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It seems like "Inside Your Heart" is the song from Vivo that will be submitted to the Oscars. Well, or at least the one that will be promoted as the most likely contender from the film.

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https://variety.com/2022/music/awards/o ... 235150569/

Oscar Shortlisted Songwriters Talk Dreams, Inspirations and the Lasting Power of Music
https://variety.com/video/fyc-song-panel-2022/

Oscar-Nominated Best Original Song Panel With Billie Eilish, Van Morrison, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Diane Warren, Finneas O’Connell Set By Songwriters Hall Of Fame
https://deadline.com/2022/03/billie-eil ... 234969393/

The Battle For Best Original Song At The 94th Academy Awards
https://www.nextbestpicture.com/latest/ ... emy-awards

Film songwriters roundtable panel: ‘Annette,’ ‘Cinderella,’ ‘CODA,’ ‘Four Good Days’ and ‘Respect’
https://www.goldderby.com/feature/film- ... 204713886/

Watch the debuts of our chats with 8 songwriters on the Oscars shortlist: ‘Annette,’ ‘Cinderella,’ ‘CODA,’ ‘Don’t Look Up,’ ‘Four Good Days’ and ‘Respect’
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2022/ ... rren-coda/

^I guess you're right. Well, if they plan to submit just one song, I think it's probably the right choice because it seems it'll be the most important song story-wise and will play at an emotional point in the movie. It's a nice song; I think it has chances of being nominated, but I suspect Lin-Manuel Miranda has probably saved his best compositions for Encanto.

The full soundtrack for Vivo has been released. You can listen to it here. There are also sing along versions of some of the songs in this playlist. There are a total of 10 original songs in the film. Some are better than others, of course, but in my opinion Lin-Manuel Miranda did quite a good job in general.

I've watched the film and I liked it too, though I think some elements could've been better. The premise is quite original, the characters are likeable and some scenes are quite emotional, but it has a typical buddy road trip, some scenes feel like filler and there are events I didn't find too believable. The reviews are quite good, though, so I wouldn't rule out a possible nomination for the film itself in the best animated feature category if the year ends up not being too competitive, but I don't think it'll be a strong contender.

The nominations for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the Feature Film category, "Beyond the Shore" won in the Independent Film category, "Secret Sister" won in the Documentary Film category, "Good Mood" won in the Animated Film category, and "Both Sides Now" won in the On-Screen Performance category.

Outstanding Song (Feature Film)

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Every Letter" — Cyrano
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" — Respect
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"My Father's Daughter" — Flag Day
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Outstanding Song (Independent Film)

"After Our Dawn" — After We Fell
"Because Love" — Love Is Love Is Love
"Beyond the Shore" — CODA
"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"Somehow You Do" — Four Good Days

Outstanding Song (Documentary Film)

"Breathe" — The First Wave
"Looking Up" — World Woman Hour
"Never Gonna Tame You" — The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses
"The Other Side of the Rainbow" — Cured
"Right Where I Belong" — Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
"Secret Sister" — Rebel Hearts

Outstanding Song (Animated Film)

"Good Mood" — Paw Patrol: The Movie
"Fearless (Valiente Duet)" — Spirit Untamed
"Follow Me Home" — Arlo the Alligator Boy
"On My Way" — The Mitchells vs. the Machines
"Together We Stand" — The Boss Baby: Family Business
"Your Song Saved My Life" — Sing 2

Outstanding Song (On-Screen Performance)

"The Anonymous Ones" — Dear Evan Hansen
"Both Sides Now" — CODA
"Downtown" — Last Night in Soho
"Home All Summer" — In the Heights
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"Respect" — Respect
"Wherever I Fall" — Cyrano

Source: https://www.hmmawards.com/2021-music-in ... minations/


The nominations for the Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards 2021 are out. Update: "Just Look Up" won in the Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production category while "No Time to Die" won in the Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production category.

Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production

"Fearless" — Spirit Untamed
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" — Respect
"Home All Summer" — In the Heights
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"Together All the Way" — Dear White People

Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production

"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Never Gonna Tame You" — The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"Secret Sister" — Rebel Hearts
"Somehow You Do" — Four Good Days

Source: https://thescl.com/news/the-scl-announc ... cl-awards/


The nominations for the Grammy Awards 2021 are out. Update: "All Eyes On Me" won in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category while The United States vs. Billie Holiday won in the Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media category.

Best Song Written for Visual Media

"Agatha All Along" — WandaVision
"All Eyes On Me" — Bo Burnham: Inside
"All I Know So Far" — P!nk: All I Know So Far
"Fight for You" — Judas and the Black Messiah
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" — Respect
"Speak Now" — One Night in Miami

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Cruella
Dear Evan Hansen
In the Heights
One Night in Miami...
Respect
Schmigadoon! (Episode 1)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Source: https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/202 ... tions-list


The nominations for the American Music Awards 2021 are out. Update: "Cold Heart" won in the Collaboration of the Year category, "As It Was" won in the Favorite Pop Song category, "Dos Oruguitas" won in the Favorite Latin Song category, and Elvis won in the Favorite Soundtrack category.

Best Collaboration of the Year

Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Industry Baby
Stay
Wait for U
We Don't Talk About Bruno

Favorite Pop Song

About Damn Time
As It Was
Easy on Me
Stay
We Don't Talk About Bruno

Favorite Latin Song

Dos Oruguitas
Mamiii
Me Porto Bonito
Provenza
Todo de Ti

Favorite Soundtrack

Elvis
Encanto
Sing 2
Stranger Things (Season 4)

Source: https://www.theamas.com/nominees/2022-nominees/


The nominations for the Billboard Music Awards 2021 are out. Update: Encanto won in the category.

Top Soundtrack

Arcane: League of Legends
Encanto
In the Heights
Sing 2
Tick, Tick… Boom!

Source: https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/ ... 235056949/


The nominations for the NAACP Image Awards 2021 are out. Update: The Harder They Fall won in the category.

Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album

Coming 2 America
Judas and the Black Messiah
Respect
The Harder They Fall
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Source: https://naacpimageawards.net/news/nomin ... pt-on-bet/


The nominations for the St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2021 are out. Update: Cruella won in the category.

Best Soundtrack

Cruella
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Tender Bar
West Side Story

Source: http://www.stlfilmcritics.org/awards


The nominations for the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2021 are out. Update: Last Night in Soho won in the category.

Best Use of Music

Belfast
Cruella
In the Heights
Last Night in Soho
West Side Story

Source: http://www.sdfcs.org/2021-nominations/


The nominations for the Chlotrudis Awards 2021 are out. Update: Summer of Soul won in the category.

Best Use of Music in a Film

Annette
Licorice Pizza
The Lost Daughter
Summer of Soul
The Summit of the Gods

Source: https://chlotrudis.org/2022/02/dog-day- ... s-society/


The nominations for the Dorian Awards 2021 are out. Update: Tick, Tick… Boom! won in the category.

Best Film Music

Dune
Encanto
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
Tick, Tick… Boom!

Source: https://www.facebook.com/dorianawards/p ... 1957236605


The nominations for the Saturn Awards 2021 are out. Update: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness won in the category.

Best Film Music

The Batman
Crimes of the Future
Cruella
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Nightmare Alley
Nope
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Source: https://twitter.com/SaturnAwards/status ... 8701573120


The nominations for the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards 2021 are out. Update: Spencer won in the category.

Best Music

Dune
Encanto
The Green Knight
The Power of the Dog
Spencer

Source: https://mnfilmcriticalliance.wordpress. ... ca-awards/


The nominations for the Annie Awards 2021 are out. Update: Encanto won in the category.

Best Music (Feature)

Encanto
Luca
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Raya and the Last Dragon
Vivo

Source: https://annieawards.org/press/NOMINATIO ... -Animation


The nominations for the Imagen Awards 2021 are out. Update: Encanto won in the category.

