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10 Best Oscar-Nominated Songs

11:27 p.m. · February 20, 2009 · by Ivan Mitchell

BeatCrave has put together a list of their 10 best Oscar-nominated songs in spirit of the Academy Awards, which will be airing this Sunday. The list does provide a reminder that while most of the songs that do get nominated are usually trite and overly sentimental, there have been a good deal of gems in the 70-plus years this category has been around. Here is the list:

10. “In the Deep” from Crash - Music: Kathleen ” Bird” York and Michael Becker. Lyrics: Kathleen “Bird” York.

9. “Scarlet Tide” from Cold Mountain - Music and Lyrics: T-Bone Burnett and Elvis Costello.

8. “Glory of Love” from Karate Kid II - Music: Peter Cetera and David Foster. Lyrics: Peter Cetera Diane Nini

7. “Streets of Philidelphia“ from Philidelphia - Music and Lyrics: Bruce Springsteen. (Winner)

6. “Save Me” from Magnolia - Music and Lyrics: Aimee Mann

5. “I’ve Seen it All” from Dancer in the Dark - Music: Bjork. Lyrics: Lars Von Trier and Sjon.

4. “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from Hustle and Flow - Music and lyrics: Jourdan Houston (Juicy J) and Paul Beauregard (DJ Paul) from Three 6 Mafia in collaboration with Cedric Coleman (Winner)

3. “Eye of the Tiger” from Rocky III - Music and lyrics: Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. (Survivor)

2. “Blame Canada” from South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut - Music and lyrics: Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman.

1. “Miss Misery” from Good Will Hunting - Music and lyrics: Elliot Smith

[BeatCrave]