RECENT changes in the voting process and campaigning for music Oscars may be altering old patterns of who wins. Starting this year, contenders are no longer permitted to send audio CDs of songs and scores to members of the academy's music branch; voters now must experience tunes within the visual context of a film. In 2005, voters began determining song nominees by judging three-minute video clips from each film that are strung together at screenings held in Los Angeles and New York. Immediately after the screenings, PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants collect voters' ballots.
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They Write The Songs
IN CONTENTION / TOM O'NEIL
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Friday, December 07, 2007 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 44 words Type of Material: Correction
In Contention: The In Contention column in Wednesday's issue of The Envelope listed Randy Newman's score for the film "Leatherheads" as a possible contender for the upcoming Oscars. "Leatherheads" is scheduled to open in April 2008, making it eligible for Oscar consideration in 2009.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday, December 12, 2007 Home Edition The Envelope Part S Page 5 Calendar Desk 1 inches; 44 words Type of Material: Correction
In Contention: The In Contention column in the Dec. 5 issue of The Envelope listed Randy Newman's score for the film "Leatherheads" as a possible contender in the upcoming Oscar awards. "Leatherheads" opens in April 2008, making it eligible for Oscar consideration in 2009.
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FAVORITES
"Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)" ("Hairspray"), written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, performed by Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron and Elijah Kelley
ORIGINAL SONG
"Despedida" ("Love in the Time of Cholera"), written by Shakira and Antonio Pinto, performed by Shakira
"Do You Feel Me" ("American Gangster"), written by Diane Warren, performed by Anthony Hamilton
"Falling Slowly" ("Once"), written and performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
"Grace Is Gone" ("Grace Is Gone"), written by Clint Eastwood and Carole Bayer Sager, performed by Jamie Cullum
"Guaranteed" ("Into the Wild"), written and performed by Eddie Vedder
"Happy Working Song" ("Enchanted"), written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, performed by Amy Adams
"A Hero Comes Home" ("Beowulf"), written by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri, performed by Idina Menzel
"Le Festin" ("Ratatouille"), written by Michael Giacchino, performed by Camille
"Little Wonders" ("Meet the Robinsons"), written and performed by Rob Thomas
"Lullaby for Wyatt" ("Grace Is Gone"), written and performed by Sheryl Crow
"Lyra" ("The Golden Compass"), written and performed by Kate Bush
"Society" ("Into the Wild"), written by Jerry Hannan, performed by Eddie Vedder
"That's How You Know" ("Enchanted"), written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, performed by Amy Adams
"To Be Surprised" ("Dan in Real Life"), written and performed by Sondre Lerche
"Walk Hard" ("Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"), written by Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan, performed by John C. Reilly
SPOTLIGHT: Songs from "Enchanted" might have the edge since six Disney films have won this category over the last 20 years ("Tarzan," "Pocahontas," "The Lion King," "Aladdin," "Beauty and the Beast," "The Little Mermaid"), but there's a hubbub over which three tunes the studio submitted.