Best Music Composition for Film or Television

Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami
Encanto
Gentrified
Maya and the Three
The White Lotus

Source: https://www.imagen.org/2022/08/imagen-a ... -37-years/


The nominations for the Golden Globe Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song (Motion Picture)

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" — Respect
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/g ... -announced


The nominations for the Satellite Awards 2021 are out. Update: "Colombia, Mi Encanto" won in the category.

Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Beyond the Shore" — CODA
"Colombia, Mi Encanto" — Encanto
"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" — Respect
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: https://www.pressacademy.com/2021-nominees/


The nominations for the Black Reel Awards 2021 are out. Update: "Automatic Woman" won in the category.

Outstanding Original Song

"Automatic Woman" — Bruised
"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"The Harder They Fall" — The Harder They Fall
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" — Respect

Source: https://www.blackreelawards.com/press-release


The nominations for the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2021 are out. Update: "Dos Oruguitas" won in the category.

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Fire in the Sky" — Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"My Father's Daughter" — Flag Day

Source: https://www.facebook.com/guildofmusicsu ... 5164608811


The nominations for the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards 2021 are out. Update: "We Don't Talk About Bruno" won in the category.

Best Song Written for a Film

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"Surface Pressure" — Encanto
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" — Encanto

Source: http://www.latinojournalists.com/2022/0 ... minations/


The nominations for the Online Film & Television Association Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Beyond the Shore" — CODA
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"So May We Start" — Annette
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" — Encanto

Source: http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2 ... ards-2021/


The nominations for the International Film Society Critics Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Beyond the Shore" — CODA
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"So May We Start" — Annette
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" — Encanto

Source: https://twitter.com/IFSCritics/status/1 ... 0687382530


The nominations for the Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2021 are out. Update: "Be Alive" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Beyond the Shore" — CODA
"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"Every Letter" — Cyrano
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: https://hollywoodcriticsassociation.com ... minations/


The nominations for the Critics' Choice Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: http://criticschoice.com/2021/12/film-n ... ce-awards/


The nominations for the MTV Movie & TV Awards 2021 are out. Update: "On My Way (Marry Me)" won in the category.

Best Song

"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" — Respect
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"Little Star" — Euphoria
"On My Way (Marry Me)" — Marry Me
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" — Encanto

Source: https://www.mtv.com/news/3186494/movie- ... ions-2022/


The nominations for the North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Every Letter" — Cyrano
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"So May We Start" — Annette

Source: https://ncfilmcritics.org/reel-thoughts ... t-of-2021/


The nominations for the Chicago Indie Critics Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"So May We Start" — Annette

Source: https://chicagoindiecritics.org/cic-awa ... ic-awards/


The nominations for the North Dakota Film Society Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"So May We Start" — Annette

Source: https://www.northdakotafilmsociety.com/ ... ominations


The nominations for the Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2021 are out. Update: "Wherever I Fall (Pt. 1)" won in the category.

Original Song

"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"Wherever I Fall (Pt. 1)" — Cyrano

Source: https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/mo ... f-16745441


The nominations for the Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"So May We Start" — Annette

Source: https://www.georgiafilmcritics.org/p/2021-awards.html


The nominations for the Denver Film Critics Society Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: https://michaeljcinema.com/2022/01/12/a ... ees-are-3/


The nominations for the Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Beyond the Shore" — CODA
"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: http://hifilmcriticssociety.org/hfcs-20 ... tions-list


The nominations for the Music City Film Critics' Association Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"So May We Start" — Annette

Source: https://www.facebook.com/MCFCA615/posts ... 6035617824


The nominations for the Sierra Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"Every Letter" — Cyrano
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: https://awardswatch.com/las-vegas-criti ... tory-lead/


The nominations for the DiscussingFilm Critic Awards 2021 are out. Update: "So May We Start" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"So May We Start" — Annette

Source: https://discussingfilm.net/2021/12/07/d ... minations/


The nominations for the NBP Film Awards 2021 are out. Update: "So May We Start" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"So May We Start" — Annette
"We Don't Talk About Bruno" — Encanto

Source: https://www.nextbestpicture.com/latest/ ... ominations


The nominations for the Iowa Film Critics Association Awards 2021 are out. Update: "Guns Go Bang" won in the category.

