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* "Take My Breath Away" by Music/{{Berlin}}, featured in ''Film/TopGun'', was the 1986 Best Original Song Oscar winner. The Cantonese TranslatedCoverVersion, as featured in Creator/WongKarWai's ''As Tears Go By'' also qualifies.
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* "Take My Breath Away" by Music/{{Berlin}}, Berlin, featured in ''Film/TopGun'', was the 1986 Best Original Song Oscar winner. The Cantonese TranslatedCoverVersion, as featured in Creator/WongKarWai's ''As Tears Go By'' also qualifies.
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** Honorable mention goes to "Heaven in Your Eyes" by Music/{{Loverboy}}.
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** Honorable mention goes to "Heaven in Your Eyes" by Music/{{Loverboy}}.[[Music/LoverboyBand Loverboy]].
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Examples of AwardBaitSong in live-action films. ''They're sorted in chronological order.''
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Examples of AwardBaitSong in live-action films. ''They're sorted ''Sorted in chronological order.''
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* Music/DeanMartin's "That's Amore", revived as the theme to ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}'', was originally composed for 1953's ''Film/TheCaddy'', and subsequently nominated for an Oscar, but lost to "Secret Love" from ''Film/CalamityJane''.
* Music/TheRighteousBrothers' 1960's hit "Unchained Melody", known in recent years as "the theme to ''Film/Ghost1990''", was introduced in a now-forgotten 1955 film titled ''Film/{{Unchained}}'', and was nominated for an Oscar.
* Music/TheRighteousBrothers' 1960's hit "Unchained Melody", known in recent years as "the theme to ''Film/Ghost1990''", was introduced in a now-forgotten 1955 film titled ''Film/{{Unchained}}'', and was nominated for an Oscar.
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* Music/DeanMartin's "That's Amore", revived as the theme to ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}'', was originally composed for 1953's ''Film/TheCaddy'', ''The Caddy'', and subsequently nominated for an Oscar, but lost to "Secret Love" from ''Film/CalamityJane''.
*Music/TheRighteousBrothers' The Righteous Brothers' 1960's hit "Unchained Melody", known in recent years as "the theme to ''Film/Ghost1990''", ''Film/{{Ghost|1990}}''", was introduced in a now-forgotten an obscure 1955 film titled ''Film/{{Unchained}}'', ''Unchained'', and was nominated for an Oscar.
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** A notable song that ''wasn't'' Oscar-nominated is Music/PattiLaBelle's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdVApwiV9r4 "If You Asked Me To"]] from ''Film/LicenceToKill''. [[CoveredUp It didn't truly take off]] until Music/CelineDion got a hold of it and it became [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b5e_2Lq8oQ one of her first English-language hits]].
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** A notable song that ''wasn't'' Oscar-nominated nominated is Music/PattiLaBelle's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdVApwiV9r4 "If You Asked Me To"]] from ''Film/LicenceToKill''. [[CoveredUp It didn't truly take off]] until Music/CelineDion got a hold of it and it became [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b5e_2Lq8oQ one of her first English-language hits]].
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* Music/TheBeeGees' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc How Deep Is Your Love]]", from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', won a Grammy for Best Pop Song Performed by a Group, and was nominated for a Best Original Song Golden Globe award, but lost the latter to "You Light Up My Life". No Oscar nomination for this or '''any''' of the other songs even as the soundtrack was one of the biggest albums of TheSeventies and three of the actual 1977 nominees were from little-loved family films (the fourth was "Nobody Does It Better"). Producer Robert Stigwood called out the Academy for being behind the times. The next Oscar ceremony acknowledged the embarrassing omission with a medley of songs that ''were not'' nominated for Oscars, including three from this film.
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* Music/TheBeeGees' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc How Deep Is Your Love]]", from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', won a Grammy for Best Pop Song Performed by a Group, and was nominated for a Best Original Song Golden Globe award, but lost the latter to "You Light Up My Life". No Oscar nomination for this or '''any''' of the other songs even as the soundtrack was one of the biggest albums of TheSeventies and three of the actual 1977 nominees were from little-loved family films (the fourth was "Nobody Does It Better"). Producer Robert Stigwood called out the Academy for being behind the times. The next Oscar ceremony acknowledged the embarrassing omission with a medley of songs that ''were not'' nominated for Oscars, nominated, including three from this film.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbsrrkZm1s "Candle on the Water"]] from ''Film/PetesDragon1977'' received an Oscar nomination, but lost to the title tune from ''You Light Up My Life'' (see Film -- Live-Action).
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbsrrkZm1s "Candle on the Water"]] from ''Film/PetesDragon1977'' ''Film/{{Pete's Dragon|1977}}'' received an Oscar nomination, but lost to the title tune from ''You Light Up My Life'' (see Film -- Live-Action).
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* "The Rainbow Connection" from [[Film/TheMuppetMovie the original Muppet film]] was Oscar-nominated in 1979 and became the BootstrappedTheme of Franchise/TheMuppets as a franchise. ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'' had an award bait song parody "The First Time It Happens" [[IWasJustJoking which was then nominated for an Oscar for real]].
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* "The Rainbow Connection" from [[Film/TheMuppetMovie the original Muppet film]] was Oscar-nominated in 1979 and became the BootstrappedTheme of Franchise/TheMuppets as a franchise. ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'' had an award bait song parody "The First Time It Happens" [[IWasJustJoking which was then nominated for an Oscar for real]].
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* A lower-key but still award-baity Oscar nominee from 1979 is "It's Easy to Say", from ''Film/Ten1979''. It's a mellow, piano-based SillyLoveSong with touching lyrics -- but it's also important to the story even though the film is not a musical. The main character (Creator/DudleyMoore) is a composer ''who has won awards for his film work in-universe'', who comes up with the melody as the basis for a song to give to his at-the-time estranged girlfriend (Creator/JulieAndrews), a professional singer, to record. In the denouement, the now-finished song helps bring them back together when he performs it on a piano and she joins him, [[LetsDuet turning it into a duet]]. From there, the same actors perform a more polished version of the song over the end credits.
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* A lower-key but still award-baity Oscar nominee from 1979 is "It's Easy to Say", from ''Film/Ten1979''.''Film/{{Ten|1979}}''. It's a mellow, piano-based SillyLoveSong with touching lyrics -- but it's also important to the story even though the film is not a musical. The main character (Creator/DudleyMoore) is a composer ''who has won awards for his film work in-universe'', who comes up with the melody as the basis for a song to give to his at-the-time estranged girlfriend (Creator/JulieAndrews), a professional singer, to record. In the denouement, the now-finished song helps bring them back together when he performs it on a piano and she joins him, [[LetsDuet turning it into a duet]]. From there, the same actors perform a more polished version of the song over the end credits.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnBPHWk5FQ8 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)]]" from ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' was a stepping stone in this trope's evolution. It has a soothing mellow start, feel-good tone, buildup starting with the second chorus, a epic saxophone bridge (as opposed to electric guitar), and a VideoFullOfFilmClips. At the same time it defies eventual conventions of the trope: singer/co-writer Christopher Cross was just coming off of five Grammy Award wins, its lyrics openly reference the plot and characters, its melody turns up in the underscore, and it bookends the movie by playing under both sets of credits. It not only won the Best Original Song Oscar and Golden Globe (plus Grammy nominations for Record and Song of the Year) but was one of Cross's biggest hits, spending 3 weeks at Number One on the ''Billboard'' charts, and appeared in the CreditsMedley at the end of the Academy Awards ceremony for years. The 2011 remake uses it in both instrumental and CoverVersion forms (the latter by Fitz and the Tantrums).
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnBPHWk5FQ8 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)]]" from ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' ''Film/{{Arthur|1981}}'' was a stepping stone in this trope's evolution. It has a soothing mellow start, feel-good tone, buildup starting with the second chorus, a epic saxophone bridge (as opposed to electric guitar), and a VideoFullOfFilmClips. At the same time it defies eventual conventions of the trope: singer/co-writer Christopher Cross was just coming off of five Grammy Award wins, its lyrics openly reference the plot and characters, its melody turns up in the underscore, and it bookends the movie by playing under both sets of credits. It not only won the Best Original Song Oscar and Golden Globe (plus Grammy nominations for Record and Song of the Year) but was one of Cross's biggest hits, spending 3 weeks at Number One on the ''Billboard'' charts, and appeared in the CreditsMedley at the end of the Academy Awards ceremony for years. The 2011 remake uses it in both instrumental and CoverVersion forms (the latter by Fitz and the Tantrums).
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** The third movie in the series has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf05hgwP6ps Shortcut To Forever]] by Phillip Ingram & Siedah Garrett.
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** The third movie in the series film has [[https://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf05hgwP6ps Shortcut To Forever]] to Forever]]" by Phillip Ingram & Siedah Garrett.
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** Music/TrishaYearwood's version of "How Do I Live" from ''Film/ConAir''. Lost to "My Heart Will Go On" on the Oscar side.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73cWfFEKAfE "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"]] from ''Film/Armageddon1998''. Lost to "When You Believe" on the Oscar side. The song also stands as Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s [[BlackSheepHit sole #1 in the US]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73cWfFEKAfE "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"]] from ''Film/Armageddon1998''. Lost to "When You Believe" on the Oscar side. The song also stands as Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s [[BlackSheepHit sole #1 in the US]].
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** Music/TrishaYearwood's version of "How Do I Live" from ''Film/ConAir''. Lost ''Film/ConAir'' lost to "My Heart Will Go On" on the Oscar side.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73cWfFEKAfE "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"]] from''Film/Armageddon1998''. Lost ''Film/{{Armageddon|1998}}'' )ost to "When You Believe" on the Oscar side. The song also stands as Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s [[BlackSheepHit sole #1 in the US]].US]].
*** It's worth noting that it was nominated for both the Razzie '''and''' the Oscar!
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKDOcvKDwf0 After All]]" from ''Chances Are'' by Music/{{Cher}} and Peter Cetera. Oscar-nominated but lost to "Under the Sea".
