Wednesday's Question
Steve Newport
Robert Bouton
I'm one who believes that how the songs are used in the film should
count for something. Moon River is an impressive Andy Williams hit
single, but not a particularly stirring bit of cinema.
And I've not seen the films two of my favorites come from: You'll
Never Know and Thanks For the Memory.
So, I'll go with the Carly Simon song that's accompanied by an equally
exciting Mike Nichols visual involving the Staten Island Ferry: Let
the River Run. Music + image = magic.
Joan in GB-W
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I looked for Exodus on the list . . . and couldn't find it. So I ventured
online to look it up. The song did not get the Oscar, but Ernest Gold won
the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 1960 Oscars.
Joan
Joan in GB-W
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Born Free in 1966.
Joan
Joan in GB-W
I'm chiming in again (and I seem to be the only one).
Chariots of Fire from 1981 lost to Arthur's Theme, but the music overall did
win for best score. One of my favorite pieces of movie music.
Joan
Steve Newport
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Born Free in 1966. Okay, I'm a lover of animals. Joan
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SN: Me, too- so "Talk to the Animals" is one of my favorites. I love the
whole DOCTOR DOLITTLE score.
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I'd also have to add "Gigi" and "Lullaby of Broadway" since I got to
sing them in shows.
fmomoon
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"Streets of Philadelphia"
"Sooner or Later"
"Gigi"
"Over the Rainbow"
--
Moni
"Who told you that you should be able to walk on water? You're human, get
used to it."
My mom
Steve Newport
Winning Songs?
http://www.dancemetonight.com/oskar.htm
"Sooner or Later"
"Over the Rainbow"
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SN: On my list as well, but I have to go all the way back to 1991's
"Beauty and Beast" for a song I really like.
Harlett O'Dowd
For the record, the list is:
• 1934 (7th) "The Continental" — The Gay Divorcee • Music: Con Conrad
• Lyrics: Herb Magidson
• 1935 (8th) "Lullaby of Broadway" — Gold Diggers of 1935 • Music:
Harry Warren • Lyrics: Al Dubin
• 1936 (9th) "The Way You Look Tonight" — Swing Time • Music: Jerome
Kern • Lyrics: Dorothy Fields
• 1937 (10th) "Sweet Leilani" — Waikiki Wedding • Music and lyrics:
Harry Owens
• 1938 (11th) "Thanks for the Memory" — The Big Broadcast of 1938 •
Music: Ralph Rainger • Lyrics: Leo Robin
• 1939 (12th) "Over the Rainbow" — The Wizard of Oz • Music: Harold
Arlen • Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg
• 1940 (13th) "When You Wish upon a Star" — Pinocchio • Music: Leigh
Harline • Lyrics: Ned Washington
• 1941 (14th) "The Last Time I Saw Paris" — Lady Be Good • Music:
Jerome Kern • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
• 1942 (15th) "White Christmas" — Holiday Inn • Music and Lyrics:
Irving Berlin
• 1943 (16th) "You'll Never Know" — Hello, Frisco, Hello • Music:
Harry Warren • Lyrics: Mack Gordon
• 1944 (17th) "Swinging on a Star" — Going My Way • Music: James Van
Heusen • Lyrics: Johnny Burke
• 1945 (18th) "It Might as Well Be Spring" — State Fair • Music:
Richard Rodgers • Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
• 1946 (19th) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" — The Harvey
Girls • Music: Harry Warren • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
• 1947 (20th) "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" — Song of the South • Music: Allie
Wrubel • Lyrics: Ray Gilbert
• 1948 (21st) "Buttons and Bows" — The Paleface • Music: Jay
Livingston • Lyrics: Ray Evans
• 1949 (22nd) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" — Neptune's Daughter • Music
and Lyrics: Frank Loesser
• 1950 (23rd) "Mona Lisa" — Captain Carey, U.S.A. • Music and Lyrics:
Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
• 1951 (24th) "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" — Here Comes
the Groom • Music: Hoagy Carmichael • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
• 1952 (25th) "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" — High
Noon • Music: Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics: Ned Washington
• 1953 (26th) "Secret Love" — Calamity Jane • Music: Sammy Fain •
Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
• 1954 (27th) "Three Coins in the Fountain" — Three Coins in the
Fountain • Music: Jule Styne • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
• 1955 (28th) "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" — Love Is a Many-
Splendored Thing • Music: Sammy Fain • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
• 1956 (29th) "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Qué Será, Será)" — The Man
Who Knew Too Much • Music and lyrics: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
• 1957 (30th) "All the Way" — The Joker Is Wild • Music: James Van
Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
• 1958 (31st) "Gigi" — Gigi • Music: Frederick Loewe • Lyrics: Alan
Jay Lerner
• 1959 (32nd) "High Hopes" — A Hole in the Head • Music: James Van
Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
• 1960 (33rd) "Never on Sunday" — Never on Sunday • Music and lyrics:
Manos Hadjidakis