Best Song

"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: https://www.ourquadcities.com/entertain ... s-of-2021/


The nominations for the Critics Association of Central Florida Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: http://www.centralflcritics.com/p/2021.html


The shortlists for the Academy Awards 2021 are out.

Best Original Song

"The Anonymous Ones" — Dear Evan Hansen
"Automatic Woman" — Bruised
"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Beyond the Shore" — CODA
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"Dream Girl" — Cinderella
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" — Respect
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"So May We Start?" — Annette
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"Right Where I Belong" — Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
"Somehow You Do" — Four Good Days
"Your Song Saved My Life" — Sing 2

Source: https://www.oscars.org/news/94th-oscars ... -announced


The nominations for the Academy Awards 2021 are out. Update: "No Time to Die" won in the category.

Best Original Song

"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"Somehow You Do" — Four Good Days

Source: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2022


The winners for the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2021 are out.

Best Original Song

"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: https://phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org/p ... 80%93-2021


The winners for the Capri Awards 2021 are out.

Best Original Song

"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die

Source: https://www.capri-world.com/2022/01/05/ ... nd-of-god/


The winners for the AIS Lumiere Awards 2021 are out.

Best Original Song

"We Don't Talk About Bruno" — Encanto

Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/ ... ere-Awards

I wonder if the people who vote for these awards have seen Encanto or not. Maybe they haven't, but a song from Sing 2 is nominated and that film hasn't been released either. No songs from Vivo made it either, but it seems it's not that they don't like Lin-Manuel Miranda as the end credits song from In the Heights is in the Outstanding Song category.

I'm glad to see "Somehow You Do" by Diane Warren in there. She has another song nominated as well, in the documentary category, "Never Gonna Tame You" from The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses.

D82 wrote:I'm glad to see "Somehow You Do" by Diane Warren in there. She has another song nominated as well, in the documentary category, "Never Gonna Tame You" from The Mustangs: America's Wild Horses.

Me too. "Never Gonna Tame You" is the better song of the two (although I could have done without the "scream" near the end). I hope she gets nominated for an Oscar again. She's not going to win as neither song is strong enough and this year the competition is even more fierce than last's, but it'd be great if she could score her 13th nomination.

Personally, I think I prefer "Somehow You Do", but I like "Never Gonna Tame You" too and I've only listened to it a couple of times; maybe it'll grow on me like it happened to me with "Somehow You Do". I agree that most likely she won't win this year either, but yes, it would be great if she could get at least a nomination.

Oscars’ Eligibility List for Original Song and Score Contains Few Surprises

Highlighting some notable parts of the article:

Eighty-four songs and 137 original scores have been deemed eligible for Academy Awards consideration this year, Variety has learned.

All of the songs that have been campaigned over the past two months appear to be on the list for consideration, including talked-about entries by Van Morrison (“Belfast”), Ariana Grande (“Don’t Look Now”), Kid Cudi and Jay-Z (“The Harder They Fall”), Beyonce (“King Richard”), Billie Eilish (“No Time to Die”), Rufus Wainwright (“Rebel Hearts”), Brian Wilson (“Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road”), Jennifer Hudson (“Respect”) and U2 (“Sing 2”).

Eleven of the 84 are from documentaries, an arena that continues to attract artists concerned about social and cultural issues. “Crime on the Bayou” has Raphael Saadiq,”The First Wave” Jon Batiste (last year’s Oscar winner for the “Soul” score), “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses” perennial favorite (and still Oscar-less) Diane Warren and “The Rescue” Aloe Blacc.

Emmy, Grammy and Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda may be seeking EGOT status with a possible Oscar win, as he has entered original songs from no fewer than three of this year’s films: “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto,” “Home All Summer” from “In the Heights” and “Keep the Beat” from “Vivo.” Miranda’s path to EGOT could also come via his directorial debut, “Tick, Tick … Boom!”