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKDOcvKDwf0 After All]]" from ''Chances Are'' by Music/{{Cher}} and Peter Cetera. Oscar-nominated but lost to [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 "Under the Sea".Sea"]].
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* ''Film/HomeAlone1'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHH6LJpEbQ Somewhere in My Memory]]", sung in the background by a Christmas choir, and a [[https://youtu.be/7-cbndL-MIw full version]] sung by Bette Midler in the sequel's end credits. Oscar-nominated, but lost to "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)".
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* ''Film/HomeAlone1'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHH6LJpEbQ Somewhere in My Memory]]", sung in the background by a Christmas choir, and a [[https://youtu.be/7-cbndL-MIw full version]] sung by Bette Midler in the sequel's end credits. Oscar-nominated, but lost to [[Film/DickTracy "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)".Man)"]].
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** Two years later, Adams performed "All for Love" with Music/{{Sting}} and Music/RodStewart from ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''. Both of these films were scored by Music/MichaelKamen -- and after Kamen died in 2003, Adams went suspiciously silent...
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** Two years later, Adams performed "All for Love" with Music/{{Sting}} and Music/RodStewart from ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''.''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1993}}''. Both of these films were scored by Music/MichaelKamen -- and after Kamen died in 2003, Adams went suspiciously silent...
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* One of the most famous live-action examples is Music/WhitneyHouston's cover of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nPf7w7pDI I Will Always Love You]]" from ''Film/TheBodyguard''. It wasn't nominated for the Oscar because [[CoveredUp it was a cover of]] a Music/DollyParton song from the 1970s. Parton herself sang it in the movie version of ''The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas'' in 1982.
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* One of the most famous live-action examples is Music/WhitneyHouston's cover of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nPf7w7pDI I Will Always Love You]]" from ''Film/TheBodyguard''. It wasn't nominated for the Oscar because [[CoveredUp it was a cover of]] a Music/DollyParton song from the 1970s. Parton herself sang it in the movie 1982 film version of ''The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas'' in 1982.''Film/TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas''.
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* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'', being a family film released in the '90s, naturally had one of these: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIwoAtgKBUA Almost Unreal]]" by Music/{{Roxette}}, as well as "I Would Stop the World" when Mario and Big Bertha dance. They were some of the few songs written for the film, while most of its soundtrack was composed of other popular songs, including a cover of "Walk the Dinosaur".
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* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'', ''Film/{{Super Mario Bros|1993}}'', being a family film released in the '90s, naturally had one of these: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIwoAtgKBUA Almost Unreal]]" by Music/{{Roxette}}, as well as "I Would Stop the World" when Mario and Big Bertha dance. They were some of the few songs written for the film, while most of its soundtrack was composed of other popular songs, including a cover of "Walk the Dinosaur".
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* ''Film/TheCrow1994'' featured "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZzkhfz89c It Can't Rain All the Time]]" by Jane Siberry as its end credits song.
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* ''Film/TheCrow1994'' ''Film/{{The Crow|1994}}'' featured "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZzkhfz89c It Can't Rain All the Time]]" by Jane Siberry as its end credits song.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFpNTgMiuKo Christmas Will Return]]" from the first ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, performed by Brenda Russel and Howard Hewett.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFpNTgMiuKo Christmas Will Return]]" from the first ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, ''Film/TheSantaClause'', performed by Brenda Russel and Howard Hewett.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMD2TwRvuoU Kiss from a Rose]]" by Music/{{Seal}} didn't take off until it was recycled into the ''Film/BatmanForever'' soundtrack. But since it had already been released as a single, it was ineligible for awards nominations.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMD2TwRvuoU Kiss from a Rose]]" by Music/{{Seal}} didn't take off until it was recycled into the ''Film/BatmanForever'' soundtrack. But since it had already been released as a single, it was ineligible for awards nominations.awards.
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** Speaking of ''Batman & Robin'', "Gotham City" by Music/RKelly was a blatant attempt at cashing in on this trope, hoping to repeat the success of "Kiss from a Rose" as well as R. Kelly's previous hit "I Believe I Can Fly" from ''Space Jam''. The song was a modest hit, reaching Number 9 on the pop charts, and unlike previous Batman examples it was actually eligible for Best Original Song. Nonetheless, it wasn't even nominated.
* The Muppets did it again in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' with "Love Led Us Here"...which is first sung by Piggy and Kermit as they dangle off a cliff edge by their ankles, and is largely PlayedForLaughs. The song is given a sincere reprise in the end credits by John Berry and Helen Darling.
* The Muppets did it again in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' with "Love Led Us Here"...which is first sung by Piggy and Kermit as they dangle off a cliff edge by their ankles, and is largely PlayedForLaughs. The song is given a sincere reprise in the end credits by John Berry and Helen Darling.
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** Speaking of ''Batman & Robin'', "Gotham City" by Music/RKelly was a blatant attempt at cashing in on this trope, hoping to repeat the success of "Kiss from a Rose" as well as R. Kelly's previous hit "I Believe I Can Fly" from ''Space Jam''.Fly". The song was a modest hit, reaching Number 9 on the pop charts, and unlike previous Batman examples it was actually eligible for Best Original Song. Nonetheless, it wasn't even nominated.
* The Muppets did it again in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' with "Love Led Us Here"...which is first sung by Piggy and Kermit as they dangle off a cliff edge by their ankles, and is largely PlayedForLaughs. The song is given a sincere reprise in the end credits by JohnBerry Barry and Helen Darling.
* The Muppets did it again in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' with "Love Led Us Here"...which is first sung by Piggy and Kermit as they dangle off a cliff edge by their ankles, and is largely PlayedForLaughs. The song is given a sincere reprise in the end credits by John
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* Dion also has the case mentioned atop the page, "My Heart Will Go On" from ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''. Creator/JamesCameron originally didn't want a pop song finishing the movie feeling it would be inappropriate, and considering [[PrimaDonnaDirector his usual behavior]], composer Music/JamesHorner had to find him in a really good mood to present the demo, with Cameron eventually giving approval, also thinking that after such a TroubledProduction "a hit song from his movie could only be a positive factor in guaranteeing its completion".
* ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' took multiple cues from ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', including an award-bait song of its own. It gave us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6LQjJo7eY I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You]]" by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena. And written by James Horner and Will Jennings, the team responsible for the ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' theme, to boot.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYjqojwp2hQ Then You Look At Me]]", sung by Music/CelineDion, and written by the same team behind "My Heart Will Go On", no less. It doesn't describe any specific moment in the story, but is used as the love song between Andrew and Portia (with Little Miss substituting for her childhood years). The official music video [[VideoFullOfFilmClips takes clips from the relationship]] and displays them in a monitor in the background.
* ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' took multiple cues from ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', including an award-bait song of its own. It gave us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6LQjJo7eY I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You]]" by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena. And written by James Horner and Will Jennings, the team responsible for the ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' theme, to boot.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYjqojwp2hQ Then You Look At Me]]", sung by Music/CelineDion, and written by the same team behind "My Heart Will Go On", no less. It doesn't describe any specific moment in the story, but is used as the love song between Andrew and Portia (with Little Miss substituting for her childhood years). The official music video [[VideoFullOfFilmClips takes clips from the relationship]] and displays them in a monitor in the background.
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* Dion also has the case mentioned atop the page, "My Heart Will Go On" from ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''. ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}''. Creator/JamesCameron originally didn't want a pop song finishing the movie feeling it would be inappropriate, and considering [[PrimaDonnaDirector his usual behavior]], composer Music/JamesHorner had to find him in a really good mood to present the demo, with Cameron eventually giving approval, also thinking that after such a TroubledProduction TroubledProduction, "a hit song from his movie could only be a positive factor in guaranteeing its completion".
* ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' took multiple cues from ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', including an award-bait song of its own. It gave us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6LQjJo7eY I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You]]" by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena. And written by James Horner and Will Jennings, the team responsible for the''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' theme, to boot.
* The infamous ''Film/PatchAdams'' had "Faith of the Heart" by Music/RodStewart, three years before it was CoveredUp by Russell Watson and became the most polarizing ''Star Trek'' theme ever written. (See ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.)
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYjqojwp2hQ Then You LookAt at Me]]", sung by Music/CelineDion, and written by the same team behind "My Heart Will Go On", no less. It doesn't describe any specific moment in the story, but is used as the love song between Andrew and Portia (with Little Miss substituting for her childhood years). The official music video [[VideoFullOfFilmClips takes clips from the relationship]] and displays them in a monitor in the background.
* ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' took multiple cues from ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', including an award-bait song of its own. It gave us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6LQjJo7eY I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You]]" by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena. And written by James Horner and Will Jennings, the team responsible for the
* The infamous ''Film/PatchAdams'' had "Faith of the Heart" by Music/RodStewart, three years before it was CoveredUp by Russell Watson and became the most polarizing ''Star Trek'' theme ever written. (See ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.)
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYjqojwp2hQ Then You Look
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGSHZYZ74c Where Are You, Christmas?]]" from the live-action ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
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* Music/FaithHill's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGSHZYZ74c Where Are You, Christmas?]]" from the live-action ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
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* Bizarrely, ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' - which is ''significantly'' heavier on cartoon humor than most works that warrant an Award Bait Song - has one called "Through the Eyes of a Child" (not to be confused with the ones from ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' or ESPECIALLY ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'').
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* Bizarrely, ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' - which is ''significantly'' heavier on cartoon humor than most works that warrant an Award Bait Song - has one called [[https://youtu.be/fHmdwtZ_a4o?si=u_wrBjXVKFD-hGUB "Through the Eyes of a Child" Child"]] (not to be confused with the ones from ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' or ESPECIALLY ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'').
