Look, I enjoyed the "Please Mr Kennedy" song scene in Inside Llewyn Davis as much as anyone -- I was laughing out loud -- but I am curious why people ALWAYS want novelty songs to be honored for gold? Is it because they don't take the Original Song category seriously? I'm still pissed that everyone was rooting for the 30 Rock gag song "Rural Juror" to beat Smash beauty "Hang the Moon" for the parallel Emmy category! "Please Mr Kennedy", which has been nominated for the "Critics Choice" and the Golden Globe is not Oscar eligible but here are the 75 songs that are.
As for other non Mr Kennedy songs that make great scenes from their movies? Just know that we're rooting for "So You Know What It's Like" from Short Term 12 and "Moon Song" from Her. If the former happens can we all agree to pretend it's as good as a supporting actor nomination for Keith Stanfield? Any other FYCs out there from this list? Which movies do you think use their songs well?
OSCAR'S ELIGIBILITY LIST - BEST ORIGINAL SONG
5 will go on to Oscar nominations
"Amen" from "All Is Lost"
"Alone Yet Not Alone" from "Alone Yet Not Alone"
"Doby" from "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues"
"Last Mile Home" from "August: Osage County"
"Austenland" from "Austenland"
"Comic Books" from "Austenland"
"L.O.V.E.D.A.R.C.Y" from "Austenland"
"What Up" from "Austenland"
HE LOVES ME STILL (ANGELA BASSETT & JENNIFER HUDSON)
"He Loves Me Still" from "Black Nativity"
"Hush Child (Get You Through This Silent Night)" from "Black Nativity"
"Test Of Faith" from "Black Nativity"
"Forgiveness" from "Brave Miss World"
"Lullaby Song" from "Cleaver's Destiny"
"Shine Your Way" from "The Croods"
HAPPY - PHARRELL WILLIAMS from DESPICABLE ME
"Happy" from "Despicable Me 2"
"Gonna Be Alright" from "Epic"
"Rise Up" from "Epic"
"What Matters Most" from "Escape from Planet Earth"
"Bones" from "For No Good Reason"
"Going Nowhere" from "For No Good Reason"
"Gonzo" from "For No Good Reason"
"The Courage To Believe" from "Free China: The Courage to Believe"
"Let It Go" from "Frozen"
A LITTLE PARTY NEVER KILLED NOBODY (ALL WE GOT)
"100$ Bill" from "The Great Gatsby"
"A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" from "The Great Gatsby"
"Over The Love" from "The Great Gatsby"
"Together" from "The Great Gatsby"
"Young and Beautiful" from "The Great Gatsby"
"The Moon Song" from "Her"
I SEE FIRE - THE HOBBIT
"I See Fire" from "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Bite Of Our Lives" from "How Sweet It Is"
"Try" from "How Sweet It Is"
"Atlas" from "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
"Better You, Better Me" from "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete"
"Bring It On" from "Jewtopia"
"Aygiri Nadani" from "Kamasutra 3D"
"Har Har Mahadeva" from "Kamasutra 3D"
"I Felt" from "Kamasutra 3D"
"Of The Soil" from "Kamasutra 3D"
"Sawariya" from "Kamasutra 3D"
"In The Middle Of The Night" from "Lee Daniels' The Butler"
"You And I Ain't Nothin' No More" from "Lee Daniels' The Butler"
"Let's Take A Trip" from "Live at the Foxes Den"
"Pour Me Another Dream" from "Live at the Foxes Den"
"The Time Of My Life" from "Live at the Foxes Den"
"Ordinary Love" from "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
"Monsters University" from "Monsters University"
"When The Darkness Comes" from "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones"
"Sacrifice (I Am Here)" from "Murph: The Protector"
"The Muslims Are Coming" from "The Muslims Are Coming!"
"Oblivion" from "Oblivion"
SWEETER THAN FICTION - TAYLOR SWIFT
"Sweeter Than Fiction" from "One Chance"
"Nothing Can Stop Me Now" from "Planes"
"We Both Know" from "Safe Haven"
"Get Used To Me" from "The Sapphires"
"Stay Alive" from "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
"So You Know What It's Like" from "Short Term 12"
"There's No Black Or White" from "Somm"
"Cut Me Some Slack" from "Sound City"
"You Can't Fix This" from "Sound City"
"Let It Go" from "Spark: A Burning Man Story"
"We Ride" from "Spark: A Burning Man Story"
BECOMES THE COLOR - EMILY WELLS
"Becomes The Color" from "Stoker"
"Younger Every Day" from "3 Geezers!"
"Here It Comes" from "Trance"
"Let The Bass Go" from "Turbo"
"The Snail Is Fast" from "Turbo"
"Speedin'" from "Turbo"
"My Lord Sunshine (Sunrise)" from "12 Years a Slave"
"Make It Love" from "Two: The Story of Roman & Nyro"
"One Life" from "The Ultimate Life"
"Unfinished Songs" from "Unfinished Song"
"For The Time Being" from "The Way, Way Back"
"Go Where The Love Is" from "The Way, Way Back"
"Bleed For Love" from "Winnie Mandela"