Oscar Nominated Songs 2008

(Click here to see the rest of the Oscar nominees of 2008)

The Oscar nominations came out this morning and here are the Oscar nominated songs for 2008 with clips from the movies:

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

“Falling Slowly” from “Once”
(Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

“Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
(Warner Bros.)
Nominees to be determined

“So Close” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

“That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

I’m pumped to see Once make it. But seriously three songs from Enchanted and no love for Eddie Vedder and Into the Wild? WTF? I’m definitely rooting for Once and Falling Slowly to be Best Original Song for 2008. We’ll see…

Posted by neal on January 22nd, 2008 filed in 2008 Academy Awards |

2 Responses to “Oscar Nominated Songs 2008”

Lynn Says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
I’m so thrilled for Glen Hansard and Marketa (Once). Now I’m keeping me fingers crossed that the luck of the Irish will stay with them, allowing the Academy Awards to air, so they can perform it! Brilliant!
Once's 'Falling Slowly' Still Nominated For An Oscar | New Movie Nation Says:
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:52 pm
[...] Slowly out of the running because there was some question whether it was truly original (which, when you look at its competition seems like a very silly [...]