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* Much of ''Film/MoulinRouge's'' soundtrack consists of covers, but it naturally has its own Big Damn Love Song: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvJpJl04cAI Come What May]]". Ineligible for the Oscar because it was originally written for Creator/BazLuhrmann's previous Red Curtain film, ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'').
** From the ''other'' ''Moulin Rouge'', Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgMdTcbZoE The Song From Moulin Rouge]]", also known as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhrRgadxhc Where Is Your Heart?]]"
** From the ''other'' ''Moulin Rouge'', Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgMdTcbZoE The Song From Moulin Rouge]]", also known as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhrRgadxhc Where Is Your Heart?]]"
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* Much of ''Film/MoulinRouge's'' soundtrack consists of covers, but it naturally has its own Big Damn Love Song: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvJpJl04cAI Come What May]]". Ineligible for the Oscar because it was originally written for Creator/BazLuhrmann's previous Red Curtain film, ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'').
** From the ''other'' ''MoulinRouge'', Rouge'' (1952), Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgMdTcbZoE The Song From from Moulin Rouge]]", also known as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhrRgadxhc Where Is Your Heart?]]"
** From the ''other'' ''Moulin
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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films gave us some stellar TearJerker examples: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8wqEgFIA8 May It Be]]" from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcoBKWTW14 Into the West]]" from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]''. Both were nominated for Oscars, with the latter even winning.
** Subverted in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'' with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biGP2BXVsYI Gollum's Song]]", which has a somewhat similar style but a minor key and a much darker tone and sung by Emiliana Torrini.
** Subverted in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'' with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biGP2BXVsYI Gollum's Song]]", which has a somewhat similar style but a minor key and a much darker tone and sung by Emiliana Torrini.
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* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films gave us some stellar TearJerker examples: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8wqEgFIA8 May It Be]]" from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcoBKWTW14 Into the West]]" from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]''. Both were nominated for Oscars, with the latter even winning.
** Subverted in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowersThe Two Towers]]'' with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biGP2BXVsYI Gollum's Song]]", which has a somewhat similar style but a minor key and a much darker tone and sung by Emiliana Torrini.
** Subverted in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers
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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf8Fwiy0Bkc I See Fire]]" by Music/EdSheeran from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRGTHLNNEOc The Last Goodbye]]" by Billy Boyd from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRGTHLNNEOc The Last Goodbye]]" by Billy Boyd from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''.
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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf8Fwiy0Bkc I See Fire]]" by Music/EdSheeran from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRGTHLNNEOc The Last Goodbye]]" by Billy Boyd from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmiesThe Battle of the Five Armies]]''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRGTHLNNEOc The Last Goodbye]]" by Billy Boyd from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies
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* The 2003 film ''Film/Daredevil2003'' had "For You" from The Calling. It didn't really catch on.
* "Learn to Be Lonely" from ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004''. Nominated for but lost the Oscar.
* "Learn to Be Lonely" from ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004''. Nominated for but lost the Oscar.
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* The 2003 film ''Film/Daredevil2003'' ''Film/{{Daredevil|2003}}'' had "For You" from The Calling. It didn't really catch on.
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** "My Immortal" by Music/{{Evanescence}} also qualifies.
* "Learn to Be Lonely" from''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004''.''Film/{{The Phantom of the Opera|2004}}''. Nominated for but lost the Oscar.
** "My Immortal" by Music/{{Evanescence}} also qualifies.
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* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries 2'' brings us Music/KellyClarkson's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-3vPxKdj6o Breakaway]]", co-written by Music/AvrilLavigne.
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*** Other Alanis Morissette examples are "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urSPgcZgnh0 Still]]" from ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' and "I Remain" from ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''.
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*** Other Alanis Morissette examples are "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urSPgcZgnh0 Still]]" from ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' and "I Remain" from ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''.
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* "My Immortal" by Music/{{Evanescence}}, featured in ''Film/Daredevil2003''.
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** "Alice" from ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' was more popular.
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* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' had not one, not two, but ''three'' songs nominated: "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know", and "So Close." Of the three, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH8WAoRL1xo the last one]] fits this trope the most. That didn't keep it from losing to the analogous song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc Falling Slowly]]", from ''Once''. The loss may or may not have been due to vote splitting among the ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' songs; after this, the Academy decided to limit a single film's song nominations to just two.
* Music/{{Gackt}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXKQ351QBw "Returner"]], featured in the Japanese release of ''Film/ThePrestige'', is similar to the above-mentioned "Gollum's Song" in that it has a much darker sound than most other examples of this trope (though it's fitting for a VisualKei artist). The song itself, coincidentally, was made as a theme song for the NHK [[JidaiGeki historical drama]] ''Fūrin Kazan.'' [[WorldOfHam At least, the genre itself warranted the hamminess and wide sweep of the song]].
* Music/{{Gackt}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXKQ351QBw "Returner"]], featured in the Japanese release of ''Film/ThePrestige'', is similar to the above-mentioned "Gollum's Song" in that it has a much darker sound than most other examples of this trope (though it's fitting for a VisualKei artist). The song itself, coincidentally, was made as a theme song for the NHK [[JidaiGeki historical drama]] ''Fūrin Kazan.'' [[WorldOfHam At least, the genre itself warranted the hamminess and wide sweep of the song]].
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* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' had not one, not two, but ''three'' songs nominated: "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know", and "So Close." Close". Of the three, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH8WAoRL1xo the last one]] fits this trope the most. That didn't keep it from losing to the analogous song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc Falling Slowly]]", from ''Once''. The loss may or may not have been due to vote splitting among the ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' ''Enchanted'' songs; after this, the Academy decided to limit limited a single film's song nominations to just two.
* Music/{{Gackt}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXKQ351QBw "Returner"]], featured in the Japanese release of ''Film/ThePrestige'', is similar to the above-mentioned "Gollum's Song" in that it has a much darker sound than most other examples of this trope (though it's fitting for a VisualKei artist). The song itself, coincidentally, was made as a theme song for the NHK [[JidaiGeki historical drama]] ''FūrinKazan.'' Kazan''. [[WorldOfHam At least, the genre itself warranted the hamminess and wide sweep of the song]].song.]]
* Music/{{Gackt}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXKQ351QBw "Returner"]], featured in the Japanese release of ''Film/ThePrestige'', is similar to the above-mentioned "Gollum's Song" in that it has a much darker sound than most other examples of this trope (though it's fitting for a VisualKei artist). The song itself, coincidentally, was made as a theme song for the NHK [[JidaiGeki historical drama]] ''Fūrin
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* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' had an award-bait song ''and'' Bollywood dance routine over the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC4QrUwo9o end credits]]. Subverted with "Dreams on Fire", which seems like the primary OscarBait song from the soundtrack. It didn't get nominated, but "Jai-Ho" won, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqk5Vf8KAfE the collaboration with]] Music/{{MIA}} got a nom too).
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* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' had an award-bait song ''and'' Bollywood dance routine over the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC4QrUwo9o end credits]]. Subverted with "Dreams on Fire", which seems like the primary OscarBait song from the soundtrack. It didn't get nominated, but "Jai-Ho" "Jai Ho" won, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqk5Vf8KAfE the collaboration with]] Music/{{MIA}} got a nom too).
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** ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' has "Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" by The Weeknd, which incorporates Simon Franglen's traditonal Na'vi score and pop elements by Swedish House Mafia.
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** For an original song, there's the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Troyella]] duet "Right Here Right Now".
* "[[https://youtu.be/jGjX0YO-zo4?t=5784 All The Love In The World]]" from ''Gooby'', sung by Anne Morrone and musical duo [=RyanDan=] (aka former b4-4 members Ryan & Dan Kowarsky)
* "[[https://youtu.be/jGjX0YO-zo4?t=5784 All The Love In The World]]" from ''Gooby'', sung by Anne Morrone and musical duo [=RyanDan=] (aka former b4-4 members Ryan & Dan Kowarsky)
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** For an original song, there's the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Troyella]] duet "Right Here Here, Right Now".
* "[[https://youtu.be/jGjX0YO-zo4?t=5784 AllThe the Love In The in the World]]" from ''Gooby'', sung by Anne Morrone and musical duo [=RyanDan=] (aka former b4-4 members Ryan & Dan Kowarsky)
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* "[[https://youtu.be/-DSVDcw6iW8 A Real Hero]]" by College, featuring Electric Youth, from ''Film/Drive2011'', was nominated for Best Song from a Movie by the MTV Movie Awards.
* ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' has "I Learned From You" by Music/MileyCyrus, "Try" by Creator/HaydenPanettiere and "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" by Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb. The Japanese dub adds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB2vEYjp_3M "To Be In Love"]] by MISIA.
* ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' has "I Learned From You" by Music/MileyCyrus, "Try" by Creator/HaydenPanettiere and "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" by Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb. The Japanese dub adds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB2vEYjp_3M "To Be In Love"]] by MISIA.
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* "[[https://youtu.be/-DSVDcw6iW8 A Real Hero]]" by College, featuring Electric Youth, from ''Film/Drive2011'', ''Film/{{Drive|2011}}'', was nominated for Best Song from a Movie by the MTV Movie Awards.
* ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' has "I LearnedFrom from You" by Music/MileyCyrus, "Try" by Creator/HaydenPanettiere and "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" by Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb. The Japanese dub adds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB2vEYjp_3M "To Be In in Love"]] by MISIA.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLWmGhD6l0k Calling for Your Love]]" from ''Film/CirqueDuSoleilWorldsAway.''
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* ''Film/LesMiserables2012'''s MovieBonusSong "Suddenly" fits this trope to a T.
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* "[[https://youtu.be/1mkUp1V3ys0 Oblivion]]" from the likewise named ''[[Film/Oblivion2013 Oblivion]]''. That opening is just so sparkly.
* "[[https://youtu.be/Te11UaHOHMQ Young and Beautiful]]" by Music/LanaDelRey and "[[https://youtu.be/5AllYPIBbhw Over the Love]]" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine from ''Film/TheGreatGatsby2013.''
