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The Best Song category didn't exist in the earliest of Academy Award ceremonies, and once it was constructed, it usually came from basic movie musicals that had thin plots to hang a string of hit songs on. But "Over the Rainbow" was the leader in movie songs, becoming the de facto song to use whenever you needed something to play over your Academy movie montages.
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And then came the standard Disney song. "When You Wish Upon a Star" remains the main Disney theme to this day, and it's easy to see why. Disney movies have some great music, so I want to refrain from filling the whole mix with them, but I had to include the first.
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We're taking a big leap forward in time because for 30 years, the Best songs all sounded a little same-y. They're good, but we needed some variety. Enter Shaft. Isaac Hayes's sultry voice plus that "wocka-chicka" music was a sound for sore ears.
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Some Best Songs become so popular and iconic, that you begin to forget the film their associated with. So, while I certainly haven't heard of Thank God It's Friday, I have heard "Last Dance" at the end of many proms, weddings, and other dances.
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And then some songs can't help but be tied to popular film scenes. Now you can't carry someone while dressed as a naval officer without this tune going through your head.
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In the '70s and '80s, each movie seemed to be marketed along with what was to be it's Oscar Song. Movies just had a promotional song. It was the standard. Of there, Flashdance's "Flashdance" is my favorite.
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I had to choose wisely, and I decided that the other Disney song I would include would be this one, since it wasn't actually sung by the characters in the film. I don't know why that was my stipulation, but here we are.
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Hmm...never heard of it.
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The first rap song to win an Oscar, "Lose Yourself" was also the first Oscar-winning song to feature spaghetti. But seriously, it's a great track.
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Once was a different kind of movie musical. Very low-key and unassuming. But it produced some beautiful music, as you can hear.
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Bollywood is never fairly represented at the Academy Awards. Thanks to Slumdog Millionaire, with it's Bollywood-inspired ending, we were able to experience the fun of Indian cinema.
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I was so happy that competition was sparse during the 2012 ceremony, because not only had a Muppet song never won an Oscar before, it would also mean that Bret McKenzie of the folk-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords would have written an "Oscar worthy" song. Great job!
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There have always been James Bond theme songs for every film. But we had to wait until 2013 for one worthy enough to win an Academy Award. But you'll admit, "Skyfall" is a pretty epic choice.
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