Beverly Hills, CA(RushPRNews)12/17/08-— Forty-nine songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are contending for nominations in the Original Song category for the 81st 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 song title:
“Another Way to Die†from “Quantum of Solaceâ€
“Barking at the Moon†from “Boltâ€
“The Boys Are Back†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“Broken and Bent†from “Role Modelsâ€
“By the Boab Tree†from “Australiaâ€
“The Call†from “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspianâ€
“Can I Have This Dance†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“Chase the Morning†from “Repo! The Genetic Operaâ€
“Chromaggia†from “Repo! The Genetic Operaâ€
“The Code of Life†from “My Dreamâ€
“Code of Silence†from “Save Meâ€
“Count on Me†from “The Womenâ€
“Di Notte†from “The Lodgerâ€
“Djoyigbe†from “Pray the Devil Back to Hellâ€
“Down to Earth†from “WALL-Eâ€
“Dracula’s Lament†from “Forgetting Sarah Marshallâ€
“Drive†from “Fuelâ€
“Forever†from “They Killed Sister Dorothyâ€
“High School Musical†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“Gran Torino†from “Gran Torinoâ€
“I Thought I Lost You†from “Boltâ€
“I Want It All†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“In Rodanthe†from “Nights in Rodantheâ€
“It Ain’t Right†from “Dark Streetsâ€
“Jai Ho†from “Slumdog Millionaireâ€
“Just Getting Started†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“Just Wanna Be with You†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“Little Person†from “Synecdoche, New Yorkâ€
“The Little Things†from “Wantedâ€
“A Night to Remember†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“Nothing but the Truth†from “Nothing but the Truthâ€
“Now or Never†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“O Saya†from “Slumdog Millionaireâ€
“Once in a Lifetime†from “Cadillac Recordsâ€
“Right Here Right Now†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“Right to Dream†from “Tenneseeâ€
“Rock Me Sexy Jesus†from “Hamlet 2â€
“Scream†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“The Story†from “My Blueberry Nightsâ€
“Sweet Ballad†from “Yes Manâ€
“Too Much Juice†from “Dark Streetsâ€
“The Traveling Song†from “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africaâ€
“Trouble the Water†from “Trouble the Waterâ€
“Up to Our Nex†from “Rachel Getting Marriedâ€
“Walk Away†from “High School Musical 3: Senior Yearâ€
“Waterline†from “Pride and Gloryâ€
“The Wrestler†from “The Wrestlerâ€
“Yes Man†from “Yes Manâ€
“Zydrate Anatomy†from “Repo! The Genetic Operaâ€
On Tuesday, January 6, the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for voting members of the Music Branch in Los Angeles. Following the screenings, members will vote to determine which three, four or five songs become nominees in the category.
A DVD copy of the song clips will be made available to those branch members who are unable to attend the screening and who request it for home viewing. A mail-in ballot will be provided.
A maximum of two songs may be nominated from any film. If more than two songs from a film are in contention, the two songs with the most votes will be the nominees.
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 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
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