* ''Film/{{Annie 2014}}'' has at least two {{movie bonus song}}s that qualify for this trope.
* "[[https://youtu.be/Te11UaHOHMQ Young and Beautiful]]" by Music/LanaDelRey and "[[https://youtu.be/5AllYPIBbhw Over the Love]]" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine from ''Film/TheGreatGatsby2013.''
* ''Film/{{Annie 2014}}'' has at least two {{movie bonus song}}s that qualify for this trope.
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* "[[https://youtu.be/1mkUp1V3ys0 Oblivion]]" from the likewise named ''[[Film/Oblivion2013 Oblivion]]''.''Film/{{Oblivion|2013}}''. That opening is just so sparkly.
* "[[https://youtu.be/Te11UaHOHMQ Young and Beautiful]]" by Music/LanaDelRey and "[[https://youtu.be/5AllYPIBbhw Over the Love]]" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine from''Film/TheGreatGatsby2013.''
''Film/{{The Great Gatsby|2013}}''.
*''Film/{{Annie 2014}}'' ''Film/{{Annie|2014}}'' has at least two {{movie bonus song}}s that qualify for this trope.
* "[[https://youtu.be/Te11UaHOHMQ Young and Beautiful]]" by Music/LanaDelRey and "[[https://youtu.be/5AllYPIBbhw Over the Love]]" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine from
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* ''[[Film/PitchPerfect Pitch Perfect 2]]'' has the uplifting "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzwkcbTQ7ZE Flashlight]]" sung by Music/JessieJ. Despite this version being perfect for the credits treatment, it only appears on the film's soundtrack. The song does still appear in the film, although it's sung by the Bellas as part of their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RsgmjeAQ14 A Cappella World Championship performance]]. [[note]]Within the film's context, new member Emily Junk wrote the song herself and sang it for her audition.[[/note]] Creator/HaileeSteinfeld also recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XxzXR1ArbY an official cover]] for the soundtrack, and released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_hH-qBVJNo her own acoustic version]] following the film's release.
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* ''[[Film/PitchPerfect Pitch Perfect 2]]'' ''Film/PitchPerfect 2'' has the uplifting "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzwkcbTQ7ZE Flashlight]]" sung by Music/JessieJ. Despite this version being perfect for the credits treatment, it only appears on the film's soundtrack. The song does still appear in the film, although it's sung by the Bellas as part of their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RsgmjeAQ14 A Cappella World Championship performance]]. [[note]]Within the film's context, new member Emily Junk wrote the song herself and sang it for her audition.[[/note]] Creator/HaileeSteinfeld also recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XxzXR1ArbY an official cover]] for the soundtrack, and released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_hH-qBVJNo her own acoustic version]] following the film's release.
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* "[[https://youtu.be/T84LqClui9A To Be Human]]" from ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', sung by Music/{{Sia}} and Labrinth.
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* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' has the melancholic and somber "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbjS0_ZfJ0 All the Stars]]" by Music/KendrickLamar and Music/{{SZA}}. Nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and several Grammys.
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* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' has the melancholic and somber "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbjS0_ZfJ0 All the Stars]]" by Music/KendrickLamar and Music/{{SZA}}. Nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and several Grammys.
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* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries 2'' brings us Music/KellyClarkson's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-3vPxKdj6o Breakaway]]", co-written by Music/AvrilLavigne.
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* ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZWfdEB2exI Strong]]" by Sonna Rele. Chimes? Check. Upbeat message about inner strength and holding onto your dreams? Check. Chorus at the end? Check.
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* ''Film/Cinderella2015'' ''Film/{{Cinderella|2015}}'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZWfdEB2exI Strong]]" by Sonna Rele. Chimes? Check. Upbeat message about inner strength and holding onto your dreams? Check. Chorus at the end? Check.
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* The infamous ''Film/PatchAdams'' had "Faith of the Heart" by Music/RodStewart, three years before it was CoveredUp by Russell Watson and became the most polarizing ''Star Trek'' theme ever written. (See ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.)
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnLsaCLdoMQ "How Does A Moment Last Forever?"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcsaqIsX-yk "Evermore"]] from Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017. The former's end credits version is even sung by Music/CelineDion, as with the title song from the original, while Josh Groban does the same for "Evermore". And of course [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axySrE0Kg6k the previously mentioned title song]] wound up with a cover by Music/ArianaGrande and Music/JohnLegend.
* ''Film/{{Aquaman 2018}}'' has "[[https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=9thM5gLs2tg Everything I Need]]" by [[Music/FortMinor Skylar Grey]].
* ''Film/Aladdin2019'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaSf-ddZxB8 Speechless]]", with lyrics by Music/AlanMenken, music by Music/PasekAndPaul, and performed by Creator/NaomiScott. It is both an IWantSong and a proud IAmSong as Jasmine first voices, then asserts her desire to be the leader her kingdom needs.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnLsaCLdoMQ "How Does A Moment Last Forever?"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcsaqIsX-yk "Evermore"]] from Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017. The former's end credits version is even sung by Music/CelineDion, as with the title song from the original, while Josh Groban does the same for "Evermore". And of course [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axySrE0Kg6k the previously mentioned title song]] wound up with a cover by Music/ArianaGrande and Music/JohnLegend.
* ''Film/{{Aquaman 2018}}'' has "[[https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=9thM5gLs2tg Everything I Need]]" by [[Music/FortMinor Skylar Grey]].
* ''Film/Aladdin2019'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaSf-ddZxB8 Speechless]]", with lyrics by Music/AlanMenken, music by Music/PasekAndPaul, and performed by Creator/NaomiScott. It is both an IWantSong and a proud IAmSong as Jasmine first voices, then asserts her desire to be the leader her kingdom needs.
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* ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_No_Such_Thing_as_Vampires There's No Such Thing as Vampires]]'' has "[[https://youtu.be/1NFVOsBxi9s I'll Wait]]" by NINA.
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* ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_No_Such_Thing_as_Vampires There's No Such Thing as As Vampires]]'' has "[[https://youtu.be/1NFVOsBxi9s I'll Wait]]" by NINA.
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* "That's What Friends Are For" by Music/RodStewart from ''Film/NightShift'' was later CoveredUp by Dionne & Friends (Music/DionneWarwick, Music/StevieWonder, Music/GladysKnight, Music/EltonJohn).
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* "That's What Friends Are For" by Music/RodStewart from ''Film/NightShift'' ''Film/{{Night Shift|1982}}'' was later CoveredUp by Dionne & Friends (Music/DionneWarwick, Music/StevieWonder, Music/GladysKnight, Music/EltonJohn).
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* ''Film/TheCrow'' featured "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZzkhfz89c It Can't Rain All the Time]]" by Jane Siberry as its end credits song.
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* ''Film/TheCrow'' ''Film/TheCrow1994'' featured "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZzkhfz89c It Can't Rain All the Time]]" by Jane Siberry as its end credits song.
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Examples of Award Bait Song in live-action films. They're sorted in chronological order.
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* ''Film/FuriousSeven'' has "[[https://youtu.be/RgKAFK5djSk See You Again]]" by Music/WizKhalifa. Despite being a huge hit on the ''Billboard'' charts when it came out, the bait didn't take with most awards groups –- it got a Golden Globe nomination but failed to get recognized by the Oscars.
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* ''Film/FuriousSeven'' ''Film/Furious7'' has "[[https://youtu.be/RgKAFK5djSk See You Again]]" by Music/WizKhalifa. Despite being a huge hit on the ''Billboard'' charts when it came out, the bait didn't take with most awards groups –- it got a Golden Globe nomination but failed to get recognized by the Oscars.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbsrrkZm1s "Candle on the Water"]] from ''Film/PetesDragon1977'' received an Oscar nomination, but lost to the title tune from ''You Light Up My Life'' (see Film -- Live-Action).
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* The Muppets did it again in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' with "Love Led Us Here"...which is first sung by Piggy and Kermit as they dangle off a cliff edge by their ankles, and is largely PlayedForLaughs. The song is given a sincere reprise in the end credits by John Berry and Helen Darling.
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* "[[https://youtu.be/0KmMkmRJl6c Eien no Motto Mate Made]]" by Music/SeikoMatsuda, from the Japanese dub of ''Film/{{Pan}}''.
** She also has "I'll Fall in Love" from the 2005 ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'' film.
** She also has "I'll Fall in Love" from the 2005 ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'' film.
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* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' had not one, not two, but ''three'' songs nominated: "Happy Working Song", "That's How You Know", and "So Close." Of the three, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH8WAoRL1xo the last one]] fits this trope the most. That didn't keep it from losing to the analogous song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc Falling Slowly]]", from ''Once''. The loss may or may not have been due to vote splitting among the ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' songs; after this, the Academy decided to limit a single film's song nominations to just two.
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* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical 3'' features an Award Bait reprise of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rOHPcvCShA "We're All in This Together]] from the first film.
** For an original song, there's the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Troyella]] duet "Right Here Right Now".
** For an original song, there's the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Troyella]] duet "Right Here Right Now".
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* ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' has "I Learned From You" by Music/MileyCyrus, "Try" by Creator/HaydenPanettiere and "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" by Creator/AnnaSophiaRobb. The Japanese dub adds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB2vEYjp_3M "To Be In Love"]] by MISIA.
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* ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries 2'' brings us Music/KellyClarkson's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-3vPxKdj6o Breakaway]]", co-written by Music/AvrilLavigne.
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* Almost all of [=DisneyNature=]'s GreenAesop documentary films since 2010 have one of these:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP-VolAWP9s "Make A Wave"]] by Music/JoeJonas and Music/DemiLovato, from ''Oceans'' (2010). The [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong Japanese release]] of the same film replaces "Make A Wave" with [[http://mp3.zing.vn/bai-hat/Sailing-My-Life-Ayaka-Hirahara/ZWZCOBFF.html "Sailing My Life"]] by Hirahara Ayaka and Fujisawa Norisama.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKLgpEa7-yk "The World I Knew"]] by Jordin Sparks, from ''African Cats'' (2011).
