Best Original Song

An Opinionated Guide to an Exhausting Year for Oscar Songs

Awards | Oscars
 January 3, 2013 By Steve Pond 19 weeks ago

Analysis: Too many songs qualified for the Best Original Song Oscar, and not enough of them are good

  

Adele, Katy Perry, 'Les Miz' Songs on Huge List of 75 Oscar Contenders

Awards | Oscars
 December 11, 2012 By Steve Pond 22 weeks ago

Biggest list of Best Original Song contenders in years includes work from Mumford and Sons, Dolly Parton, Katy Perry, Adele, Arcade Fire and many more

  

Academy Overhauls Controversial Best Song Process

Awards | Oscars
 August 30, 2012 By Steve Pond 37 weeks ago

The old system that had resulted in years of only two or three nominated songs is junked in favor of more straightforward approach that will yield five nominees

  

Oscar Rule Changes Include More Songwriters, Bigger VFX Shortlists

Awards | Oscars
 June 28, 2012 By Steve Pond 46 weeks ago

Adjustments to the Academy Awards rules will increase the number of potential Best-Song nominees to four, and tweak the processes for Foreign Language, Makeup and Visual Effects categories

  

Bowing to Angry Best-Song Fallout, Academy Promises 'Hard Look' at Process

Awards | Oscars
 February 9, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Music Branch's Bruce Broughton: "The last thing we want to do is exclude worthy songs ... but we don't want to lower the bar, either"

  

Oscar Songs: Elton John on Gnomes, Lost Songs and His 'Dream Guy' Justin Timberlake

Awards | Oscars
 January 5, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The iconic pop musician talks about the 11-year grind to make "Gnomeo & Juliet," and about the star who can play him brilliantly in a biopic

  

An Opinionated Guide to a Pretty Good Year for Oscar Songs

Awards | Oscars
 January 4, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

TheWrap's Oscars expert rates all 39 eligible songs -- and while it's not a bad field, the Muppets come out on top

  

Oscar Songs: Chris Cornell Channels Woody Guthrie for 'The Keeper'

Awards | Oscars
 January 3, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

He may be best-known as the hard-rocker behind Soundgarden, but Cornell went acoustic for the "Machine Gun Preacher" song

  

Oscar Songs: Bret McKenzie Discovers the Secret of Muppet Music

Awards | Oscars
 January 2, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"Flight of the Conchords" star wrote Muppet songs before heading back to Middle-earth for "The Hobbit"

  

Oscar Songs: Zooey Deschanel Finds Music a (Pooh) Bear Necessity

Awards | Oscars
 January 1, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Actress says that as her television schedule gets "weird and busy," she needs to return to making music

  

Elton John, Mary J. Blige Challenge the Muppets in Oscar Song Race

Awards | Oscars
 December 19, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

A handful of big names will be competing for the Best Song Oscar, but watch out for those little felt figures

  

Gwyneth Paltrow, Mandy Moore Bring Songs Back to the Oscar Show

Awards | Oscars
 February 4, 2011 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

After a year in which the songs weren't performed, producers opt to put original artists onstage at the Kodak

  

An Opinionated Guide to a Lousy Year for Oscar Songs

Awards | Oscars
 December 26, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

From Moby to Janet, Eddie Vedder to Justin Bieber, here's the rundown on all the contenders

  

Randy Newman, Janet Jackson, John Legend, Chris Martin in Oscar Song Race

Awards | Oscars
 December 15, 2010 By Steve Pond 2 years ago

This year's field is short on megastars, but a few big names (Justin Bieber!) enliven the smaller-than-usual list of contenders

  

Alan Menken on Oscar's Tangled Music Process

Awards | Oscars
 December 31, 1970 By Steve Pond 43 years ago

The man who's won more Oscars than any other living person looks at a process that has rewarded him, and worked against him

  
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