In most cases, producers enter one or, at most, two songs from the same film, but every year there are also multiple entries from less familiar titles. This year the list includes four from “Belle,” five from “Fix” and five from “Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim.”

The article also mentions that Germaine Franco's score for "Encanto" is eligible.

^Thanks for posting. I'm glad the score for Encanto is eligible, though I doubt it'll be nominated at the Oscars. Actually, though I knew Tick, Tick … Boom! had chances at the awards, I hadn't realized Lin-Manuel Miranda could get his EGOT status winning in other categories apart from Best Song. I think his best shot this time is the song category, though. Tick, Tick … Boom! might get some nominations, but I doubt it'll make him win any Oscar. By the way, I've heard the Oscar Shortlists in some categories are announced next Tuesday. It'll be interesting to see which songs and scores make the cut.

It's a shame we're not getting the complete list with all the submitted songs like before. After the Academy stopped releasing it to the public, The Wrap kept the tradition going by publishing it, but for some reason they haven't done so this year. Based on Disney's FYC websites and the Variety article, here are the songs Disney is submitting this year. Oddly, Liam Payne's Sunshine from Ron's Gone Wrong was not submitted.

Best Original Song

"Believe" — The Rescue
"Breathe" — The First Wave
"Call Me Cruella" — Cruella
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Fire in the Sky" — Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
"Lead the Way" — Raya and the Last Dragon
"Measure of a Man (Cinematic)" — The King's Man

The Oscar shortlists are out. It's interesting Encanto's score was deemed eligible despite being from a musical. There's a lot of picking and choosing with scores from musicals lately. The rule that scores from musicals are ineligible as they are "diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs" is applied selectively and that's not fair. I'm a bit surprised "Call Me Cruella" didn't make the cut, especially since last year's "Loyal, Brave, True" from Mulan did. I'm glad a Diane Warren song made it through. I hope she gets nominated again this year.

Best Original Song

"The Anonymous Ones" — Dear Evan Hansen
"Automatic Woman" — Bruised
"Be Alive" — King Richard
"Beyond the Shore" — CODA
"Dos Oruguitas" — Encanto
"Down to Joy" — Belfast
"Dream Girl" — Cinderella
"Guns Go Bang" — The Harder They Fall
"Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" — Respect
"Just Look Up" — Don't Look Up
"So May We Start?" — Annette
"No Time to Die" — No Time to Die
"Right Where I Belong" — Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road
"Somehow You Do" — Four Good Days
"Your Song Saved My Life" — Sing 2

Best Original Score

Being the Ricardos
Candyman
Don't Look Up
Dune
Encanto
The French Dispatch
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
King Richard
The Last Duel
No Time to Die
Parallel Mothers
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Source: https://www.oscars.org/news/94th-oscars ... -announced

Sotiris wrote:The rule that scores from musicals are ineligible as they are "diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs" is applied selectively and that's not fair.

Oh, I just remembered that the score is written by Germaine Franco. That may be the reason here, since the person who did the songs and the person who did the score are two different people.

I agree about "Call Me Cruella," I liked that song in a campy way. I can't believe WDAS didn't push "We Don't Talk About Bruno." That was undeniably the best song in Encanto. Why not even throw "Lead the Way" from Raya out there, for that matter?

Sotiris wrote:I'm a bit surprised "Call Me Cruella" didn't make the cut, especially since last year's "Loyal, Brave, True" from Mulan did.

Yeah, I though at least one more song from Disney would be selected. Finally, like in the animated short category, only one submitted work from Disney made it on to the list. In this case, "Dos Oruguitas" from Encanto, which is also the only song from the three Lin-Manuel Miranda had in contention to make the cut.

Sotiris wrote:I'm glad a Diane Warren song made it through. I hope she gets nominated again this year.