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxVeeqqAyf0 "Rise"]] by [[Music/ChinaAnneMcClain the McClain sisters]], from ''Chimpanzee'' (2012).
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZysBzkqYA68 "Carry On"]] by Creator/OliviaHolt, from ''Bears'' (2014).
* ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZWfdEB2exI Strong]]" by Sonna Rele. Chimes? Check. Upbeat message about inner strength and holding onto your dreams? Check. Chorus at the end? Check.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP-VolAWP9s "Make A Wave"]] by Music/JoeJonas and Music/DemiLovato, from ''Oceans'' (2010). The [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong Japanese release]] of the same film replaces "Make A Wave" with [[http://mp3.zing.vn/bai-hat/Sailing-My-Life-Ayaka-Hirahara/ZWZCOBFF.html "Sailing My Life"]] by Hirahara Ayaka and Fujisawa Norisama.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKLgpEa7-yk "The World I Knew"]] by Jordin Sparks, from ''African Cats'' (2011).
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxVeeqqAyf0 "Rise"]] by [[Music/ChinaAnneMcClain the McClain sisters]], from ''Chimpanzee'' (2012).
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZysBzkqYA68 "Carry On"]] by Creator/OliviaHolt, from ''Bears'' (2014).
* ''Film/Cinderella2015'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZWfdEB2exI Strong]]" by Sonna Rele. Chimes? Check. Upbeat message about inner strength and holding onto your dreams? Check. Chorus at the end? Check.
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* ''Film/Aladdin2019'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaSf-ddZxB8 Speechless]]", with lyrics by Music/AlanMenken, music by Music/PasekAndPaul, and performed by Creator/NaomiScott. It is both an IWantSong and a proud IAmSong as Jasmine first voices, then asserts her desire to be the leader her kingdom needs.
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* ''Film/MaryPoppinsReturns'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TFOZF0DokE "The Place Where Lost Things Go"]].
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** A notable song that ''wasn't'' Oscar-nominated is Music/PattiLaBelle's "If You Asked Me To" from ''Film/LicenceToKill''. [[CoveredUp It didn't truly take off]] until Music/CelineDion got a hold of it and it became one of her first English-language hits.
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* The UrExample for films is likely "Over the Rainbow" from 1939's ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', which won the Oscar and may well be the most famous movie theme song of all time.
* Music/DeanMartin's "That's Amore", revived as the theme to ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}'', was originally composed for 1953's ''Film/TheCaddy'', and subsequently nominated for an Oscar, but lost to "Secret Love" from ''Film/CalamityJane''.
* Music/TheRighteousBrothers' 1960's hit "Unchained Melody", known in recent years as "the theme to ''Film/Ghost1990''", was introduced in a now-forgotten 1955 film titled ''Film/{{Unchained}}'', and was nominated for an Oscar.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5cKSMI6_8k To Kill a Mockingbird]], from, well... ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVi3-PrQ0pY Pure Imagination]]" from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KClpLzFftU The Morning After]]" from ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' is, unusually, featured in the movie and not just as part of the soundtrack when the ship's singer performs it in the ballroom. It won the Best Original Song Oscar, beating Music/MichaelJackson's "Ben".
** The same songwriters and singer responsible for "The Morning After" re-teamed two years later for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3FGVFAgY_I We May Never Love Like This Again]]" from ''Film/TheToweringInferno'', which was once again performed in-film by a singer at a ballroom party, and once again won the Oscar.
* ''Film/TheManFromHongKong'' has "Sky High" by Jigsaw, which became a BreakawayPopHit, during both the opening and closing credits.
* Many ''Film/JamesBond'' theme tunes are called, but few are chosen for Oscar nominations and fewer still are this trope. But of those that are...
** "Nobody Does it Better" from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', sung by Music/CarlySimon.
** "Film/ForYourEyesOnly", sung by Sheena Easton.
** "All Time High" from ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', sung by Rita Coolidge.
** Music/{{Adele}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeumyOzKqgI Skyfall]]" from the [[Film/{{Skyfall}} film of the same name]]. The first James Bond anthem to '''win''' an Oscar.
** The SpiritualSuccessor to "Skyfall" is "Writing's on the Wall" by Music/SamSmith, the theme from ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', which won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, and by that time was already the favorite to win the Oscar in that category and become the ''second'' James Bond anthem to do so -- it did.
** A notable song that ''wasn't'' Oscar-nominated is Music/PattiLaBelle's "If You Asked Me To" from ''Film/LicenceToKill''. [[CoveredUp It didn't truly take off]] until Music/CelineDion got a hold of it and it became one of her first English-language hits.
* "You Light Up My Life" from the 1977 film of the same title was originally performed by Kasey Cisyk, but it was Debby Boone's CoveredUp version that became a '''gigantic''' BreakawayPopHit. It wound up winning the Best Original Song Oscar.
* Music/TheBeeGees' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc How Deep Is Your Love]]", from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', won a Grammy for Best Pop Song Performed by a Group, and was nominated for a Best Original Song Golden Globe award, but lost the latter to "You Light Up My Life". No Oscar nomination for this or '''any''' of the other songs even as the soundtrack was one of the biggest albums of TheSeventies and three of the actual 1977 nominees were from little-loved family films (the fourth was "Nobody Does It Better"). Producer Robert Stigwood called out the Academy for being behind the times. The next Oscar ceremony acknowledged the embarrassing omission with a medley of songs that ''were not'' nominated for Oscars, including three from this film.
* ''Film/TheGoodbyeGirl'' has a TitleThemeTune, "Goodbye Girl", performed by David Gates (of the group Bread). Despite having a mellow start, big finish, heartwarming feel-good lyrics, and some electric guitar showboating -- and coming out of the film that ended up winning the 1977 Best Actor Oscar -- it wasn't nominated. The 2004 made-for-TV remake features a CoverVersion performed by Hootie & the Blowfish.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVBoReq2kUw Can You Read My Mind?]]", made for ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''. Not nominated because it doesn't actually appear ''as a song'' in the film, but Maureen [=McGovern=] did record it as a single tying into it.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5tL0jvX_88 "The Last Time I Felt Like This"]] from ''Same Time, Next Year'' was nominated for an Oscar in 1978, but lost to "Last Dance" from ''Thank God It's Friday''.
* Music/BarryManilow's "Ready to Take a Chance Again" from ''Film/FoulPlay'' was also nominated in 1978.
* "The Rainbow Connection" from [[Film/TheMuppetMovie the original Muppet film]] was Oscar-nominated in 1979 and became the BootstrappedTheme of Franchise/TheMuppets as a franchise. ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'' had an award bait song parody "The First Time It Happens" [[IWasJustJoking which was then nominated for an Oscar for real]].
** The Music/{{Weezer}} and [[Music/{{Paramore}} Hayley Williams]] cover from ''The Green Album'', a tie-in for [[Film/TheMuppets2011 the 2011 Muppets film]], sounds exactly like a Disney end-credits cover of the song would. Surprisingly, it isn't played over the movie's credits[[note]]although Kermit and Piggy do sing the regular version of the song during the film itself[[/note]], but the film does bring us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WWWTW1P8rQ Man or Muppet]]", despite it not being played over the end credits either. And being the most award-baity, "Man or Muppet" even won the Oscar! (Against ''one other nominee'', granted.)
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3SVXz3TFr8 The Rose]]" by Creator/BetteMidler, from ''The Rose'', naturally. Wasn't nominated for the 1979 Best Song Oscar, but it did win the Golden Globe.
* A lower-key but still award-baity Oscar nominee from 1979 is "It's Easy to Say", from ''Film/Ten1979''. It's a mellow, piano-based SillyLoveSong with touching lyrics -- but it's also important to the story even though the film is not a musical. The main character (Creator/DudleyMoore) is a composer ''who has won awards for his film work in-universe'', who comes up with the melody as the basis for a song to give to his at-the-time estranged girlfriend (Creator/JulieAndrews), a professional singer, to record. In the denouement, the now-finished song helps bring them back together when he performs it on a piano and she joins him, [[LetsDuet turning it into a duet]]. From there, the same actors perform a more polished version of the song over the end credits.
* Melissa Manchester performed not one, but ''two'' Oscar-nominated love songs in 1979: "Through the Eyes of Love" from ''Ice Castles'' and "I'll Never Say Goodbye" from ''The Promise''. Both are sappy {{silly love song}}s created for maximum tearjerking, as befits a pair of romantic melodramas.
* And finally "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOgfRijoeYA It Goes Like It Goes]]" by Jennifer Warnes won the Oscar for 1979 (the film was ''Film/NormaRae'') but may better be recalled now as [[AwardSnub the song that beat "The Rainbow Connection"]].
* Not to be confused with the later ''Mannequin'' song, there's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o7VEwwQd-E Nothing Can Stop Us Now]]" from ''Film/StirCrazy'', performed by Kiki Dee.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA title song]] from ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'', sung by Music/OliviaNewtonJohn. Also a BreakawayPopHit, since the song and soundtrack album were '''far''' more popular than the film itself.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnBPHWk5FQ8 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)]]" from ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' was a stepping stone in this trope's evolution. It has a soothing mellow start, feel-good tone, buildup starting with the second chorus, a epic saxophone bridge (as opposed to electric guitar), and a VideoFullOfFilmClips. At the same time it defies eventual conventions of the trope: singer/co-writer Christopher Cross was just coming off of five Grammy Award wins, its lyrics openly reference the plot and characters, its melody turns up in the underscore, and it bookends the movie by playing under both sets of credits. It not only won the Best Original Song Oscar and Golden Globe (plus Grammy nominations for Record and Song of the Year) but was one of Cross's biggest hits, spending 3 weeks at Number One on the ''Billboard'' charts, and appeared in the CreditsMedley at the end of the Academy Awards ceremony for years. The 2011 remake uses it in both instrumental and CoverVersion forms (the latter by Fitz and the Tantrums).
