Season 3 Episode 2! I'd Like to Thank The Academy: Discussing Our Favorite Oscar Nominated Songs from The Wizard of Oz's Over the Rainbow to A Star Is Born's Shallow
It’s a night at the movies this week on Rhapsody in Reverie, as we take you to a front-row seat to The Oscars! Ever wonder about why we have the Oscar for Best Original Song? Ever wonder how bad movies can have such amazing soundtracks? Well, we have the answers you seek! From songs we had no idea were in films, to movies we wish we didn’t have to associate with their song, Adrienne and Katarina take the plunge into the oh-so-lengthy history of the Best Original Song!
Show Notes
0:39 - Lights, Camera, Intro!
6:00 - “How Did We Get Here?”: A History of the Oscar-Nominated Song
15:28 - A Brief Digression into Composer+Producer Credit
21:29 - A Quick Playlist Note
24:11 - Songs We Didn’t Even Know Came From Movies
25:59 - Movie Break: Con Air
28:55 - Back on Track
43:15 - Without Me You’re Nothing: How Good Soundtracks Survive Bad Movies
48:28 - 90’s Hits
52:00 - Movie Break: Armageddon
57:35 - 90’s-Early 00’s Hits
1:03:28 - Mom’s Spaghetti: Adrienne Can’t Believe Katia’s Disrespect of “Lose Yourself”
1:06:00 - Movie Magic
1:17:24 - Sponsor Break: Wine Dark Sea Villas
1:20:57 - Up & Comers: Till I Fall
1:24:15 - So Long, Farewell, auf Wiedersehen, Good Night
Songs Mentioned In This Episode
3:45 - “Shallow”--Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
7:45 - “The Last Time I Saw Paris”--Ann Sothern, Lady Be Good (Playlist Version sung by Kate Smith)
10:08 - “Suddenly”--Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
10:21 - “Mean Green Mother From Outer Space”--Levi Stubbs, Little Shop of Horrors
13:32 - “Happy Little Working Song”--Amy Adams, Enchanted
13:51 - “That’s How You Know”--Amy Adams, Enchanted
14:16 - “So Close”--Jon McLaughlin, Enchanted
15:08 - “Blame Canada”--Cast of South Park, South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
22:54 - “You’ll Never Know”--From the Film Hello, Frisco, Hello (Playlist Version sung by Renee Fleming for The Shape of Water)
24:35 - “The Power of Love”--Huey Lewis & The News, Back to the Future
25:27 - “How Do I Live”--Diane Warren, Con Air
29:27 - “I Just Called to Say I Love You”--Stevie Wonder, The Woman in Red
30:07 - “Say You, Say Me”--Lionel Richie, White Nights
30:15 - “Up Where We Belong”--Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes, An Officer and a Gentleman
30:35 - “Against All Odds(Take a Look at Me Now)”--Phil Collins, Against All Odds
30:41 - “Footloose”--Kenny Loggins, Footloose
30:47 - “Ghostbusters”--Ray Parker Jr., Ghostbusters
30:50 - “Let’s Hear it for the Boy”--Deniece Williams, Footloose
31:16 - “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”--Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes, Dirty Dancing
31:24 - “Accidentally in Love”--Counting Crows, Shrek 2
33:45 - “Call Me Irresponsible”--Jackie Gleason, Papa’s Delicate Condition (Playlist Version sung by Frank Sinatra)
34:08 - “The Way You Look Tonight”--Fred Astaire, Swing Time (Playlist Version sung by Frank Sinatra)
34:16 - “Thanks for the Memory”--Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, The Big Broadcast of 1938
34:21 - “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”--Virginia Bruce, Born to Dance (Playlist Version sung by Frank Sinatra)
34:27 - “White Christmas”--Bing Crosby, Holiday Inn
35:29 - “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”--Ricardo Montalban, Esther Williams, Neptune’s Daughter
36:07 - “Que Sera, Sera”--Doris Day, The Man Who Knew Too Much
37:05 - “The Morning After”--Maureen McGovern, The Poseidon Adventure
37:47 - “Ben”--Michael Jackson, Ben
38:27 - “Theme From Shaft”--Isaac Hayes, Shaft
39:05 - “The Age of Not Believing”--Angela Lansbury, Bedknobs and Broomsticks
43:56 - “The Look of Love”--Dusty Springfield, Casino Royale
44:19 - “Live and Let Die”--Paul McCartney, Live and Let Die
44:55 - “Skyfall”--Adele, Skyfall
44:59 - “Writing’s On The Wall”--Sam Smith, Spectre
46:09 - “Earned It”--The Weeknd, Fifty Shades of Grey
48:58 - “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?”--Elton John, The Lion King
49:50 - “My Heart Will Go On”--Celine Dion, Titanic
51:06 - “Go the Distance”--Michael Bolton, Hercules
51:32 - “Journey to the Past”--Liz Callaway, Anastasia
51:45 - “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”--Aerosmith, Armageddon
57:51 - “When You Believe”--Michelle Pfeiffer,Sally Dworsky, The Prince of Egypt
58:34 - “The Prayer”--Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Quest for Camelot
1:02:19 - “Until…”--Sting, Kate & Leopold
1:02:26 - “May it Be”--Enya, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
1:03:40 - “Lose Yourself”--Eminem, 8 Mile
1:04:38 - “It’s Hard Out Here For a Pimp”--Emcee Fandom, Hustle & Flow
1:06:03 - “Remember Me”-- Gael Garcia Bernal, Coco
1:08:54 - “Over the Rainbow”--Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz
1:10:11 - “Moon River”--Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s
1:10:42 - “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”--B.J. Thomas, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1:11:47 - “Glory”--Common, John Legend, Selma
1:15:10 - “Unchained Melody”--Tom Duncan, Unchained
1:16:55 - “This is Me”--Keala Settle, The Greatest Showman
Up & Comers Songs Mentioned In This Episode
1:22:05 - “Let Me Breathe”--Till I Fall
1:23:03 - “Sunshine”--Till I Fall
1:23:05 - “Cherry Bomb”--Till I Fall
