42 Songs Eligible To Compete

For Oscar Nominations

 By Rich Drees

     December 16, 2005- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that there are 42 songs eligible to compete for the 2006 Best Song Academy Award.

     According to Academy rules, a song must contain both original words and music that were written specifically for inclusion in a film. The songs will be reviewed by the voting members of the Academy’s Music branch to select three to five songs to be entered into final nomination.

     The 78th Academy Award nominations are scheduled to be announced on January 31, 2006, with the awards ceremony being held on March 5, 2006.

     The eligible songs are-

  • "Along the River" from End Of The Spear

  • "Angels Talk" from Angels With Angles

  • "Butterfly" from Because Of Winn-Dixie

  • "Can't Take It In" from The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

  • "Closer Every Day" from Freezerburn

  • "Dicholo" from The Constant Gardener

  • "Do the Hippogriff" from Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

  • "Dreamer" from Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story

  • "Face of Faith" from Rumor Has It

  • "Fight for the Children" from Palindromes

  • "Finding Home" from Finding Home

  • "Great Big World" from Hookwinked

  • "Have a Little Faith" from The Theory Of Everything

  • "Hustle & Flow (It Ain't Over)" from Hustle & Flow

  • "(I'd Have It All) If I Had Drew" from My Date with Drew

  • "If I Apologize" from Mirrormask

  • "I'll Be Near You" from Bee Season

  • "I'll Whip Ya Head Boy" from Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

  • "In the Deep" from Crash

  • "It Ain't Over Yet” from Racing Stripes

  • "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow

  • "I've Gotta See You Smile" from Because Of Winn-Dixie

  • "Mad Hot Ballroom" from Mad Hot Ballroom

  • "Move Away and Shine" from Thumbsucker

  • "My Brother, My People" from Blues By The Beach

  • "Nobody Jesus But You" from Palindromes

  • "One Blood" from Green Street Hooligans

  • "One Little Slip" from Chicken Little

  • "One Safe Place" from The Upside of Anger

  • "Reachin' for Heaven" from Ice Princess

  • "Remains of the Day" from Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

  • "Same in Any Language" from Elizabethtown

  • "Shine" from Robots

  • "Shoulder to Shoulder" from Pooh's Heffalump Movie

  • "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

  • "Taking the Inside Rail" from Racing Stripes

  • "Tell Me What You Already Did" from Robots

  • "There's Nothing Like a Show on Broadway" from The Producers

  • "These Days" from The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants

  • "This Is the Way" from Palindromes

  • "Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica

  • "You're Gonna Die Soon" from Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic

 

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