'Slumdog Millionaire' Up For Three Oscars In Music Categories - Billboard.Biz
Posted 1/22/2009 by IGA
January 22, 2009 - Global
By Ann Donahue, L.A.
"Slumdog Millionaire" leads the way in the Oscar music categories, with songs "Jai Ho" and "O Saya" nominated for best achievement in music written for motion pictures (best song) and A.R. Rahman nominated for achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score.)
"It's been a dream to get an Oscar," Rahman tells Billboard.biz. "I thought maybe one nomination -- but three? It's really something. I was so excited."
For best song, the nominees are:
"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam, better known as M.I.A.
For best score, the nominees are:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.), Alexandre Desplat
"Defiance" (Paramount Vantage), James Newton Howard
"Milk" (Focus Features), Danny Elfman
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight), A.R. Rahman
"WALL-E" (Walt Disney), Thomas Newman
In the best song category, the Academy has the option of nominating anywhere between three to five songs; this year, only three made the cut. Not nominated? Bruce Springsteen, who won the Golden Globe for the title track for "The Wrestler."
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