Me too. Her song is actually one of my favorites (if not my favorite) from the shortlist. By the way, if anyone wants to listen to all the songs and like me has problems finding the one from Belfast, here it is: https://focusfeaturesguilds2021.com/belfast/song

At the moment, the song I'm predicting to win the Oscar is "No Time to Die." Billie Eillish has been inescapable lately, including hosting "Saturday Night Live", and appears to be winning a lot of admirers. The last two James Bond movies also won for their theme songs, after several years of the franchise being ignored by the Academy in that category (before "Skyfall" won, "Live and Let Die", "Nobody Does It Betters" and "For Your Eyes Only" were the only James Bond songs to receive nominations).

Encanto’s ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Is Topping the Charts. So Why Didn’t Disney Submit It for Oscars?

I agree with the article's theory that Disney probably felt the more emotional song would have the best chance and didn't predict what a viral hit "We Don't Talk About Bruno" would become.

Would "We Don't Talk About Bruno" win, if submitted and nominated? It's possible, although I still think "No Time to Die" is the frontunner. I also think the chances of "Just Look Up" keep going up, especially if voters want to honour the song's message.

Disney made the same mistake with Frozen II by going all in on "Into the Unknown" when "Show Yourself" was the better of the two. I can sort of understand the mistake in that case, considering Idina Menzel's powerhouse vocal performance, but here.... The ones they submitted were "Waiting for a Miracle" and "Dos Oruguitas," right? "Waiting for a Miracle" isn't even as good as "How Far I'll Go" when you're comparing I Want songs, and that's before we get into the poor vocal. With "Dos Oruguitas," they were probably thinking it would tap into the Oscars pro-diversity attitude since it's all in Spanish (and the scene the song is attached to is very emotional and beautiful). It's just a shame they approach this in a cynical way rather that pushing the song that is the strongest.

Disney's Divinity wrote:Disney made the same mistake with Frozen II by going all in on "Into the Unknown" when "Show Yourself" was the better of the two.

They probably chose "Into the Unknown" over "Show Yourself" because of the spoilers in the latter. They didn't want to reveal who was the voice Elsa was hearing ahead of time. It was a stupid decision, nonetheless.

Disney's Divinity wrote:The ones they submitted were "Waiting for a Miracle" and "Dos Oruguitas," right?

No, only "Dos Oruguitas" was submitted.

Disney's Divinity wrote:"Waiting for a Miracle" isn't even as good as "How Far I'll Go" when you're comparing I Want songs, and that's before we get into the poor vocal.

I think most people would agree with that assessment, myself included.

Disney's Divinity wrote:With "Dos Oruguitas," they were probably thinking it would tap into the Oscars pro-diversity attitude since it's all in Spanish (and the scene the song is attached to is very emotional and beautiful). It's just a shame they approach this in a cynical way rather that pushing the song that is the strongest.

I think the decision-making process was much more cynical than that. They must have thought the song had the same ingredients as "Remember Me" from Coco and therefore it would garner the same reception and accolades.

Oh, that makes sense, but "Remember Me" was a much better song than "Dos Oruguitas"... I mean, it's memorable, whereas it's hard to remember right off how "Dos Oruguitas" goes unless it's playing. This is why I like the Lopezes, because I've enjoyed most everything they've done so far.

I suppose Miranda could've been the one who pushed for that himself, calculating that it could work for him if it worked with Coco, since he's after that Oscar. And I've always felt like there were things about Encanto that were imitating Coco; Mirabel's design still feels to me like they put Miguel in a dress, from the shape of the head to how short she is.

Disney's Divinity wrote:And I've always felt like there were things about Encanto that were imitating Coco; Mirabel's design still feels to me like they put Miguel in a dress, from the shape of the head to how short she is.

Both movies also quote "Seize the moment" a few times. Albeit Coco does it much more often than Encanto (only heard it 2x in Encanto), so it's not that obvious.

"No Time to Die" has won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Dune has won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score. This marks Hans Zimmer's fifteenth nomination and third win in the category after The Lion King and Gladiator.


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