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What the hell is up with the Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song this year? There are only three nominees - from Hustle & Flow, Crash, and Transamerica. But the sublime “A Love That Will Never Grow Old,” sung by Emmylou Harris and composed for Brokeback Mountain? Absent. The critics seemed to nominate Bareback in every other eligible category, and the song won a Golden Globe just a few weeks ago. WTF, Hollywood?
Thank you for that clarification. I combed Oscar.com and couldn't find that specific info - sigh. I'm rooting for Dolly Parton's Transamerica tune now.
do you realize you called it "Bareback"?
It should be well known by now that the Academy picks the most godawful crap for best song nominations. I have three words for you: Sting and Phil Collins. The Academy has no credibility or respectibility in this department.
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According to the Oscars site, for a song to be nominated, there "must be a clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition (not necessarily visually presented) of both lyric and melody, used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits." Word is the tune didn't fit the definition.