Oscar 2009: Best Song Longlist
"Jai Ho" sound clip. Posted by Marycarmenrod.
In December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that forty-nine songs are contending for a spot in the 2009 Academy Awards‘ Best Original Song category.
Three to five songs will receive a nomination. A maximum of two songs may be nominated per film. If more than two songs from a film end up in contention, the two songs with the most votes will be the nominees. In other words, no five High School Musical 3: Senior Year nominated songs. (Last year, Enchanted received three nominations — all of them in the best song category.)
As per Academy rules, "to be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits."
The competing songs are, in alphabetical order by song title:
“Another Way to Die” from Quantum of Solace
“Barking at the Moon” from Bolt
“The Boys Are Back” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“Broken and Bent” from Role Models
“By the Boab Tree” from Australia
“The Call” from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
“Can I Have This Dance” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“Chase the Morning” from Repo! The Genetic Opera
Clip posted by hawaiian2991.
“Chromaggia” from Repo! The Genetic Opera
“The Code of Life” from My Dream
“Code of Silence” from Save Me
“Count on Me” from The Women
“Di Notte” from The Lodger
“Djoyigbe” from Pray the Devil Back to Hell
“Down to Earth” from WALL-E
“Dracula’s Lament” from Forgetting Sarah Marshall
“Drive” from Fuel
“Forever” from They Killed Sister Dorothy
“High School Musical” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“Gran Torino” from Gran Torino
“I Thought I Lost You” from Bolt
“I Want It All” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“In Rodanthe” from Nights in Rodanthe
“It Ain’t Right” from Dark Streets
“Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire
“Just Getting Started” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“Just Wanna Be with You” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“Little Person” from Synecdoche, New York
“The Little Things” from Wanted
“A Night to Remember” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“Nothing but the Truth” from Nothing but the Truth
“Now or Never” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire
“Once in a Lifetime” from Cadillac Records
“Right Here Right Now” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“Right to Dream” from Tennesee
Clip posted by TaranetsComCinema.
“Rock Me Sexy Jesus” from Hamlet 2
“Scream” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“The Story” from My Blueberry Nights
“Sweet Ballad” from Yes Man
“Too Much Juice” from Dark Streets
“The Traveling Song” from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
“Trouble the Water” from Trouble the Water
“Up to Our Nex” from Rachel Getting Married
“Walk Away” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year
“Waterline” from Pride and Glory
“The Wrestler” from The Wrestler
“Yes Man” from Yes Man
“Zydrate Anatomy” from Repo! The Genetic Opera
The 2009 Academy Award nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
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Three from Repo! The Genetic Opera! :D I’m so excited and can only *dream* that one of this fantastic movie’s songs becomes an Oscar Nominee!!! <3 Chromaggia
Now, out of 49 songs, they nominated only THREE and could have nominated up to 5?? How dumb. :(
They couldn’t just have added two more to the final nominees i mean really. just throw the wrestler song in there and give that movie another nod and then throw in gran torino since the film didnt get any nominations and there you go. im tempted to say give high school musical a noom becasue they apparently had like 10 contenders from this list but that would just be ridiculous. It’s too bad but its just true.
According to that category’s rules, songs had to get a certain average number of points, 8.25 or something, in order to get a nomination.
That’s why only those three made the cut.
Perhaps they should lower the bar a bit…
When the credits were rolling and they showed the upcoming movies for 2009, does anyone know the music that was played or the artist??