Dark Of The Matinee: Let’s Predict The Oscar Nominees For Best Original Song

Nominations for the Academy Awards are announced tomorrow, and we can’t help but wonder what five tracks will be in the running for Best Original Song. It’s been an oddly good year for music in movies—relatively speaking, anyway—and while there’s no reason to have faith that the Academy will make anything other than a tacky choice for the winner, there might be some surprises in the nominations. The Golden Globes nominated songs from Wall-E, Gran Torino, Cadillac Records, Bolt, and The Wrestler, ultimately going with Bruce Springsteen’s song from the latter for the win. But maybe something else will sneak in? Something from High School Musical 3, perhaps? A list of the most intriguing contenders is after the jump.

“Barking at the Moon” from Bolt (Jenny Lewis) “I Thought I Lost You” from Bolt (Miley Cyrus and John Travolta) “Once in a Lifetime” from Cadillac Records (Beyoncé) “The Call” from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Regina Spektor) “Dracula’s Lament” from Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Jason Segel) “Gran Torino” from Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood) “Rock Me Sexy Jesus” from Hamlet 2 (The Ralph Sall Experience) [This would be my pick, BTW. -MB] “Now or Never” from High School Musical 3: Senior Year “The Traveling Song” from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (will.i.am) “The Story” from My Blueberry Nights (Norah Jones) “In Rodanthe” from Nights in Rodanthe (Emmylou Harris) “Another Way to Die” from Quantum of Solace (Jack White and Alicia Keys) “Up to Our Nex” from Rachel Getting Married (Robyn Hitchock) “O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire (M.I.A. and A.R. Rahman) “Little Person” from Synecdoche, New York (Jon Brion) “Right to Dream” from Tennessee (Mariah Carey and Willie Nelson) “Down to Earth” from WALL-E (Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman) “The Wrestler” from The Wrestler (Bruce Springsteen) “Sweet Ballad” from Yes Man (Munchausen By Proxy: Zooey Deschanel and Von Iva)

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