** The soundtrack ''Arthur -- The Album'' contains three songs that aren't in the movie but work off of the underscore's themes. Stephen Bishop's "It's Only Love" fits the stereotypes of this trope even better than "Arthur's Theme" -- mellow start, feel-good tone, non-specific lyrics, electric guitar solo, and heavy buildup, though the song has a mellow finish.
** The 1988 sequel ''On the Rocks'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3jawVT9j34 Love Is My Decision]]", performed and co-written by Chris de Burgh. This one's a straight-up SillyLoveSong with sparkly synth and a BIG wrap-up -- but still film-specific because the first-person lyrics are clearly from the perspective of the main character.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVJnMj2oKfo Endless Love]]" from the [[Film/EndlessLove film of the same name]]. Nominated for the Best Song Oscar, but lost to "Arthur's Theme". It actually spent three times as many weeks (nine total) at Number One on the Billboard charts as the winner did, but probably lost because its source was not as well-liked, nor does the SillyLoveSong match its tone. (The film is about a StalkerWithACrush.)
* The Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes duet "Up Where We Belong" from ''Film/AnOfficerAndAGentleman'' was award-baity enough to win a Golden Globe, Oscar, BAFTA '''and''' a Grammy. All this after the producer tried to get the song cut, insisting that it was "no good and not a hit."
* "That's What Friends Are For" by Music/RodStewart from ''Film/NightShift'' was later CoveredUp by Dionne & Friends (Music/DionneWarwick, Music/StevieWonder, Music/GladysKnight, Music/EltonJohn).
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YkHJJi-tc Forbidden Colours]]" by Ryuichi Sakomoto and David Sylvian, from ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence''.
* ''Romantic Comedy'' -- yes, that's the actual title -- has "Maybe" performed by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack over its end credits after the melody turns up throughout the film as an instrumental. It's a SillyLoveSong ''and'' LetsDuet, and has a soothing start, feel-good tone, gradual buildup in "bigness", and TruckDriversGearChange at the very end for the fade out.
* Creator/IreneCara's "Flashdance (What a Feeling)", from, well, ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' was the 1983 Oscar winner.
* Music/PhilCollins first brushed with this trope with "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" from ''Against All Odds''. Oscar-nominated but lost to "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; notoriously Collins was '''not''' asked to perform this song at the Oscars...even though, as co-writer of the song, he was going to be at the ceremony anyway. Ann Reinking performed it instead.
* "Together in Electric Dreams", by Music/GiorgioMoroder and Philip Oakey of Music/TheHumanLeague fame, is the ending theme from ''Film/ElectricDreams'' but ended up [[BreakawayPopHit outshining the film]] it was supposed to complement.
* ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khTntOxX-k eponymous theme]] by Limahl.
** The third movie in the series has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf05hgwP6ps Shortcut To Forever]] by Phillip Ingram & Siedah Garrett.
* ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' has "We Don't Need Another Hero".
* ''Micki + Maude'' has "Something New in My Life". It bookends the film by playing first as an instrumental under the opening titles, while the end titles feature a Stephen Bishop vocal. It has a mellow start and epic finish, with non-specific lyrics that could be about romance and/or impending fatherhood and a feel-good tone.
* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' has "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Music/SimpleMinds. Despite how popular it was, it wasn't nominated for any awards.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Valp3rAFubA Christmas All Over the World]]" was performed by Sheena Easton for the end credits of ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie'' (1985). The link is to the full-length version of the song; the first verse doesn't appear in the film, which means it skips past the "soothing and mellow" part. Music/NewEdition recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq0Bj1WRQmc their own version of this]] for their 1985 Christmas album, and it adds ''tons'' of sparkly synth to the mix.
* The Music/PhilCollins-Marilyn Martin duet "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_4w3-CPP6E Separate Lives]]" from ''White Nights'' was nominated but lost to another song from the movie: "Say You, Say Me" by Music/LionelRichie, which isn't as award-baity of a song.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAj-Y6uUA_k Glory of Love]]" by Peter Cetera was intended to be this for ''Film/RockyIV''. It was passed over and ended up in ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'', getting an Oscar nomination for its trouble.
* [[Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark OMD]]'s required prom song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGawOk107eU If You Leave]]", from ''Film/PrettyInPink''.
* Think Music/{{Queen}} is immune to this?! Try "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE&ob=av3n Who Wants to Live Forever?]]" or "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Ys0lMeXl4 One Year of Love]]", both from ''Film/{{Highlander}}''.
* "Take My Breath Away" by Music/{{Berlin}}, featured in ''Film/TopGun'', was the 1986 Best Original Song Oscar winner. The Cantonese TranslatedCoverVersion, as featured in Creator/WongKarWai's ''As Tears Go By'' also qualifies.
** In the sequel, ''Film/TopGunMaverick'', there's the also Oscar-nominated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2CIAKVTOrc "Hold My Hand"]] by Music/LadyGaga, with some considering it to be a SpiritualSuccessor to the above song.
** Honorable mention goes to "Heaven in Your Eyes" by Music/{{Loverboy}}.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqKlkVk7d4U "Loving on Borrowed Time"]] from ''Film/{{Cobra}}'', sung by Bill Medley and Music/GladysKnight.
** From the same film, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4yPuqKRWGA Two Into One]]" by Medley and Carmen Twillie.
* Before the award was retired at the TurnOfTheMillennium[[note]]Though it was revived one last time in 2002[[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward The Razzies]] had a '''Worst''' Original Song category. While most of the nominees/winners were simply bizarre and tacky, there are three fascinating cases of songs being nominated for both an Oscar for Best Original Song ''and'' a Razzie for Worst Original Song!
** "Life in a Looking Glass" from ''That's Life!'' Lost to "Take My Breath Away" on the Oscar side.
** Music/TrishaYearwood's version of "How Do I Live" from ''Film/ConAir''. Lost to "My Heart Will Go On" on the Oscar side.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73cWfFEKAfE "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"]] from ''Film/Armageddon1998''. Lost to "When You Believe" on the Oscar side. The song also stands as Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s [[BlackSheepHit sole #1 in the US]].
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8NZa9wYZ_U title song]] from ''Absolute Beginners'' (1986), written and performed by Music/DavidBowie (who has a OneSceneWonder role), is a feel-good love song that bookends the musical via the credit sequences. The full-length version linked to above -- with a video that doubled as the movie's theatrical trailer in the U.K. -- is almost ''eight minutes long'', with a long, dramatic instrumental finish.
** Bowie also contributed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x-j9Zs3YlA "As the World Falls Down"]] to ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' the same year. Although the song itself fits the criteria, underscoring a ballroom dance, its actual ''meaning'' is [[SubvertedTrope more subversive]]-- [[BigBad Jareth]] has fallen for [[PluckyGirl Sarah]] and is attempting to seduce her into giving up her quest. She realizes she's fallen into a trap, and shatters the illusion to prove the Goblin King has no power over her.
* "Storybook Love" from ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' didn't fail to earn an Oscar nomination in 1987.
* "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", performed by Music/{{Starship}} for 1987's ''Film/{{Mannequin}}'' and nominated for an Oscar; lost to the next entry...
* Jennifer Warnes had another Oscar-winning duet when she teamed up with Bill Medley for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMoMBFhMdDw (I've Had) The Time of My Life]]" from ''Film/DirtyDancing''.
* Bette Midler's CoverVersion of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq0llrCYtCQ Wind Beneath My Wings]]" was prominently featured in ''Beaches'' and became one of her biggest hits.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKDOcvKDwf0 After All]]" from ''Chances Are'' by Music/{{Cher}} and Peter Cetera. Oscar-nominated but lost to "Under the Sea".
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnaK1RRrZ2c Surrender to Me]]" from ''Film/TequilaSunrise''. Performed by Music/CheapTrick's Robin Zander and Music/Heart's Ann Wilson; co-written by Music/RichardMarx.
* ''Film/HomeAlone1'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHH6LJpEbQ Somewhere in My Memory]]", sung in the background by a Christmas choir, and a [[https://youtu.be/7-cbndL-MIw full version]] sung by Bette Midler in the sequel's end credits. Oscar-nominated, but lost to "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)".
** Music/JohnWilliams strikes again in ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' with "[[https://youtu.be/4Je-uSzNzQ4 Christmas Star]]". The film's soundtrack won a BMI Film Music Award.
* Music/BryanAdams started to do '''a lot''' of these starting with ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''[='s=] "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" in 1991. It was nominated for an Oscar and was one of the biggest hits of its year, but lost to the title song of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
** Two years later, Adams performed "All for Love" with Music/{{Sting}} and Music/RodStewart from ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''. Both of these films were scored by Music/MichaelKamen -- and after Kamen died in 2003, Adams went suspiciously silent...
** "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from ''Film/DonJuanDeMarco'' was nominated for Best Original Song at the 1995 Academy Awards, but lost to "Colors of the Wind" (''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'').
** In 1996, Adams joined forces with Barbra Streisand for "I Finally Found Someone", which played over the end credits of ''The Mirror Has Two Faces'' and didn't fail to get Oscar-nominated. When Streisand chose not to perform it at the Oscars, ''Celine Dion'' (herself stepping in for Natalie Cole) stepped in!
** Also in 1996, Adams contributed "Star" to ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}''.
** See Films -- Animated above for more Adams examples.
* One of the most famous live-action examples is Music/WhitneyHouston's cover of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nPf7w7pDI I Will Always Love You]]" from ''Film/TheBodyguard''. It wasn't nominated for the Oscar because [[CoveredUp it was a cover of]] a Music/DollyParton song from the 1970s. Parton herself sang it in the movie version of ''The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas'' in 1982.
