Fifty-nine songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are being considered in the Original Song category for the 80th Academy Awards®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.
The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title:
Do You Feel Me from American Gangster
At the Edge of the World from Arctic Tale
Someday from August Rush
This Time from August Rush
Raise It Up from August Rush
Break from August Rush
Nothings There from Badland
The Devils Lonely Fire from Badland
A Hero Comes Home from Beowulf
The Stars of Orion from Berkeley
Say from The Bucket List
To Be Surprised from Dan in Real Life
My Hands Are Shaking from Dan in Real Life
Ill Be OK from Dan in Real Life
December Boys from December Boys
So Close from Enchanted
Thats How You Know from Enchanted
Happy Working Song from Enchanted
Atkozott Egy Elet from 56 Drops of Blood
O, Atyam! from 56 Drops of Blood
Eleg! from 56 Drops of Blood
A Dream from Freedom Writers
Lyra from The Golden Compass
Good Luck Chuck from Good Luck Chuck
Shut Me Out from Good Luck Chuck
I Was Zapped by the Lucky Super Rainbow from Good Luck Chuck
Grace Is Gone from Grace Is Gone
Lullabye for Wyatt from Grace Is Gone
Come So Far (Got So Far to Go) from Hairspray
The Tale of the Horny Frog from The Heartbreak Kid
China Doll from Honeydripper
It Will Stay With Us from The Hottest State
Never See You from The Hottest State
Society from Into the Wild
Guaranteed from Into the Wild
Rise from Into the Wild
First Amendment Blues from Larry Flynt: The Right To Be Left Alone
Hello (I Love You) from The Last Mimzy
Despedida from Love in the Time of Cholera
Hucks Tune from Lucky You
Little Wonders from Meet the Robinsons
Another Believer from Meet the Robinsons
Way Back into Love from Music and Lyrics
PoP! Goes My Heart from Music and Lyrics
Ordinary People from Music Within
Pretty Much Amazing from Nancy Drew
Falling Slowly from Once
If You Want Me from Once
Le Festin from Ratatouille
Land of Quiet Poems from Resurrecting the Champ
Love Will Still Be There from September Dawn
Royal Pain from Shrek the Third
Rule the World from Stardust
Before Its Too Late (Sam and Mikaelas Theme) from Transformers
Baby Dont You Cry from Waitress
Beautiful Ride from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Walk Hard from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Lets Duet from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Back Where You Belong from The Water Horse
On Tuesday, January 15, the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for voting members of the Music Branch in both Beverly Hills and New York City. Following the screenings, members will vote to determine which three, four or five songs become nominees in the category.
To be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits.
The 80th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academys Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
