Oscar nomination for best original song.

I just watched the video for it on YouTube, had never heard the song before. I do think that Glen can write good tunes from time to time but that's really s**te.

hence it's nominated for an oscar...

....this was what i wanted... it all boils down to the surreal feeling of watching the oscars and seeing glen hansard playing at them (presuming the writers strike is resolved)...

Can't be any more surreal than seeing Elliot Smith performing on it a few years back! 'Falling Slowly' is ok but there are actually better songs in the film.

Daywalker's doing the Oscars?!?!

Once, August Rush and then Enchanted is nominated THREE times. Is there really so little performed music in film these days that they have to nominate three songs from one film. Seems a bit silly.

I think the problem is the 'Original' criteria ... Most soundtracks are collections of existing songs.

I'd have thought Eddie Veddar was a shoe-in for 'Into the Wild'

I'd be interested to know what the definitions are. There's an Oscar for Best Score aswell, but what does that have to be? Instrumental, violins only? conducter?

If its an award for a song thats purpose built for the film, then surely Glenn shouldn't be qualified for nomination. Aren't these just the Swell Season songs that were later adapted for the film? If thats allowed then I'm shocked that My Morning Jackets 'Goin to Acupulco' from I'm Not There wasn't nominated. It's an old Dylan song but it was purposefully re-recorded for the film and (unlike everyone else on the soundtrack) they actually perform the song in one of the scenes. It's probably one of the most affecting scenes in the film too, its incredible.

Good Point! -

'According to a report from Los Angeles Times' The Envelope, Greenwood's much-feted, 8.1-earning score for Paul Thomas Anderson oilman flick There Will Be Blood will not be eligible for an Academy Award nomination this year...

it's been disqualified because "the majority of the music was not composed specifically for the film...

The parts of the score in question come from Greenwood's British Composer Award-earning piece Popcorn Superhet Receiver (which, incidentally, made its U.S. premiere just last week)'

Interesting eh?!

Also that Eddie Veddar stuff on Into The Wild was great as I remember it

It seems flawed. There's a scene in La Vie En Rose at a boxing match (now I wouldn't be an Edith Piaf fan and I don't speak a work of French) but I think it's one of the best marraiges of music and visuals I've ever seen. It was absolutely spellbinding. It definitely enhanced the film (its a long one, so it needed a bit of energy to boost it halfway through) and it brought out the best in her music. I don't know what the song was though but its not like the film went under the radar, its nominated in other categories.

Maybe it's more of an editing thing than music but surely the whole point is to enhance the visuals, so it shouldn't matter when the song was written, only how its used and how well it serves the film.

I've never seen Enchanted, but three nominations is nonsense when there was so many great musical moments last year.

(I wish Glen the best though)

Enchanted is a f**king great movie! Good songs too.

I haven't seen the film, but I've heard the music, so I won't be watching the film any time soon.

Endorsed ... in a 'happy happy joy joy' kinda way.

Kinda like the Polyphonic Spree? (they're so inanely happy, the make me wanna go on a killing spree)

they're so inanely happy, the make me wanna go on a killing spree

Yeah, but they are going to heaven..we are all thomas cooked

I'm not too sure about that - some of them might, but I reckon the lead singer is a bit of a David Koresh.

Here's the song if you haven't heard it yet. Make you own mind up, etc.

(BTW this thread was 'split out' of a thread about the film 'Once' that was started a while ago).

Jaysus - he looks more like Podge than Avid Merrion these days.

As for the song - it's aural like rape. Damien Rice on downers.. stronger downers.

Does anyone know if the rumour - that Annie is his mother - is actually true?