The Academy Award nominations have been announced and it’s safe to say they’re notorious for sweeping its ‘Best Original Song’ category under the rug as if it were a neglected cousin. If it’s only providing voters with a small number of choices – as in 2012, where Bret McKenzie’s ‘Man Or Muppet’ from The Muppets and ‘Real In Rio’ from Rio were the sole nominations – then they’re snubbing some of the year’s best songs. While many winners of the category are just plain horrible, there’s been deserving silver screen conquerors of the category also. We take a look at both sides, starting with the (rare) times when the Oscar Judges actually got it right, followed by instances when they – to put it nicely – really didn’t.

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