Most of the conversation about this year's
Oscar nominations for
Best Original Song has been about the disqualification of the tune, "Alone Not Alone". I had found it a little suspect that a song from a film that nobody never heard of (let alone ever seen) managed to earn a nomination but the real news is that the rest of the selections are actually a solid collection of songs. It's been quite a while since music from a motion picture has received serious radio play but two of our nominees have been climbing up the
Billboard charts. One of this year's big Grammy winners,
Pharrell Williams has a top-ten hit with "Happy" from the animation sequel, "Despicable Me 2" while "Let It Go", the breakout song from another smash animated film, "Frozen" is also moving up the top-forty.
The other two notable songs include rock legends,
U2 who received their second
Oscar nomination for the moving ballad, "Ordinary Love" which closes out "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom".
Karen O from the art-punk band
Yeah Yeah Yeah co-wrote "The Moon Song" with the director of the film, "Her", Spike Jones. A version of the song is performed in the film by actors, Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix and by the artist during the end-credits.
The best news is that all of these great artists will be on the
Oscar telecast, March 2nd to perform their songs.
And the nominees for Best Original Song are:
"Let It Go" from "Frozen" - Performed by Idina Menzel - (
Music and lyric by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
"The Moon Song" from "Her" - Performed by Karen O - (
Music by Karen O, Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze)
"Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" - Performed by
U2 -(
Music and Lyric by U2)
"Happy" from "Despicable Me 2" - Performed by Pharrell Williams - (
Music and lyric by Pharrell Williams)
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