Every year, there are some truly exceptional songs featured in motion pictures.
Disney and Bond films are almost always guaranteed nominations from the Academy in the Best Original Song category, often winning (as "No Time To Die" did last year).
However, there are plenty of songs that have stood the test of time that you may not even know were Oscar-nominated -- or even that they were originally from a film!
Plenty of nominated songs have gone on to outlast tthe films they came from.
Here's a list to remind you how random, enduring, and inclusive the Best Original Song category has been over the decades.
"9 to 5" - 9 to 5 (1980)
Dolly Parton's first Academy Award nomination was for her upbeat ode to the working woman from the film of the same name.
That year, Best Original Song was a tough category, with "Fame" from Fame taking the prize.
Though Parton lost the Oscar,...
Disney and Bond films are almost always guaranteed nominations from the Academy in the Best Original Song category, often winning (as "No Time To Die" did last year).
However, there are plenty of songs that have stood the test of time that you may not even know were Oscar-nominated -- or even that they were originally from a film!
Plenty of nominated songs have gone on to outlast tthe films they came from.
Here's a list to remind you how random, enduring, and inclusive the Best Original Song category has been over the decades.
"9 to 5" - 9 to 5 (1980)
Dolly Parton's first Academy Award nomination was for her upbeat ode to the working woman from the film of the same name.
That year, Best Original Song was a tough category, with "Fame" from Fame taking the prize.
Though Parton lost the Oscar,...
- 2/25/2023
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
This article marks Part 7 of the Gold Derby series analyzing 84 years of Best Original Song at the Oscars. Join us as we look back at the timeless tunes recognized in this category, the results of each race and the overall rankings of the winners.
The 1955 Oscar nominees in Best Original Song were:
“Something’s Gotta Give” from “Daddy Long Legs”
“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” from “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”
“I’ll Never Stop Loving You” from “Love Me or Leave Me”
“(Love Is) The Tender Trap” from “The Tender Trap”
“Unchained Melody” from “Unchained”
Won: “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” from “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”
Should’ve won: “Something’s Gotta Give” from “Daddy Long Legs”
“Unchained Melody,” that timeless Righteous Brothers classic that’s been put to memorable use for decades across film and television, actually originated as an Oscar-nominated song in 1955. It’s briefly featured...
The 1955 Oscar nominees in Best Original Song were:
“Something’s Gotta Give” from “Daddy Long Legs”
“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” from “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”
“I’ll Never Stop Loving You” from “Love Me or Leave Me”
“(Love Is) The Tender Trap” from “The Tender Trap”
“Unchained Melody” from “Unchained”
Won: “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” from “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”
Should’ve won: “Something’s Gotta Give” from “Daddy Long Legs”
“Unchained Melody,” that timeless Righteous Brothers classic that’s been put to memorable use for decades across film and television, actually originated as an Oscar-nominated song in 1955. It’s briefly featured...
- 9/19/2018
- by Andrew Carden
- Gold Derby
I doubt anyone will ever forget the haunting voice of Lykke Li as she provided the soundtrack song ‘Possibility’ to the scene where the months pass Bella by in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Now Lykke has done her own version of ‘Unchained Melody’ and it is absolutely beautiful. Check out Lykke’s cover below:
Originally written by Hy Zaret and Alex North, Lykke Li follows in some famous footsteps with her cover of ‘Unchained Melody’ as she performs the song live on Australia’s Triple 3 radio.
And just in case you need a refresher on that scene with Bella in New Moon where Lykke Li’s ‘Possibility’ is featured:
Lykke has such a unique, amazing voice. I love her version of ‘Unchained Melody’, it’s just alive with feeling.
What do you think of Lykke’s cover for ‘Unchained Melody’? Did you like where ‘Possibility’ was used in New Moon?...
Originally written by Hy Zaret and Alex North, Lykke Li follows in some famous footsteps with her cover of ‘Unchained Melody’ as she performs the song live on Australia’s Triple 3 radio.
And just in case you need a refresher on that scene with Bella in New Moon where Lykke Li’s ‘Possibility’ is featured:
Lykke has such a unique, amazing voice. I love her version of ‘Unchained Melody’, it’s just alive with feeling.
What do you think of Lykke’s cover for ‘Unchained Melody’? Did you like where ‘Possibility’ was used in New Moon?...
- 10/8/2011
- by Evie
- twilightersanonymous.com
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