Academy Award for Best Original Song (2007)

	Academy Award for Best Original Song - 2007 Winners and nominees 01 Falling Slowly (*Winner*) 02 Happy Working Song 03 So Close 04 That's How You Know 05 Raise It Up
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The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics or both in their own right. The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, the ceremony honoring the best in film for 1934. Nominations are currently made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole.

 
 
 

 
"Falling Slowly" is an Academy Award-winning song, written and performed by personal and professional partners Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. It appeared in the couple's 2007 film Once. The song was given the Academy Award for Best Original Song over the choral gospel song "Raise It Up" from August Rush and three songs from the modern Disney musical Enchanted. The song's win marks the fourth year in a row that the winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song was not nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song

For some time, the song's eligibility for an Oscar was in dispute, as it had appeared in 2006 on The Cost (an album issued by Hansard's band, The Frames) as well as in the movie Beauty in Trouble; it had also been performed by the couple in various European venues. The Academy ruled that because the song had been composed for the movie, and the prior public exposure during the long period that the movie took to produce had been minimal, it remained eligible.[1] The Academy had ruled likewise on a similar controversy involving 2004 Best Original Song nominee "In the Deep".

A digital copy of the song was provided on the film's DVD. On March 31, 2008, BBC Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman made the song her record of the week. The song also appears on the Feast of Love soundtrack.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Slowly

"Happy Working Song" is a musical number from the 2007 film Enchanted, with music composed by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Performed by the film's lead actress, Amy Adams, the song pays an homage to such Disney songs as "Whistle While You Work" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and songs from Cinderella, in particular, "The Work Song".[1] The sound recording was released on the soundtrack of Enchanted on November 20, 2007 in the United States.

The song was nominated for an award at the 80th Academy Awards in the Best Original Song category, in which two other songs from the film were also nominated.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Working_Song

"So Close" is a 2007 song written for the film Enchanted, with music composed by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Performed by Jon McLaughlin, the song was released on November 20, 2007 in the United States as part of the soundtrack for Enchanted.

The song is a contemporary ballad that contrasts in style to songs featured in earlier parts of the film like "True Love's Kiss", "Happy Working Song" and "That's How You Know", which are sung by characters in the film. Unlike these songs, which were written in part as a parody of classic Disney films, the song is "totally genuine" in tone as it is used to express the emotional journey that the main character Giselle undergoes.[1]

The song was a nominee at the 80th Academy Awards in the Best Original Song category, in which "Happy Working Song" and "That's How You Know" were also nominated.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Close_%28song%29

"That's How You Know" is a musical number from the 2007 film Enchanted, with music composed by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. It is performed by the film's lead actress, Amy Adams, and features the vocals of Marlon Saunders and other singers in the background chorus. The song appears on the soundtrack of Enchanted, which was released on November 20, 2007 in the United States.

Like the film, the song was written as an homage to and a self-parody of past Disney works, specifically such big production numbers as "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid and "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast, both of which, not so coincidentally, also had music by Alan Menken.[1]

The song was nominated for Best Song at the 13th Critics' Choice Awards and for Best Original Song at the 65th Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for an award at the 80th Academy Awards in the Best Original Song category, in which two other songs from the film were also nominated.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_How_You_Know

 
"Raise It Up" is a 2007 (see 2007 in music) Academy Award-nominated song written by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas for the motion picture August Rush.

"Raise It Up" is performed in the film by Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theatre, an African-American youth theatre group based in Harlem.[1] The song was produced by Joseph and Mack.[2]

In the film, August Rush (Freddie Highmore) wanders into Harlem and is drawn to a church by the voice of a young soloist named Hope (Nash) singing this song, which inspires him. Hope ultimately brings him to the attention of her pastor, Reverend James (Mykelti Williamson), who helps August further develop his talent.[2]

"Raise It Up" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 80th Academy Awards; however, the nomination announcement originally said "Nominees to be determined". The production notes credit the song to the Impact Repertory Theatre as a whole[2]; however, Oscar rules allow no more than three individuals to be credited with the song for nomination purposes.[3] (This was the same rule that prevented Beyoncé Knowles from sharing in the Oscar nomination for her 2006 song "Listen" from Dreamgirls, even though she co-wrote it.) The next day, the Academy updated its list to show Joseph, Mack & Thomas as the nominees.[4]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_It_Up_%28August_Rush_song%29