56 songs qualify for Oscar derby
The Oscars have cited 56 songs as being eligible for the category of best original song:
"Believe It" from "The Heart of the Game"
"The Best" from "Everyone’s Hero"
"The Book I Write" from "Stranger than Fiction"
"Broken Bridges" from "Broken Bridges"
"Chan Chan" from "Water"
"Circle in the Sand" from "Friends with Money"
"Coming Back to You" from "Deja Vu"
"Definition of Love" from "Akeelah and the Bee"
"Dreamz with a Z" from "American Dreamz"
"Encarnacion" from "Nacho Libre"
"Every Word" from "Wordplay"
"Family of Me" from "Over the Hedge"
"A Father’s Way" from "The Pursuit of Happyness"
"The Girl in Byakkoya - White Tiger Field" from "Paprika"
"Heist" from "Over the Hedge"
"Hillbilly Holla" from "Barnyard"
"Hollywood Familia" from "Hollywood Familia"
"I Belong" from "Open Season"
"I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth"
"In Rosa Vernat Lilium" from "The Nativity Story"
"It’s a Fight" from "Rocky Balboa"
"Ju Hua Tai" from "Curse of the Golden Flower"
"Keep Holding On" from "Eragon"
"Khalbali" from "Rang de Basanti"
"Kingdom of Love" from "One Night with the King"
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls"
"A Lonely Man" from "Don’t Come Knocking"
"Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls"
"Luka Chuppi" from "Rang de Basanti"
"The Motion" from "3 Needles"
"My Little Girl" from "Flicka"
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" from "Bobby"
"Never Let Go" from "The Guardian"
"O Kazakhstan" from "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"
"Open Your Heart" from "Saving Shiloh"
"Ordinary Miracle" from "Charlotte’s Web"
"Our Town" from "Cars"
"Patience" from "Dreamgirls"
"Philosophy" from "Step Up"
"PJ & Rooster" from "Idlewild"
"Quest for Love" from "Arthur and the Invisibles"
"Real Gone" from "Cars"
"Really Nice Day" from "The Wild"
"Shine on ‘Em" from "Blood Diamond"
"The Song of the Heart" from "Happy Feet"
"Star Mile" from "The Last Kiss"
"Still" from "Over the Hedge"
"Suenos" from "Hollywood Familia"
"Sweet Music" from "Glory Road"
"Til the End of Time" from "Little Miss Sunshine"
"Tonight" from "Night at the Museum"
"Try Not to Remember" from "Home of the Brave"
"Upside Down" from "Curious George"
"When You Taught Me How to Dance" from "Miss Potter"
"Won’t Let You Fall" from "Poseidon"
"You Know My Name" from "Casino Royale"
On January 16, the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for voting members of the Music Branch in both Beverly Hills and New York City. Following the screenings, members will vote to determine which three, four or five songs become nominees in the category.
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.
My favorites are
1. "Definition of Love" from Akeelah and the Bee
2. "Listen" from Dreamgirls
Just wish that I could get a recording of "Definition of Love" by Deborah Cox. But, it was added to the film at the last minute, so the song didn't make the soundtrack. "Definition of Love" is supposed to be on Deborah Cox's next CD and there isn't sheet music available for the song...yet.
Posted by: Debbie Wolgemuth | December 17, 2006 at 11:42 PM
Nice to see tracks by Jack Johnson (from "Curious George") and Outkast (from "Idlewild"), plus the "Casimo Royale" theme in the eligibility list. I hope that they (or at least some of them) will make the final nominees list.
Posted by: Tasos | December 14, 2006 at 02:53 PM
My bad. Did some searching (no, I don't use the G-word unless I absolutely have to) and found "Paprika" has already had its LA qualifying run, though it won't open for general release until March 2007:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-11-21/paprika-screening-in-la-this-week
Posted by: RBBrittain | December 13, 2006 at 12:31 AM
Pretty weak selection this year. If Dreamgirls turns out to be the Oscar bait so many people think it is I will be shocked if all three songs don't sweep in with this mediocre list.
Posted by: malevolentmuse | December 10, 2006 at 11:11 AM
Notice '"The Girl in Byakkoya - White Tiger Field" from "Paprika"'? I thought "Paprika" was delayed and wouldn't get its qualifying run in, which also reduced the Animated Feature Film nominations from five to three. ????
Slayton: The proper title of that song is "Love You I Do"--no "I" at the beginning--and it IS on the list, as are ALL of the original songs from "Dreamgirls"--"Listen", "Love You I Do", and "Patience". (Just in case some other blowhard jumps in, the other "Dreamgirls" songs came from the Broadway version and are thus ineligible.)
Posted by: RBBrittain | December 10, 2006 at 06:27 AM
To Slayton:
The song you metioned is titled "Love You I Do" and that song is on the list.
Posted by: Gary | December 09, 2006 at 05:38 PM
What about "I Love You I Do" for Dreamgirls?
Posted by: Slayton | December 09, 2006 at 12:40 AM