(And there were only three.)Ī paltry three-song nomination happened once before, in 1988. Only those with at least an average score of 8.25 made the cut. Members of the voting panel gave each song submitted a score from 6 to 10. The low number of song nominees is on account of newfangled Academy rules. The song remains the sameThe Academy’s nutty decision to keep things limited may alienate the annual show’s perspective audience. Of the 42 songs presented to the Academy for consideration, the three lonely nominees include “In the Deep” by Kathleen “Bird” York from “Crash, “Travelin’ Thru,” by Dolly Parton, from “Transamerica,” and “It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” by Al Kapone (performed by Terrence Howard) from “Hustle & Flow.” Had the Academy overlooked that last song, inseparable from its movie, Oscar would prove itself irrelevant, losing all ground gained with the dark horse (yet very politic) victory for Eminem in 2003 with “Lose Yourself” from “8-Mile.” “Hoodwinked,” “Because of Winn Dixie,” “Chronicles of Narnia” and even “Harry Potter,” couldn’t get a song past the judges. Even the kiddie movies, usually a mainstay in the song category, didn’t make it.
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