Best Songs Articles
No Jeff Bridges, Marion Cotillard, Randy Newman: Oscar's Best Songs Not to Be Performed Onstage
Marion Cotillard won't sing Maury Yeston's "Take It All" fromNine, Jeff Bridges won't perform Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett's "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart, Randy Newman won't do a rendition of "Almost There" and "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog, and Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas won't stage "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 at the 2010 Academy Awards [...]
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, [...]
Oscar 2006: Best Song Longlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 42 original songs are being considered for the 2006 Academy Awards. As per the Academy's press release, three-minute clips of each song, in random order, will be shown to music branch voting members on January 17 and January 23. At these screenings, members will vote to nominate three to five songs. In order to [...]