been a Friend to Me” from “Old Dogs”
-Thoughts on which songs have the best chances?

4 comments:

  1. Sorry for the delay in putting this up, personal life needed some attention...

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  2. as for this list, I'd say the dozen strongest contenders are, in alphabetical order:

    All is Love
    Cinema Italiano
    Colorblind
    Down in New Orleans
    Hideaway
    I See You
    Ma Belle Evangeline
    Somebody Else
    Take It All
    The Weary Kind
    Winter
    You Got Me Wrapped around Your Little Finger

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  3. I LOVED 9,000 Days from Invictus, but unfortunately don't think it has a shot.

    I'm guessing: Winter (Brothers), Cinema Italiano (Nine), The Weary Kind(Crazy Heart), I Want to Come Home (Everybody's Fine) and something from Princess and the Frog.

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