• 1961 (34th) "Moon River" — Breakfast at Tiffany's • Music: Henry
Mancini • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
• 1962 (35th) "Days of Wine and Roses" — Days of Wine and Roses •
Music: Henry Mancini • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
• 1963 (36th) "Call Me Irresponsible" — Papa's Delicate Condition •
Music: James Van Heusen • Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
• 1964 (37th) "Chim Chim Cher-ee" — Mary Poppins • Music and lyrics:
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
• 1965 (38th) "The Shadow of Your Smile" — The Sandpiper • Music:
Johnny Mandel • Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster
• 1966 (39th) "Born Free" — Born Free • Music: John Barry • Lyrics:
Don Black
• 1967 (40th) "Talk to the Animals" — Doctor Dolittle • Music and
lyrics: Leslie Bricusse
• 1968 (41st) "Windmills of Your Mind" — The Thomas Crown Affair •
Music: Michel Legrand • Lyrics: Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
• 1969 (42nd) "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" — Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid • Music: Burt Bacharach • Lyrics: Hal David
• 1970 (43rd) "For All We Know" — Lovers and Other Strangers • Music:
Fred Karlin • Lyrics: Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin
• 1971 (44th) "Theme from Shaft" — Shaft • Music and lyrics: Isaac
Hayes
• 1972 (45th) "The Morning After" — The Poseidon Adventure • Music and
lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
• 1973 (46th) "Live And Let Die" — Live And Let Die • Music: Paul
McCartney and Lyrics: Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
• 1974 (47th) "We May Never Love Like This Again" — The Towering
Inferno • Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
• 1975 (48th) "I'm Easy" — Nashville • Music and lyrics: Keith
Carradine
• 1976 (49th) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" — A Star Is
Born • Music: Barbra Streisand • Lyrics: Paul Williams
• 1977 (50th) "You Light Up My Life" — You Light Up My Life • Music
and lyrics: Joseph Brooks
• 1978 (51st) "Last Dance" — Thank God It's Friday • Music and lyrics:
Paul Jabara
• 1979 (52nd) "It Goes Like It Goes" — Norma Rae • Music: David Shire
• Lyrics: Norman Gimbel
• 1980 (53rd) "Fame" — Fame • Music: Michael Gore • Lyrics: Dean
Pitchford
• 1981 (54th) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" — Arthur •
Music: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Christopher Cross •
lyrics: Peter Allen and Christopher Cross
• 1982 (55th) "Up Where We Belong" — An Officer and a Gentleman •
Music: Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie • Lyrics: Will Jennings
• 1983 (56th) "Flashdance... What a Feeling" — Flashdance • Music:
Giorgio Moroder (music) • Lyrics: Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
• 1984 (57th) "I Just Called to Say I Love You" — The Woman in Red •
Music and lyrics: Stevie Wonder
• 1985 (58th) "Say You, Say Me" — White Nights • Music and lyrics:
Lionel Richie
• 1986 (59th) "Take My Breath Away" — Top Gun • Music: Giorgio Moroder
• Lyrics: Tom Whitlock
• 1987 (60th) "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" — Dirty Dancing •
Music: Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz • Lyrics:
Franke Previte
• 1988 (61st) "Let the River Run" — Working Girl • Music and lyrics:
Carly Simon
• 1989 (62nd) "Under the Sea" — The Little Mermaid • Music: Alan
Menken • Lyrics: Howard Ashman
• 1990 (63rd) "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" — Dick Tracy •
Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
• 1991 (64th) "Beauty and the Beast" — Beauty and the Beast • Music:
Alan Menken • Lyrics: Howard Ashman (posthumous winner)
• 1992 (65th) "A Whole New World" — Aladdin • Music: Alan Menken •
Lyrics: Tim Rice
• 1993 (66th) "Streets of Philadelphia" — Philadelphia • Music and
lyrics: Bruce Springsteen
• 1994 (67th) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" — The Lion King • Music:
Elton John • Lyrics: Tim Rice
• 1995 (68th) "Colors of the Wind" — Pocahontas • Music: Alan Menken •
Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
• 1996 (69th) "You Must Love Me" — Evita • Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Lyrics: Tim Rice
• 1997 (70th) "My Heart Will Go On" — Titanic • Music: James Horner •
Lyrics: Will Jennings
• 1998 (71st) "When You Believe" — The Prince of Egypt • Music and
lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
• 1999 (72nd) "You'll Be in My Heart" — Tarzan • Music and lyrics:
Phil Collins
• 2000 (73rd) "Things Have Changed" — Wonder Boys • Music and lyrics:
Bob Dylan
• 2001 (74th) "If I Didn't Have You" — Monsters, Inc. • Music and
lyrics: Randy Newman
• 2002 (75th) "Lose Yourself" — 8 Mile • Music: Eminem, Jeff Bass and
Luis Resto • Lyrics: Eminem
• 2003 (76th) "Into the West" — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King • Music and lyrics: Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie
Lennox
• 2004 (77th) "Al otro lado del río" — The Motorcycle Diaries • Music
and lyrics: Jorge Drexler
• 2005 (78th) "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" — Hustle & Flow • Music
and lyrics: Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
(Houston (Juicy J) & Beauregard (DJ Paul) are members of Three 6
Mafia. Coleman (Frayser Boy) has collaborated with Three 6 Mafia but
is not a member.)
