Talk:Academy Award for Best Original Song

message: I removed a note about Robin Williams' performance at the ceremony (which said that it was uncommon), because it is not that uncommon for someone other than the singer in the soundtrack to perform at the ceremony.  For example, on the soundtrack of Chicago, "I Go On" is sung by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renée Zellweger.  At the ceremony, Zellweger's part was performed by Queen Latifah, possibly because of her superior experience in live musical performance.  - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 20:43, Apr 16, 2004 (UTC)
*Still, that's only twice out of some seventy years of Awards. Also, Robin Williams was not in any way involved in the film, which marked the performance as even more unusual. At least Latifah had a major role in Chicago. - JnB987 18:33, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that's just what I came up with off the top of my head.  I'm pretty sure there are others though... Is there somewhere where we can find a list of the performers of songs at the Oscars?  imdb.com doesn't have it. - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 23:12, Apr 18, 2004 (UTC)
Go to "Soundtracks" and you'll find who performed what. Also the official Oscar site mentions it. Sometimes the choices are odd for example "Against All Odds" and "Footloose" were performed by Ann Reinking and Debbie Allen. In the case #REDIRECT [Against All Odds (song)] the writers were unfamiliar with [Phil Collins] but I don't know about Debbie Allen and #REDIRECT [[Footloose (song)] were they unfamiliar with Kenny Loggins?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by KL FAN (talk • contribs) 13:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Performances at Ceremony

message: This article needs expanding, to include all successful songwriters and their collaborators.  For example, Jimmy van Heusen is listed, but not Johnny Burke.  As this is supposed to be an encyclopaedia, this article ought to list year-by-year all nominated songs, the writers, the performers, the film, possibly the director too, not just the title of the winning song.
Guy 19:26, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion needed 

message: Why?! 89.222.152.170 (talk) 16:40, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Your use of «» instead of the standard "" quotation marks is why this keeps getting reverted.  Song titles should always use the normal "" style marks.  Read this Help page for a better explanation.  Thanks.  --Mtjaws (talk) 16:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  «""» — this isn't «normal»; this is bullshit. 89.222.152.170 (talk) 14:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The change from "" to «» has been done anonymously, which is one reason why it is reverted.  "" is the usual punctuation in written English (both UK and American), which is why that is the standard on Wikipedia. «» is used in other languages, but even in these the pressure is on to adopt "". There are an awful lot of Wikipedia articles to change if «» is to become the standard.    Guy (talk) 15:07, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:   — и хули надо было пиздеть? 89.222.152.170 (talk) 15:07, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ? 

message: today AMPAS announced a change for the 81st academy awards; in their press release they say:
:Three items of note were altered in the Original Song rules. First, while there continues to be no limit on the number of songs from a given film that can be submitted for consideration, no more than two songs from any one film may be nominated for an Academy Award.
jhawkinson (talk) 18:09, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2008 rule change (2 songs/title) 

message: No problem with having this in the article.  However, wouldn't it be better served by having another paragraph headed "Posthumous winners", rather like the section on Female winners?  Also, while I am at it, a split in the list of more-than-one winners and more-than-one nominees (into two lists).  Speaking of which, as the article is starting to become a little obese, is it not time to split out the lists of nominees into another article "Academy Award for Best Original Song (nominees)"?  I also think the format was better when it was a table - the only snag was that my Wikitable skills do not extend to joining two boxes when the nominee(s) had joint responsibility for tune and lyrics.  Comments, please :-)    Guy (talk) 15:13, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Posthumous winners 

message: The press makes a big deal about the African American winners of the four acting categories.  Would a section for African American winners be an approriate additiosn to the bottom of this article? -ErinHowarth (talk) 01:05, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  African American winners 

message: Wouldn't it be more appropriate to link to the song
You_Light_Up_My_Life_(song) rather than the movie, in 1977?
99.255.208.80 (talk) 16:12, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The first 1977 link does correctly go to the song's page, and the second link goes to the film's page.  Both the song and movie links are included for every year, but these just happen to have the same title.  The links are different though.  Therefore, nothing needs to be changed regarding this one.  --Mtjaws (talk) 01:11, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  You_Light_Up_My_Life_(song) rather than the movie 

message: Okay now, I was trying to figure out where this would go, but the trivia regarding this is quite intresting in the fact that it is the only short film to be nominated in this field, and I believe the only animated short to be nominated in a non short cat. 
So can someone tell me where would this trivia go on the best song page? Thanks.
174.50.65.177 (talk) 20:30, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wet Blanket Policy 

message: Even though the more well known songs such as "Somewhere over a rainbow" and "White Christmas" are from earlier times. Wallie (talk) 10:12, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Strong bias in article towards "more recent (post 1980) song 

message: In 1944 "Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" from Hollywood Canteen – music by Maurice K. Jerome and lyric by Ted Koehler is missing. See Oscar-article. --87.122.117.211 (talk) 23:01, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Song in 1944 

message: There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Academy Awards which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you.  —RMCD bot 13:17, 4 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Move discussion in progress

message: Should we list songwriters who go by stage names by their stage names or what the nominations list them as? I'm specifically referring to Adele, who's listed as Adele Adkins for her nomination in Skyfall & Common and John Legend, listed as Lonnie Lynn and John Stephens on their nomination on Glory. Meanwhile, Eminem was listed by that name for his nomination. Bono and the Edge were listed by those names for their first nomination and their real names (Paul Hewson and Dave Evans) on their second one. What's the proper procedure? Crboyer (talk) 01:34, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: Why are the songs in a list prior to 1950 and a table afterwards?Naraht (talk) 13:20, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  List vs. Table? 

message: Should years be shifted up (+1) because if someone checks for example https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1984 he/she won't find Stevie Wonder's song that has year 1984 next to it in Wiki article (he/she will find it on https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1985)?--Obsuser (talk) 01:34, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong years 2 

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message: User:208.117.127.135 has reverted multiple edits that are inconsistent with citations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as they name nominated films, songs and individuals. User:2600:1700:acc0:b6b0:611f:dc76:b31d:9a0a has helped to correct things like "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" to its correct title. It seems like it would be easiest to keep listings here consistent with those officially provided by AMPAS, but please feel free to share any other recommendations. Rburton66 (talk) 05:45, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of winners and nominees modifications 

message: has made a number of changes here that change names and titles away from that used by AMPAS. Do we have consesnsus that names and titles should reflect those in the nomination (which makes sense to me), or should we be moving these to the common name as reflected in the subject's article titles? --Ahecht (TALKPAGE) 18:19, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further list of winners and nominees modifications 

message: Pasek & Paul's nominations need to be under their team name cause they wrote songs as a team. Also because they are more well-known as Pasek & Paul. Now if either one did songs without the other, then their full name can be spelled out.
Even if it's different from the Oscar site, they really need to be under their team name, because their wikipedia page addresses them as a team.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.169.144.70 (talk) 23:04, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Pasek and Paul]]