** "Run to You" and "I Have Nothing" from this film also count and ''were'' both nominated...but lost to ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'''s "A Whole New World".
* ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'' had "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv6VW4tMZbE I Will Find You]]" by Clannad.
* ''Film/WhiteMenCantJump'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f370jrwm7o Let Me Make It Up to You]]" by Music/JodyWatley, and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u2ql-sT6QU If I Lose]]" by Music/ArethaFranklin.
* Annie Lennox contributed "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKBZ-rL2K4 Love Song for a Vampire]]" from ''Film/BramStokersDracula''.
* By the time ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'' was made in 1993, this trope was ubiquitous enough to be parodied with an end-credits reprise of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1K7kva33Os Marian]]". It was most directly a parody of "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", from that ''other'' '90s Robin Hood movie (see above). In any case, future tropers tended to laugh harder at that than most other people in the theater.
* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'', being a family film released in the '90s, naturally had one of these: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIwoAtgKBUA Almost Unreal]]" by Music/{{Roxette}}, as well as "I Would Stop the World" when Mario and Big Bertha dance. They were some of the few songs written for the film, while most of its soundtrack was composed of other popular songs, including a cover of "Walk the Dinosaur".
* ''Film/StreetFighter'' had "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV3_P1jxiCA Something There]]" by Chage and Aska, which played during the credits, as well as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qleMBrZXrk Worth Fighting For]]" by Angelique Kidjo, which played when Guile remembered happy times with Charlie.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8iIVn2Kqbo "The Day I Fall in Love"]] from ''Beethoven's 2nd'', performed by James Ingram and Music/DollyParton, was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, '''and''' a Grammy for Best Song from a Motion Picture. The lyrics are from the first-person perspective of '''dogs'''.
* ''Film/ALeagueofTheirOwn'' had "This Used to Be My Playground" by Madonna with the theme of nostalgia tying into the film.
* ''Film/TheCrow'' featured "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZzkhfz89c It Can't Rain All the Time]]" by Jane Siberry as its end credits song.
* Music/MichaelJackson's hit "[[http://youtu.be/Wyxmhe1NJr8 Will You Be There]]" was featured in 1993's ''Film/FreeWilly''. Ineligible for an Oscar because it was originally from his 1991 album ''Dangerous''.
** And much earlier than that: 1972's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40WCBaUXR4 Ben]]" -- a heartstring-tugging song about the friendship between [[ABoyAndHisX a boy and his killer rat]] as depicted in ''[[Literature/RatmansNotebooks Ben]]''. And it was Oscar-nominated!
** ''Film/FreeWilly2TheAdventureHome'' has the Jackson original "Childhood (Theme from ''Free Willy 2'')", which was simultaneously released on his album ''Music/HIStoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI''. It underscores an otherwise expendable sequence involving a secondary character. No nominations.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFpNTgMiuKo Christmas Will Return]]" from the first ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, performed by Brenda Russel and Howard Hewett.
* Music/RKelly's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTahrYXCChI I Believe I Can Fly]]" from ''Film/SpaceJam''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwfmzsSzGNo "Anyone Can Be a Hero"]] from ''Blankman'', preformed by Lalah Hathaway.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMD2TwRvuoU Kiss from a Rose]]" by Music/{{Seal}} didn't take off until it was recycled into the ''Film/BatmanForever'' soundtrack. But since it had already been released as a single, it was ineligible for awards nominations.
** "Foolish Games" by Music/{{Jewel}} from ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' is a subversion, as the song was written and released two years prior to the film, but became ubiquitous enough to become the second best-selling single of 1997.
** Speaking of ''Batman & Robin'', "Gotham City" by Music/RKelly was a blatant attempt at cashing in on this trope, hoping to repeat the success of "Kiss from a Rose" as well as R. Kelly's previous hit "I Believe I Can Fly" from ''Space Jam''. The song was a modest hit, reaching Number 9 on the pop charts, and unlike previous Batman examples it was actually eligible for Best Original Song. Nonetheless, it wasn't even nominated.
* Music/CelineDion's "Because You Loved Me" from ''Up Close and Personal'' didn't win the Oscar it was up for, but it did win a Grammy in 1996.
* Dion also has the case mentioned atop the page, "My Heart Will Go On" from ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''. Creator/JamesCameron originally didn't want a pop song finishing the movie feeling it would be inappropriate, and considering [[PrimaDonnaDirector his usual behavior]], composer Music/JamesHorner had to find him in a really good mood to present the demo, with Cameron eventually giving approval, also thinking that after such a TroubledProduction "a hit song from his movie could only be a positive factor in guaranteeing its completion".
* ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' took multiple cues from ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', including an award-bait song of its own. It gave us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6LQjJo7eY I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You]]" by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena. And written by James Horner and Will Jennings, the team responsible for the ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' theme, to boot.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYjqojwp2hQ Then You Look At Me]]", sung by Music/CelineDion, and written by the same team behind "My Heart Will Go On", no less. It doesn't describe any specific moment in the story, but is used as the love song between Andrew and Portia (with Little Miss substituting for her childhood years). The official music video [[VideoFullOfFilmClips takes clips from the relationship]] and displays them in a monitor in the background.
* ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' has Music/{{REM}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_JnCWT-_O8 "The Great Beyond"]], which rocks harder and has more obscure lyrics than most examples of this trope -- though they make sense in context of being an ImageSong for the film's subject matter, Creator/AndyKaufman; it doubles as a sequel to their song about Kaufman that the film's named after. But it is extremely touching, builds to a huge finish via string instruments coming in during the bridge, and has a VideoFullOfFilmClips that lampshades the huge finish by having more and more guitars and microphones turn up out of nowhere in the recording studio. No nominations, but became a gigantic BreakawayPopHit for the group in Europe; years later, a documentary about the film's production would be TitledAfterTheSong (''Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond'').
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0QRzleTolg You're Where I Belong]]" from ''Film/StuartLittle''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuidLm8zsq8 I'm Alive]]" by Music/CelineDion from ''Stuart Little 2''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGSHZYZ74c Where Are You, Christmas?]]" from the live-action ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'''s "A Love Before Time" was Oscar-nominated in 2000.
* Bizarrely, ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' - which is ''significantly'' heavier on cartoon humor than most works that warrant an Award Bait Song - has one called "Through the Eyes of a Child" (not to be confused with the ones from ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' or ESPECIALLY ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'').
* ''Film/PearlHarbor's'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhpFwpu0mGw There You'll Be]]" by Music/FaithHill (nominated for Oscar).
* Much of ''Film/MoulinRouge's'' soundtrack consists of covers, but it naturally has its own Big Damn Love Song: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvJpJl04cAI Come What May]]". Ineligible for the Oscar because it was originally written for Creator/BazLuhrmann's previous Red Curtain film, ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'').
** From the ''other'' ''Moulin Rouge'', Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgMdTcbZoE The Song From Moulin Rouge]]", also known as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhrRgadxhc Where Is Your Heart?]]"
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWoIO_hjvos Never Too Far]]" by Music/MariahCarey from ''Film/{{Glitter}}''.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films gave us some stellar TearJerker examples: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8wqEgFIA8 May It Be]]" from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcoBKWTW14 Into the West]]" from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]''. Both were nominated for Oscars, with the latter even winning.
** Subverted in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'' with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biGP2BXVsYI Gollum's Song]]", which has a somewhat similar style but a minor key and a much darker tone and sung by Emiliana Torrini.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'', the prequel trilogy to ''The Lord of the Rings'', continued where those movies left off.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zakVfDY0xZk Song of the Lonely Mountain]]" by [[Music/CrowdedHouse Neil Finn]] from ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf8Fwiy0Bkc I See Fire]]" by Music/EdSheeran from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRGTHLNNEOc The Last Goodbye]]" by Billy Boyd from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''.
* ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFR0JRT8ts If We Could Remember]]" by Yolanda Adams.
* "Only Hope" from ''Film/AWalkToRemember'' has the original version by Switchfoot over the end credits and a very award-baity cover by Music/MandyMoore during the film. Ineligible for awards since the song had already been on one of Switchfoot's albums a few years prior.
* The 2002 supernatural thriller ''Dragonfly'' starring Creator/KevinCostner has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTAajXh0zGQ Star]] by the band Zoo Story.
* The 2003 film ''Film/Daredevil2003'' had "For You" from The Calling. It didn't really catch on.
* "Learn to Be Lonely" from ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004''. Nominated for but lost the Oscar.
* The 2004 live-action ''{{Franchise/Devilman}}'' film has "[[https://youtu.be/ypEP83e4dM8 Hikari no naka de]]" by Hiroko Shimabukuro.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=405rURIgvDw Shine Your Light]]" from ''Film/{{Ladder 49}}''.
* ''Film/{{Troy}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yy6SIzq8Mc "Remember"]] sung by Music/JoshGroban and composed by Music/JamesHorner.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_GpK5r5lL8 A Place Called Home]]" from ''Film/AChristmasCarolTheMusical'' is a rare TV movie example.
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' series:
** Music/ImogenHeap's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iPkdl6qdZs I Can't Take It In]]" from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe".
** Music/AlanisMorissette's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnGdx40919M Wunderkind]]" from the same film. As current Academy rules insist that among songs that appear only in a film's credits, only the first song can be considered for an Oscar, this went un-nominated as the second song ("I Can't Take it In" qualified but wasn't nominated. "Wunderkind" was nominated at the Golden Globes, which are less fussy. Should've put Alanis first?).
*** Other Alanis Morissette examples are "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urSPgcZgnh0 Still]]" from ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' and "I Remain" from ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''.
** Music/ReginaSpektor's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgUL3ut4gyQ The Call]]" from ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia: Prince Caspian''.
** Switchfoot's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cKNleDdUFY This Is Home]]", also from ''Prince Caspian''.
