Great Songs from Movies That Should Have Won The Oscar....

First up: David Bowie's theme from Cat People

From Eyes of Laura Mars: Prisoner by Barbra Streisand

1964! Neither "Goldfinger" nor " A Hard Day's Night" were even nominated!

Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven from Rush

"was"

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"You Only Live Twice." Best singing Nancy Sinatra ever did. Please post.

the most obvious omission, though there may have been some technicality that disqualified them... "Night Fever" from "Saturday Night Fever". "Staying Alive" too.

For R7 Great choice!

How Deep is Your Love or Staying Alive from Saturday Night Fever

Mein Herr or Money, Money from Cabaret.

You're the One That I Want from Grease

Knockin' On Heaven's Door from Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Coming Around Again from Heartburn

none of the above nominated.

Bruce Springsteen's The Wrestler, (from The Wrestler).

Truly one of the greatest, (and dumbest!!!), snubs! (and it was a snub).

A textbook example of everything a Best Song nominee should be. It was written directly for the film, soundtrack segments played throughout the film, then the complete song with lyrics played as the ending credits started to roll. The lyrics were specifically about the character, and the themes and message of the movie. Sung by an American superstar, and it was a fucking great song!

The Music branch decided to nominate only 3 songs that year, all of which were forgettable. It was the year of Slumdog Millionaire, not really a box-office blockbuster so ratings were expected to be weak, and were. The song had won the Golden Globe Award just before the Oscar ballots were sent out, and had they nominated it, most likely Springsteen would have appeared to perform it. Which definitely would have improved it's ratings.

A real shame, and blunder!

Back in the day, there was an abundance of songs that were eligible. Now they're hard-pressed to come up with enough to fill the category. And they end up giving an Oscar to crap like "It's Hard Out There for a Pimp."

For R10

Coming Around Again from Heartburn

Coming Around Again is brilliant.

R12 I agree with you wholeheartedly, but I happened to love "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle and Flow.

Live version of "Coming Around Again/Itsy Bitsy Spider" from outdoor concert on Martha's Vineyard.

They ignored Springsteen for "Dead Man Walking" too so must be some reason. Though he was already awarded for "Philadelphia".

Springsteen rejected Los Angeles and went back to New Jersey. Hollywood never forgets.

New York, New York - Liza

Somewhere out There..

R2, Barbra Streisand did not write that song.

They lost to a song that tried to rhyme "dick" with "chicks."

And this lost to a song by a guy who later went on to lure women in his apartment via Craigslist to torture them.

Could We Start Again Please rom Jesus Christ Superstar.

"Dull Tool" by Fiona Apple, which is from the THIS IS 40 soundtrack. Adele's utterly forgettable Bond theme won that year.

To Sir, With Love

John Williams - Alan and Marilyn Bergman song from a 1967 potboiler called Fitzwilly. Performed by Nancy Wilson when she was good:

[quote]Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole.

This answers a lot of questions.

Lana has gotten fucked over a couple of times now. Someone really doesn't want her to have an Oscar nomination. "Young and Beautiful" from "Gatsby", both songs from "Big Eyes"... all would've been right at home. They even disqualified one fucker the year she was overlooked for "Gatsby". They should have given her that spot once he was gone.

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Face To Face (from Batman Returns).

David Arnold & Björk - Play Dead (The Young Americans)

"Flash's Theme" from Flash Gordon

"Princes of the Universe" from The Highlander

"I'm Still Here" by John Rzenik, from "Treasure Planet"

I am amazed that "New York, New York" and "To Sir, With Love" were not nominated!

"Live to Tell" by Madonna, from "At Close Range" Music by Patrick Leonard and Madonna, lyrics by Madonna

The movie was, sadly, a flop but the song was still great.

"I'll Remember" by Madonna from With Honors; music and lyrics by RIchard Page, Leonard Patrick and Madonna

"Mountains" by Prince from Under the Cherry Moon

Yeah, "Live to Tell" really is a travesty of an omission. That was when a lot of us started to take Madonna seriously. Gorgeous song.

Everybody's Talkin' sung by Harry Nilsson in Midnight Cowboy.

A Hard Day's Night

Help!

"Whistling away Dark" from Darling Lili.

[quote]Everybody's Talkin' sung by Harry Nilsson in Midnight Cowboy.

Although it fits the movie well, that song (by Fred Neil) wasn't written for it. Nilsson's original composition for MC was "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City." It was never included in the final film.