49 songs qualify for Oscar race
Forty-nine songs from eligible movies are contending for three to five Oscar nominations in the Original Song category, it was announced in Beverly Hills.
Eleven of the possible nominees come from the High School Musical 3: Senior Year
soundtrack, including A Night to Remember,
Can I Have This Dance,
Walk Away,
Now or Never,
Scream,
Right Here Right Now,
High School Musical,
The Boys Are Back,
Just Getting Started,
Just Wanna Be with You
and I Want It All.
Also eligible to be shortlisted in the Original Song Oscar category are the title songs from the films Gran Torino,
Nothing but the Truth,
Trouble the Water,
Yes Man
and The Wrestler.
The other original songs that could get an Oscar nod are Another Way to Die
from Quantum of Solace;
Barking at the Moon
from Bolt;
Broken and Bent
from Role Models;
By the Boab Tree
from Australia
and The Call
from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
Additional songs that made the first cut are Chase the Morning,
Chromaggia
and Zydrate Anatomy,
all from Repo! The Genetic Opera;
The Code of Life
from My Dream;
Code of Silence
from Save Me;
Count on Me
from The Women;
Di Notte
from The Lodger;
Djoyigbe
from Pray the Devil Back to Hell;
Down to Earth
from WALL-E
and Dracula’s Lament
from Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Those songs will also compete for nominations with Drive
from Fuel;
Forever
from They Killed Sister Dorothy;
I Thought I Lost You
from Bolt;
In Rodanthe
from Nights in Rodanthe;
It Ain’t Right
from Dark Streets;
Jai Ho
from Slumdog Millionaire;
Little Person
from Synecdoche, New York;
The Little Things
from Wanted;
O Saya
from Slumdog Millionaire;
Once in a Lifetime
from Cadillac Records;
Right to Dream
from Tennesee;
Rock Me Sexy Jesus
from Hamlet 2;
The Story
from My Blueberry Nights;
Sweet Ballad
from Yes Man;
Too Much Juice
from Dark Streets;
The Traveling Song
from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa;
Up to Our Nex
from Rachel Getting Married
and Waterline
from Pride and Glory.
The 81st Academy Awards nominations are to be announced Jan. 22. The winners will be named at a ceremony Feb. 22.