The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 74 songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2015 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 88th Academy Awards.
The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title and song title:
- “Happy” from Altered Minds
- “Home” from Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
- “None of Them Are You” from Anomalisa
- “Stem to The Rose” from Becoming Bulletproof
- “The Mystery of Your Gift” from Boychoir
- “I Run” from Chi-Raq
- “Pray 4 My City” from Chi-Raq
- “Sit Down for This” from Chi-Raq
- “Strong” from Cinderella
- “So Long” from Concussion
- “Fighting Stronger” from Creed
- “Grip” from Creed
- “Waiting for My Moment” from Creed
- “Don’t Look Down” from Danny Collins
- “Hey Baby Doll” from Danny Collins
- “Dreamsong” from The Diary of a Teenage Girl
- “It’s My Turn Now” from Dope
- “Ya Rahem, Maula Maula” from Dukhtar
- “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey
- “Love Me Like You Do” from Fifty Shades of Grey
- “Salted Wound” from Fifty Shades of Grey
- “Hands of Love” from Freeheld
- “See You Again” from Furious Seven
- “Brother” from Godspeed: The Story of Page Jones
- “As Real as You and Me” from Home
- “Dancing in The Dark” from Home
- “Feel The Light” from Home
- “Red Balloon” from Home
- “Two of A Crime” from Hot Pursuit
- “Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground
- “I’ll See You in My Dreams” from I’ll See You in My Dreams
- “The Movie About Us” from ingrid Bergman – in Her Own Words
- “Bhoomiyilenghanumundo” from Jalam
- “Koodu Vaykkan” from Jalam
- “Pakalppaathi Chaari” from Jalam
- “Yaathra Manoradhamerum” from Jalam
- “Lost in Love” from Jenny’s Wedding
- “True Love Avenue” from Jenny’s Wedding
- “Hypnosis” from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
- “Juntos (together)” from McFarland, USA
- “The Light That Never Fails” from Meru
- “The Crazy Ones” from Miss You Already
- “There’s A Place” from Miss You Already
- “Johanna” from Mortdecai
- “Little Soldier” from Pan
- “Something’s Not Right” from Pan
- “Paranoid Girl” from Paranoid Girls
- “Better When I’m Dancin’” from The Peanuts Movie
- “Pink & Blue” from Pink & Blue: Colors of Hereditary Cancer
- “Flashlight” from Pitch Perfect 2
- “Birds of A Feather” from Poached
- “Still Breathing” from Point Break
- “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
- “Cold One” from Ricki and the Flash
- “Torch” from Rock the Kasbah
- “Someone Like You” from The Rumperbutts
- “Aankhon Me Samaye Dil” from Salt Bridge
- “Bachpana Thaa” from Salt Bridge
- “Kanpne Lage Tum” from Salt Bridge
- “Kyaa Bataaun Tujhe” from Salt Bridge
- “Le Jaaye Jo Door Tumse” from Salt Bridge
- “Na Jaane Kitni Door” from Salt Bridge
- “Sookha Hi Rang Daalo” from Salt Bridge
- “Feels Like Summer” from Shaun the Sheep Movie
- “Phenomenal” from Southpaw
- “Writing’s On the Wall” from Spectre
- “Squeeze Me” from The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water
- “Teamwork” from The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water
- “Who Can You Trust” from Spy
- “Came to Win” from Sweet Micky for President
- “Mean ol’ Moon” from Ted 2
- “Love Was My Alibi” from The Water Diviner
- “Fine On the Outside” from When Marnie Was There
- “Simple Song #3” from Youth
During the nominations process, all voting members of the Music Branch will receive a Reminder List of works submitted in the category and a DVD copy of the song clips. Members will be asked to watch the clips and then vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements in the category. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award. A maximum of two songs may be nominated from any one film.
to be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits.
The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 88th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
