La Academia ha hecho oficial en un comunicado las canciones elegibles para competir por el Oscar de mejor canción original. Hannah Montana con cinco y Tiana y el sapo con cuatro son las únicas que han presentado múltiples opciones mientras que algunas como Una educación, El imaginario del doctor Panassus, Donde viven los monstruos, Nine o Crazy Heart han presentado dos. ‘I Can See in Color’ de Mary J. Blige para Precious se queda fuera de la competición por no cumplir la normativa.
A continuación el listado de preseleccionadas:
* “All Is Love” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
* “Almost Over You” from “My One and Only”
* “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
* “AyAyAyAy” from “The Maid”
* “Back to Tennessee” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
* “Being Bad” from “Duplicity”
* “Blanco” from “Fast & Furious”
* “Brothers in Arms” from “Brothers at War”
* “Butterfly Fly Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
* “Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
* “Colorblind” from “Invictus”
* “Depression Era” from “That Evening Sun”
* “Don’t Walk Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
* “Dove of Peace” from “Bruno”
* “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
* “Fly Farm Blues” from “It Might Get Loud”
* “Forget Me” from “I Love You, Beth Cooper”
* “God Bless Us Everyone” from “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
* “Here” from “Shrink”
* “Hideaway” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
* “Hoedown Throwdown” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
* “I Bring What I Love” from “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love”
* “I See You” from “Avatar”
* “(I Want to) Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”
* “If You’re Wondering” from “The Lightkeepers”
* “Impossible Fantasy” from “Adventures of Power”
* “Innocent Child” from “Skin”
* “Invictus 9,000 Days” from “Invictus”
* “Legendary” from “Tyson”
* “Let Freedom Reign” from “Skin”
* “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36”
* “Ma Belle Evangeline” from “The Princess and the Frog”
* “My One and Only” from “My One and Only”
* “Na Na” from “Couples Retreat”
* “Never Knew I Needed” from “The Princess and the Frog”
* “New Divide” from “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
* “New Jersey Nights” from “Adventures of Power”
* “New York Is Where I Live” from “Did You Hear about the Morgans?”
* “No Time for Love” from “Simon & Malou”
* “One Day” from “Post Grad”
* “Only You” from “The Young Victoria”
* “Other Father Song” from “Coraline”
* “Petey’s Song” from “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
* “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” from “Ponyo”“
* Possibility” from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
* “Raining Sunshine” from “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
* “Running Out of Empty (Make Ourselves at Home)” from “Lymelife”
* “Smoke without Fire” from “An Education”
* “Somebody Else” from “Crazy Heart”
* “Stu’s Song” from “The Hangover”
* “Take It All” from “Nine”
* “Through the Trees” from “Jennifer’s Body”
* “Trust Me” from “The Informant!”
* “Un Bouquet des Violettes” from “New York, I Love You”
* “We Are the Children of the World” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
* “We Love Violence” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
* “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart”
* “When You Find Me” from “Adam”
* “Winter” from “Brothers”
* “The Word Is Love” from “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!”
* “You Got Me Wrapped around Your Little Finger” from “An Education”
* “You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
* “You’ve Been a Friend to Me” from “Old Dogs”