Comments on: Huey Lewis and ‘Pineapple Express’ Get Oscar Snub http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2008/12/huey-lewis-and-pineapple-express-get-oscar-snub/ All things movies... as noted by geeks. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:48:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Ihle http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2008/12/huey-lewis-and-pineapple-express-get-oscar-snub/comment-page-1/#comment-10480 Jason Ihle Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:06:19 +0000 http://wearemoviegeeks.com/?p=11052#comment-10480 I don't know the reason for the song's absence. I do know that the list of eligible songs you refer to does not pass judgment on any songs. Those are simply the songs that are eligible - full stop. Why the title song from PE is absent could be related to a technicality. The Academy reviews very carefully the information related to their potential nominees. If they find that the music for the song was written previously and not specifically for the film then it would be declared ineligible. The lyrics were obviously written for the film, but it's possible Huey Lewis and the News had the melody hanging around and set movie-related lyrics to it. That's one of many possible technicalities. Something like that seems to occur almost every year in either the song or the original score categories. "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge was ineligible because it was originally written (but not used) for Romeo and Juliet. I don’t know the reason for the song’s absence. I do know that the list of eligible songs you refer to does not pass judgment on any songs. Those are simply the songs that are eligible – full stop.

Why the title song from PE is absent could be related to a technicality. The Academy reviews very carefully the information related to their potential nominees. If they find that the music for the song was written previously and not specifically for the film then it would be declared ineligible. The lyrics were obviously written for the film, but it’s possible Huey Lewis and the News had the melody hanging around and set movie-related lyrics to it. That’s one of many possible technicalities.

Something like that seems to occur almost every year in either the song or the original score categories. “Come What May” from Moulin Rouge was ineligible because it was originally written (but not used) for Romeo and Juliet.

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