To get you ready for this year’s endless spectacle, the Academy has announced the 39 eligible songs for the Best Original Song category. Aside from tracks from The Muppets and Captain America: The First Avenger’s “Star Spangled Man,” we don’t really remember most of these tunes – and we see a lot of flicks around here. Check out the full list of potential nominees below.
From this list, Academy voters from the Music branch will select up to five nominees – with no more than two nominees coming from a single film. Voters will be shown each song (in random order) then assign it a point rating. That averaged score is then compared against a baseline score of 8.25 – if nothing gets higher than 8.25, there’s no award given for that year. If more than five songs surpass that mark, the highest scores are the nominees. No wonder they need an accounting firm to help with this stuff…
Peruse the list and let us know what you want to see performed live on the show. This seems like a prime opportunity to get The Muppets on the stage after the who #muppetoscars movement failed to land them the hosting gig…
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