New Oscar Rules For Song Categories

[Pirate]

Last time around, the Oscar songs category was three times "Enchanted" a trick that may never be repeated.

The number of original songs that can be nominated from a single movie will now be limited to two, according to a rule change by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The academy's governors approved the change late Tuesday.

Last year, Disney's "Enchanted" had three titles in contention: "Happy Working Song," "So Close" and "That's How You Know." The winner of best original song: "Falling Slowly," from "Once."

The new rule would also have applied in 2007, when three songs from "Dreamgirls" were nominated. That year, the Oscar went to "I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth"

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[Monterey Jack]

This is long overdue, although they should limit the song nominees to only one per film. Every single time three songs from one film get nominated (Dreamgirls, Enchanted), they all end up splitting the vote, and the win goes to someone else (usually a very obscure film).

[SilentBob]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

This is long overdue, although they should limit the song nominees to only one per film. Every single time three songs from one film get nominated (Dreamgirls, Enchanted), they all end up splitting the vote, and the win goes to someone else (usually a very obscure film).

Very true and it would benefit the movie itself in a chance to win. There were a lot of songs that were skipped last year that could of easily replaced 1 or 2 of the Enchanted songs. Like something from the movies Walk Hard and Into the Wild.