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Oscars Face the Music
The Oscar song submissions are in, all 59 of them. Which ones will make the cut? The ones with the most recognizable names--and biggest ad campaigns--natch. This is the category where pop stars like Sting, Bowie or Collins, as well as a Disney animation song or two, often land a nom.
Thus Eddie Vedder's three Into the Wild songs, Hairspray's Come So Far (Got So Far to Go) and Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz's two Enchanted entries are strong contenders. The voters are going to want to give something to the indie phenom Once, so this could be the appropriate category to reward one of the songs from the Frames' Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. And it was a brilliant move on Harvey Weinstein's part to suggest that Academy fave Clint Eastwood compose the score for Grace is Gone; he also a supplied a song.
Here's Phil Gallo's take.
The entire list of original songs is after the jump:
“Do You Feel Me” from “American Gangster”
“At the Edge of the World” from “Arctic Tale”
“Someday” from “August Rush”
“This Time” from “August Rush”
“Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
“Break” from “August Rush”
“Nothing’s There” from “Badland”
“The Devil’s Lonely Fire” from “Badland”
“A Hero Comes Home” from “Beowulf”
“The Stars of Orion” from “Berkeley”
“Say” from “The Bucket List”
“To Be Surprised” from “Dan in Real Life”
“My Hands Are Shaking” from “Dan in Real Life”
“I’ll Be OK” from “Dan in Real Life”
“December Boys” from “December Boys”
“So Close” from “Enchanted”
“That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
“Atkozott Egy Elet” from “56 Drops of Blood”
“O, Atyam!” from “56 Drops of Blood”
“Eleg!” from “56 Drops of Blood”
“A Dream” from “Freedom Writers”
“Lyra” from “The Golden Compass”
“Good Luck Chuck” from “Good Luck Chuck”
“Shut Me Out” from “Good Luck Chuck”
“I Was Zapped by the Lucky Super Rainbow” from “Good Luck Chuck”
“Grace Is Gone” from “Grace Is Gone”
“Lullabye for Wyatt” from “Grace Is Gone”
“Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)” from “Hairspray”
“The Tale of the Horny Frog” from “The Heartbreak Kid”
“China Doll” from “Honeydripper”
“It Will Stay With Us” from “The Hottest State”
“Never See You” from “The Hottest State”
“Society” from “Into the Wild”
“Guaranteed” from “Into the Wild”
“Rise” from “Into the Wild”
“First Amendment Blues” from “Larry Flynt: The Right To Be Left Alone”
“Hello (I Love You)” from “The Last Mimzy”
“Despedida” from “Love in the Time of Cholera”
“Huck’s Tune” from “Lucky You”
“Little Wonders” from “Meet the Robinsons”
“Another Believer” from “Meet the Robinsons”
“Way Back into Love” from “Music and Lyrics”
“PoP! Goes My Heart” from “Music and Lyrics”
“Ordinary People” from “Music Within”
“Pretty Much Amazing” from “Nancy Drew”
“Falling Slowly” from “Once”
“If You Want Me” from “Once”
“Le Festin” from “Ratatouille”
“Land of Quiet Poems” from “Resurrecting the Champ”
“Love Will Still Be There” from “September Dawn”
“Royal Pain” from “Shrek the Third”
“Rule the World” from “Stardust”
“Before It’s Too Late (Sam and Mikaela’s Theme)” from “Transformers”
“Baby Don’t You Cry” from “Waitress”
“Beautiful Ride” from “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”
“Walk Hard” from “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”
“Let’s Duet” from “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”
“Back Where You Belong” from “The Water Horse”
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Am stunned "Once" didn't even get a Best Original Song nomination. Unforgivable.
Posted by: Christian Toto | December 13, 2007 at 11:03 AM
"Falling Slowly" from "ONCE" deserves this recognition hands down. No other song from any other film this year can even compare.
Posted by: chris p | December 14, 2007 at 03:01 PM
I guess you're talking about the Golden Globes, Christian and yeah, that was a stunning omission. 'Once' should be in for best picture for the Oscars. Leaving it only in the music category is a crime in itself but hopefully the Oscar people will give the movie the love it deserves for its greatest power, the music, and an Oscar for 'Falling Slowly' or 'If You Want Me.'
Once really was the best movie of 2007. Nothing comes close in the way it haunts you and stays with you and makes you feel good inside - pure cinema magic!
Posted by: Eve | December 27, 2007 at 10:13 AM
I guess you're talking about the Golden Globes, Christian and yeah, that was a stunning omission. 'Once' should be in for best picture for the Oscars. Leaving it only in the music category is a crime in itself but hopefully the Oscar people will give the movie the love it deserves for its greatest power, the music, and an Oscar for 'Falling Slowly' or 'If You Want Me.'
Once really was the best movie of 2007. Nothing comes close in the way it haunts you and stays with you and makes you feel good inside - pure cinema magic!
Posted by: Eve | December 27, 2007 at 10:14 AM