• 2006 (79th) "I Need to Wake Up" — An Inconvenient Truth • Music and
lyrics: Melissa Etheridge
• 2007 (80th) "Falling Slowly" — Once • Music and lyrics: Glen Hansard
and Markéta Irglová
• 2008 (81st) "Jai Ho" – Slumdog Millionaire • Music: A. R. Rahman •
Lyrics: Gulzar
Victor S. Miller
Can't Take that away from me" (by the Gershwins) lost to "Sweet
Leilani".
Victor
Harlett O'Dowd
With the exception of "Sweet Leilani," (which I don't know) I really
like everything from the 30s to 1951's underrated "In the Cool Cool
Cool of the Evening" which may be my favorite Bing recording. After
that, the pickins get slimmer. Hilights for me include:
> • 1961 (34th) "Moon River" — Breakfast at Tiffany's • Music: Henry
> Mancini • Lyrics: Johnny Mercer
Sorry, "Robert." Hepburn singing "Moon River" on her fire escape is
one of the seminal film images of its decade.
> • 1964 (37th) "Chim Chim Cher-ee" — Mary Poppins • Music and lyrics:
> Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Indicative, but hardly my favorite song in the film
> • 1967 (40th) "Talk to the Animals" — Doctor Dolittle • Music and
> lyrics: Leslie Bricusse
> • 1968 (41st) "Windmills of Your Mind" — The Thomas Crown Affair •
> Music: Michel Legrand • Lyrics: Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
> • 1969 (42nd) "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" — Butch Cassidy and
> the Sundance Kid • Music: Burt Bacharach • Lyrics: Hal David
>> • 1972 (45th) "The Morning After" — The Poseidon Adventure • Music and
> lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
Hardly a great pop song, let along a great song - but it is a great
time capsule
> • 1978 (51st) "Last Dance" — Thank God It's Friday • Music and lyrics:
> Paul Jabara
see above
And while I wouldn't call any of the passable recent efforts songs for
the ages, they deserved to win their respective years:
> • 1983 (56th) "Flashdance... What a Feeling" — Flashdance • Music:
> Giorgio Moroder (music) • Lyrics: Keith Forsey and Irene Cara
> • 1989 (62nd) "Under the Sea" — The Little Mermaid • Music: Alan
> Menken • Lyrics: Howard Ashman
> • 1990 (63rd) "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" — Dick Tracy •
> Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
> • 1991 (64th) "Beauty and the Beast" — Beauty and the Beast • Music:
> Alan Menken • Lyrics: Howard Ashman (posthumous winner)
> • 1992 (65th) "A Whole New World" — Aladdin • Music: Alan Menken •
> Lyrics: Tim Rice
> • 1993 (66th) "Streets of Philadelphia" — Philadelphia • Music and
> lyrics: Bruce Springsteen
> • 1994 (67th) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" — The Lion King • Music:
> Elton John • Lyrics: Tim Rice
> • 1995 (68th) "Colors of the Wind" — Pocahontas • Music: Alan Menken •
> Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
> • 1996 (69th) "You Must Love Me" — Evita • Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
> • Lyrics: Tim Rice
> • 1997 (70th) "My Heart Will Go On" — Titanic • Music: James Horner •
> Lyrics: Will Jennings
Steve Newport
Winning Songs?
http://www.dancemetonight.com/oskar.htm
I have to go all the way back to 1991's
"Beauty and Beast" for a song I really like.
And there's a huge gap of songs I don't like from 1970-1988!
Steve Newport
songs that should have won the Oscar. For example "They Can't Take that
away from me" (by the Gershwins) lost to "Sweet Leilani".
Ouch. That hurts!
