Guess December is the perfect month to start our little
Oscar – chat, right? I mean, after all, the
84th Academy Award nominations will be announced on January 24th, so this report is a good start.
As you see in our title, we’re here to announce 39 (yes, thirty-nine!) songs that will contend for the
Best Original Song Oscar this year!
On January 5th the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for voting members of the Music Branch in Los Angeles. Here’s the full list of songs in alphabetical order by film and song title:
“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
[youtube width=”535″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeTok5A-Efg[/youtube]
“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
[youtube width=”535″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc8j-_nGkys[/youtube]
“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
[youtube width=”535″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSoXrR2Xec4[/youtube]
“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
