BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Seventy-five songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2012 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 85th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical...
It’s never easy predicting how Best Song will go. The rule: Original Song: An original song consists of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the motion picture. There must be a clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition (not necessarily visually presented) of both lyric and melody, used in the body of the motion picture...
Will the trademark Bond theme woven into the orchestration interfere with the song’s eligibility? Depends entirely on the whims and vagaries of the music branch, so there’s no point even speculating. Best to wait and see. We’ve enough stress on our minds. Compare Adele’s voice to Shirley Bassey singing Diamonds Are Forever, after the cut. ...
Willie Nelson has, unbelievably, never won an Oscar in the Best Original Song category and in fact has only been nominated once for his song On the Road Again for Honeysuckle Rose. It’s actually rather shocking, this news. The Huffington Post announced that the Weinstein Co. will be fully behind Nelson’s way way way overdue second Oscar nom and maybe win for...