Oscar Disqualifies Princess & Frog Score

Thursday, January 14, 2010
By: Thomas J. McLean

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has disqualified Disney’s The Princess and the Frog from the Best Original Score Oscar race.

A statement released by the group states that the animated film was found by the Music Branch Executive Committee to violate an Academy rule that states “scores diluted by the use of tracked themes or other preexisting music, diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs, or assembled from the music of more than one composer shall not be eligible.”

The movie features music by Randy Newman that is heavy on jazz.

Four songs in the film remain eligible in the song category, according to the Academy’s statement.

Reader Comments

• fhksd :

  Thursday, January 14, 2010

  What a stupid gyp. These songs are amazing, i\'m sure many song composed with many have snuck through and won. Seesh.

• Molly :

  Thursday, January 14, 2010

  This is stupid.
  
  Really, Music Branch Executive Committee? Really?

• Jack Sprat : Fat Eater : Eat No Fat LLC

  Thursday, January 14, 2010

  This never would have happened with Milli Vanilli.

• Jonathan : none : none

  Thursday, January 14, 2010

  That sucks! The music to Princess and the Frog was excellent and it deserved that award! Randy Newman is such a good songwriter and that sucks that this has to happen to him! He did pretty good with The Princess and The Frog! This really sucks! I\'m sorry but it really does!

• Juliet :

  Saturday, January 16, 2010

  I wonder if the Academy would have done this if Randy Newman hadn\'t said the Oscars were rigged in his one acceptance speech...

• ru :

  Saturday, February 27, 2010

  THE SOUNDTRACK SUCKED ANYWAY
  it was catchy sometimes, but did it deserve an Oscar? No.

• Gin9396 : MD : Giftsbyjinnie.com

  Thursday, March 04, 2010

  I feel the Academy should hv taken it as a gesture tribute to Prince! The name recalls him too in the memory of MJ...!

• john : doe : ok

  Thursday, April 01, 2010

  The Princess and Frog Soundtrack wasnot that good. In comparison to the other animated disney movies the soundtrack is of low quality. the vocals were great and actors are talented, but if the music is not memorable like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King then the music was not that good. I just watched the movie yesterday and guess what i dont remember any of the lyrics.