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Jan 24, 2024 · In recent years, the Oscar for Best Original Song has been taken home by the likes of Lady Gaga, Elton John, and Telugu hitmakers M. M. Keeravani and Chandrabose. This year's nominated tracks boast both starry singers — including past Oscar winners Billie Eilish and Jon Batiste — and revolutionary new voices, ranging from members of Osage ...
Jan 23, 2024 · Here’s a complete list of the songs that were nominated for best original song, followed by a complete list of the shortlisted songs that were not nominated. Nominated Songs “It Never Went...
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- “What Was I Made For?” from ‘Barbie’ Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell. Even before “What Was I Made For?” won two Grammys—including Song of the Year—Billie Eilish’s tremendous song from the Barbie soundtrack seemed like a shoo-in to win in this category.
- “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Music and Lyric by Scott George. At the end of Martin Scorsese’s masterful Killers of the Flower Moon, he ends on a performance of “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People),” filmed from overhead—a powerful conclusion that feels both heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure.
- "I’m Just Ken” from ‘Barbie’ Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. Of all the nominated songs, “I’m Just Ken” is easily the most memorable in its respective film, an ode to blonde fragility set within a ludicrous musical number sung by a choir of plastic men feeling the Kenergy.
- “It Never Went Away” from ‘American Symphony’ Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson. In Matthew Heineman’s American Symphony, the documentary follows Jon Batiste in one of the most fruitful periods of his music career, as he wins several Grammys for his album “We Are,” gives one of the best performances at that year’s awards, acts as bandleader on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and amongst all of that, works on composing his “American Symphony,” which recontextualizes the orchestra to encompass all of American history into one piece.
The infectious Tollywood dance number, sung by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, makes history as the first song from an Indian film to be nominated for Best Original Song, with music by composer M.M. Keeravaani and lyrics by Chandrabose. This marks the first Oscar nomination for both.
Mar 11, 2024 · Jon Batiste, Becky G, Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Scott George and the Osage Singers and Ryan Gosling and Mark Ronson are performing the trophy hopefuls during the 96th Oscars tonight....
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Mar 5, 2024 · It's virtually impossible to choose which eligible Barbie song most deserves this year's Oscar: You could make a strong case for both nominated songs, as well as Dua Lipa's effervescent "Dance...
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Until the Academy Awards for 1945 (awarded in 1946) any number of songs could be nominated for the award. For the 1945 awards, 14 songs were nominated. From 1946 to 2011, each member of the Music Branch of the Academy was asked to vote using a points system of 10, 9.5, 9, 8.5, 8, 7.5, 7, 6.5 or 6 points.
