2011 OSCAR: 39 Songs Contend for Best Original Song

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