List of eligible songs in contention for Oscar

[tazber]

Posted: 12/20/11 at 6:39am

Notably absent is Madonna for W.E.
As usual the majority seem to come from children's movies.

For those curious, DAM999 is a semi-Bollywood film starring an American actor and mostly in English.

I'm betting on:

“Love Builds a Garden” or “Hello Hello” (Elton John)
“Star Spangled Man” (Alan Menken)
“Lay Your Head Down” (Brian Byrne)
“The Living Proof” (Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman)

The fifth slot will most likely be a total surprise, but I would love Sigur Ros to slip in with “Gathering Stories” My instinct (which is usually wrong when guessing these things) tells me it's going to be “Coeur Volant”.

Contenders:


“The World I Knew” from “African Cats”
“Lay Your Head Down” from “Albert Nobbs”
“Star Spangled Man” from “Captain America: The First Avenger”
“Collision of Worlds” from “Cars 2?
“Dakkanaga Dugu Dugu” from “DAM999?
“DAM999 Theme Song” from “DAM999?
“Mujhe Chod Ke” from “DAM999?
“Rainbird” from “Dirty Girl”
“Keep On Walking” from “The First Grader”
“Where the River Goes” from “Footloose”
“Hello Hello” from “Gnomeo & Juliet”
“Love Builds a Garden” from “Gnomeo & Juliet”
“Bridge of Light” from “Happy Feet Two”
“The Mighty Sven” from “Happy Feet Two”
“Never Be Daunted” from “happythankyoumoreplease”
“Hell and Back” from “Hell and Back Again”
“The Living Proof” from “The Help”
“Coeur Volant” from “Hugo”
“It’s How We Play” from “I Don’t Know How She Does It”
“When the Heart Dies” from “In the Land of Blood and Honey”
“Ja Nao Estar” from “José and Pilar”
“The Keeper” from “Machine Gun Preacher”
“Life’s a Happy Song” from “The Muppets”
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets”
“Pictures in My Head” from “The Muppets”
“Summer Song” from “The Music Never Stopped”
“Imaginary Friends” from “Olive”
“Sparkling Day” from “One Day”
“Taking You with Me” from “Our Idiot Brother”
“The Greatest Song I Ever Heard” from “POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”
“Hot Wings” from “Rio”
“Let Me Take You to Rio” from “Rio”
“Real in Rio” from “Rio”
“Shelter” from “Take Shelter”
“Gathering Stories” from “We Bought a Zoo”
“Pop” from “White Irish Drinkers”
“Think You Can Wait” from “Win Win”
“The Backson Song” from “Winnie the Pooh”
“So Long” from “Winnie the Pooh”

Updated On: 12/20/11 at 06:39 AM

[The Josh]

Posted: 12/20/11 at 4:50pm

I'm hoping at least one of the songs from The Muppets is nominated. My personal favorite is "Life's a Happy Song."

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 12/20/11 at 5:34pm

So stupid that Madonna's Masterpiece did not qualify because it does not appear straight away as the credits roll, what a dumb rule.

[JP2]

Posted: 12/20/11 at 6:25pm

Actually I think recently the rule was changed that even the first song appearing during credits isn't eligible. The song has to actually appear in the film.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 12/20/11 at 10:33pm

I LOOOOOOOOOVEED "Star Spangled Man". It embraced the film's time and place to a T. I am hoping the Menken factor helps its cause because I think the Muppets could definitely take over the category.