Just days after the Golden Globes announced their nomineesin the Best Original Song category, the Academy Awards revealed their 79-song shortlist of candidates thatll vie for an Oscar at the 87th annual ceremony. Coldplay, Lana Del Rey, the Shins, Bon Iver, Lorde, Alicia Keys with Kendrick Lamar and Glen Campbell are all in the running before the Best Original Song nominees are officially announced along with the rest of the Oscar hopefuls on January 15th.
All five tracks nominated for the Best Original Song Golden Globe made the Oscar shortlist Lana Del Reys Big Eyesfrom Big Eyes, John Legend and Commons Glory from Selma, Patti Smith and Lenny Kayes Mercy Is from Noah, Sias Annie cut Opportunity and Lordes Yellow Flicker Beatfrom The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and are joined by over70 more tracks.
Coldplays Unbroken cut Miracles, which premiered Thursday, made the Oscar shortlist, as did the Shins So Now What and Bon Ivers Heavenly Fatherfrom the soundtrack of Zach Braffs Wish I Was Here. Glen Campbells heartbreaking last song Im Not Gonna Miss You,from his documentary Glen Campbell: Ill Be Me also landed on the shortlist. Tegan & Saras Everything Is Awesome featuring the Lonely Island from The Lego Movie also made the cut.
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A.R. Rahman and Flight of the Conchords Bret McKenzie, both Best Original Song Oscar winners thanks to Slumdog Millionaire and The Muppets respectively, each notched three songs on the Oscar shortlist; Rahman for his work on Million Dollar Arm, McKenzie for his Muppets Most Wanted songs. Willamette Stone, a fictional band from the film If I Stay, also placed three tracks on the shortlist.
Rio 2 was the most represented film with four songs from various artists. However, Academy rules state that a maximum of two songs may be nominated from one film. In order to be eligible for the Best Original Song category, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. The 87th Academy Awards will take place February 22, 2015.
Other interesting longshots for Oscar glory: Fall Out Boys Immortals from Big Hero 6, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros America for Me from A Most Violent Year, Alicia Keys and Kendrick Lamars The Amazing Spider-Man 2 cut Its On Again and Pharrell Williams and Gwen Stefanis still-unreleased Paddington track Shine. Visit Screen Dailyfor the complete list of shortlisted songs.
Notable snubs from the shortlist: Jonny Greenwoods Spooksfrom Inherent Vice featuring members of Supergrass and Joanna Newsom and every non-Lorde track from the Hunger Games soundtrack that the Pure Heroine singer curated.
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