Will 'Falling Slowly' be dropped from Oscar race?
David Carr is reporting on his Carpetbagger blog 
that the music branch of the Academy is meeting today to discuss the eligibility of the song "Falling Slowly" from the film "Once." The concern is that this ditty by the film's stars, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, may not have been composed expressly for the screen.
Kris Tapley of Variety.com has been following this story and reports that, "To the best of my knowledge, the songs from 'Once' that were deemed eligible were, indeed, written specifically for the film. They were released on an album before the film's theatrical release, but according to the Academy's rules, that doesn't matter." Stay tuned.
Check out Todd Marten's interview with songwriter Glen Hansard for The Envelope — CLICK HERE.
True, Albert, or like when "Seasons of Love" from Rent won or was nominated for a critics' award (perhaps even the Broadcast Film Critics!).
Posted by: Zach | January 29, 2008 at 06:09 PM
As I pointed out on the forums when I mentioned the issue with "Falling Slowly", the precedent of "In The Deep" from "Crash" applies here: As long as the song was written FOR the film, it doesn't matter that it came out first on another CD. Kathleen "Bird" York did the very same thing with "In The Deep" and kept her nomination.
Posted by: RBBrittain | January 28, 2008 at 11:14 PM
If "As You Like It" can be nominated in the TV-movie category, when in fact it played theatrically in Europe a before being shown on HBO, then I don't see why this song can't be nominated. If the Golden Globes Committee and the Screen Actors Guild can be flexible, so can the Academy. It's got like the gaffe committed in 1967 when "If Ever I Would Leave You" (from the movie "Camelot", which was based on the stage version) won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song.
Posted by: Albert | January 28, 2008 at 01:44 PM