
Mix your music! Learn GarageBand in 30 Days! mhlo.co A total of four films received Academy Award nominations for Best Music (Original Song) in 2011. The Best Original Song award goes to the songwriters who compose the song specifically for a film. According to the rules of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the original song must either be used "in the body of the motion picture or as the first music cue in the end credits." The nominees, including the songs and composers/writers of these songs, are: "Coming Home" from ''Country Strong,'' music and lyrics by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey "I See the Light" from ''Tangled,'' music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Glenn Slater "If I Rise" from ''127 Hours,'' music by AR Rahman; lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong "We Belong Together" from ''Toy Story 3,'' music and lyrics by Randy Newman The Best Original Song Oscar category includes some first-time nominees and some veterans. This is the first Oscar nomination for Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey, writers and lyricists for "Coming Home" from ''Country Strong.'' Musician and composer Alan Menken has received a total of 19 Oscar nominations for Best Original Song and Best Original Score, including the 2011 nomination for "I See the Light" from ''Tangled.'' Menken has won Academy Awards for Best Original Song for 1995's ''Pocahontas,'' 1992's ''Aladdin,'' 1991's ''Beauty and the Beast'' and 1989's ''The Little Mermaid.'' AR Rahman is a five <b>...</b>
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