** Music/CarrieUnderwood's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsvx22aEhSA There's a Place for Us]]" in the third film, ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader''.
* Parodied in the 2005 version of ''Film/TheProducers'' with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lj_GLRzqM4 The Hop-Clop Goes On]]", a stylized reprise of "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC9O1giT2Ws "Fly Away" by Nelly]] in ''Film/TheLongestYard'' remake.
* "My Immortal" by Music/{{Evanescence}}, featured in ''Film/Daredevil2003''.
* Music/AvrilLavigne's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmukW1sNlIk Keep Holding On]]" from ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]''.
** "Alice" from ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' was more popular.
* In ''Film/{{Dreamgirls}}'', the MovieBonusSong "Listen" stands out as an attempt to give Music/{{Beyonce}} a big showstopping number to rival "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (itself not eligible for Best Song since it's from the original musical). The fact that it was so blatant, and featured Beyonce straining against her usual range, is probably why the song flopped (though the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' cover by Charice was much better received). The end credits reprise of "When I First Saw You" also hits some of the notes of this trope (though it was likewise ineligible).
* Music/{{Gackt}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXKQ351QBw "Returner"]], featured in the Japanese release of ''Film/ThePrestige'', is similar to the above-mentioned "Gollum's Song" in that it has a much darker sound than most other examples of this trope (though it's fitting for a VisualKei artist). The song itself, coincidentally, was made as a theme song for the NHK [[JidaiGeki historical drama]] ''Fūrin Kazan.'' [[WorldOfHam At least, the genre itself warranted the hamminess and wide sweep of the song]].
* Yet another AlternativeForeignThemeSong example: [[http://www.pandora.tv/view/rapir/3280781 "Shiawase no Chikara"]] by Sowelu, from the Japanese dub of ''Film/ThePursuitOfHappyness''.
* John Mayer's "Say" from ''Film/TheBucketList'' is more low-key than most award bait songs, but it counts too.
* ''Film/TheWrestler'' has, appropriately enough, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OSvJvSwmd4 The Wrestler]]" by Music/BruceSpringsteen. Unfortunately, the Springsteen solo album it also appeared on arrived first, disqualifying the song from an Oscar nomination even though it was specifically written for the movie.
* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' had an award-bait song ''and'' Bollywood dance routine over the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC4QrUwo9o end credits]]. Subverted with "Dreams on Fire", which seems like the primary OscarBait song from the soundtrack. It didn't get nominated, but "Jai-Ho" won, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqk5Vf8KAfE the collaboration with]] Music/{{MIA}} got a nom too).
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs The Climb]]" from the ''Series/HannahMontana'' movie was ineligible for the Oscar because it wasn't written for the film. Also noteworthy for being the X-Factor Winner's Song for 2009 in the U.K., which was known to always win the Christmas Number One standing on the charts. Not this year though -- it lost to "Killing in the Name" by Music/RageAgainstTheMachine.
* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' brings us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GMTQBriA3I I See You]]", a SpiritualSuccessor to "My Heart Will Go On" co-written by James Horner and performed by Music/LeonaLewis.
** ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' has "Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" by The Weeknd, which incorporates Simon Franglen's traditonal Na'vi score and pop elements by Swedish House Mafia.
* "[[https://youtu.be/jGjX0YO-zo4?t=5784 All The Love In The World]]" from ''Gooby'', sung by Anne Morrone and musical duo [=RyanDan=] (aka former b4-4 members Ryan & Dan Kowarsky)
* Music/{{Dido}} and A.R. Rahman's "[[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=if+i+rise+127+hours&aq=1 If I Rise]]" from ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'' was nominated for an Oscar but lost to Music/RandyNewman's "We Belong Together" from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.
* Music/MileyCyrus sings another award bait song in the form of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWCPS6CXmt0 When I Look at You]]" from ''Literature/TheLastSong''.
* "Love Lives" by Steven Tyler (a solo effort by the Music/{{Aerosmith}} frontman), written for the Japanese film ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', adapted from the anime series. It feels a good deal like "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing", and is so shamelessly sappy it's [[NarmCharm utterly fantastic]].
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRiR0wJzUBQ The Living Proof]]" from ''Film/TheHelp''.
* "[[https://youtu.be/-DSVDcw6iW8 A Real Hero]]" by College, featuring Electric Youth, from ''Film/Drive2011'', was nominated for Best Song from a Movie by the MTV Movie Awards.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHkvan-NFnM A Thousand Years]]" from ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga: Literature/BreakingDawn - Part 1''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am9rvhUTrpA The duet version]] from ''Part 2''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLWmGhD6l0k Calling for Your Love]]" from ''Film/CirqueDuSoleilWorldsAway.''
* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' has "Time for Miracles". It's especially jarring, after seeing a film about death, destruction and sacrifice, to hear a Music/CelineDion-esque song performed by someone from ''Series/AmericanIdol''. And it's Music/AdamLambert at that!
* Songs from eco-documentaries such as ''Chasing Ice'' and ''Racing Extinction'' are generally this in order to repeat the Best Song win for ''Film/AnInconvenientTruth''. Weirdly enough, the nommed songs for both mentioned films ("Before My Time" and "Manta Ray" respectively) lost to James Bond themes.
* ''Film/LesMiserables2012'''s MovieBonusSong "Suddenly" fits this trope to a T.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFEDTtKaFzU Safe and Sound]]" by Music/TaylorSwift, from ''Film/TheHungerGames''.
* "Almost Home" from ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', performed by Music/MariahCarey. Ineligible for the Oscar because it wasn't the first song played during the credits.
* "[[https://youtu.be/1mkUp1V3ys0 Oblivion]]" from the likewise named ''[[Film/Oblivion2013 Oblivion]]''. That opening is just so sparkly.
* "[[https://youtu.be/Te11UaHOHMQ Young and Beautiful]]" by Music/LanaDelRey and "[[https://youtu.be/5AllYPIBbhw Over the Love]]" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine from ''Film/TheGreatGatsby2013.''
* ''Film/{{Annie 2014}}'' has at least two {{movie bonus song}}s that qualify for this trope.
** "Opportunity", the song the title character sings to wow the crowd (and Stacks) at the Guggenheim event. Nominated for Golden Globe and shortlisted for the Oscar.
** "[[HeroicBSOD Who Am I]]" is a lesser example, but it still counts.
* "Not About Angels" by Birdy, from ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars''.
* "[[https://youtu.be/qZKCet3JOTc Miasto]]" from the Polish film ''Miasto 44''.
* "[[https://youtu.be/0KmMkmRJl6c Eien no Motto Mate Made]]" by Music/SeikoMatsuda, from the Japanese dub of ''Film/{{Pan}}''.
** She also has "I'll Fall in Love" from the 2005 ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'' film.
* ''Film/FuriousSeven'' has "[[https://youtu.be/RgKAFK5djSk See You Again]]" by Music/WizKhalifa. Despite being a huge hit on the ''Billboard'' charts when it came out, the bait didn't take with most awards groups –- it got a Golden Globe nomination but failed to get recognized by the Oscars.
* ''[[Film/PitchPerfect Pitch Perfect 2]]'' has the uplifting "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzwkcbTQ7ZE Flashlight]]" sung by Music/JessieJ. Despite this version being perfect for the credits treatment, it only appears on the film's soundtrack. The song does still appear in the film, although it's sung by the Bellas as part of their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RsgmjeAQ14 A Cappella World Championship performance]]. [[note]]Within the film's context, new member Emily Junk wrote the song herself and sang it for her audition.[[/note]] Creator/HaileeSteinfeld also recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XxzXR1ArbY an official cover]] for the soundtrack, and released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_hH-qBVJNo her own acoustic version]] following the film's release.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYwvDwwBcc Just a Wish]]", from the biopic ''Walt Before Mickey''.
* ''Film/LaLaLand'' has "City of Stars" and "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)", both of which were nominated for Oscars. The former won both the Oscar and the Golden Globe.
* ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' has Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Sledgehammer" over the end credits.
* "Go Now" was ''Film/SingStreet'''s attempt at this, but the bait sadly didn't take.
* "[[https://youtu.be/T84LqClui9A To Be Human]]" from ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', sung by Music/{{Sia}} and Labrinth.
* A chunk of the songs in ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'' qualify, namely "A Million Dreams" (which gets the FallingInLoveMontage honor), "Never Enough" (showboating diva solo), "This Is Me" (won the Golden Globe and nominated for the Oscar), "Rewrite the Stars" (the love duet for the BetaCouple), and the eleventh-hour number "From Now On".
* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' has the melancholic and somber "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbjS0_ZfJ0 All the Stars]]" by Music/KendrickLamar and Music/{{SZA}}. Nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and several Grammys.
** The sequel, ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'', has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx_OexsUI2M "Lift Me Up"]] by Music/{{Rihanna}}.
* "[[https://youtu.be/CX11yw6YL1w Ashes]]". A serious TearJerker of a PowerBallad by ''Titanic'' crooner Music/CelineDion herself. Which makes it completely apropos it's on the soundtrack to raunchy superhero comedy ''Film/Deadpool2''. Parodied in the music video, where Deadpool's criticism is that it's ''too'' good for the film and asks her to dial it down.
* If anyone in the current pop music industry could be called the modern equivalent to Celine Dion in terms of Oscar bait-y songs written for film soundtracks, it's Music/EllieGoulding, with a whopping four examples of this, all written for different films: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an4ySOlsUMY How Long Will I Love You?]]" from ''Film/{{About Time}}'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrNTOo4KH8c Beating Heart]]" from ''Film/{{Divergent}}'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJtDXIazrMo Love Me Like You Do]]" from ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvP_OwVSFpk Still Falling for You]]" from ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones' Baby]]''. However, none of them managed to score an actual Oscar nomination; in "Love Me Like You Do"'s case, despite it being the song from the soundtrack to get the VideoFullOfFilmClips treatment, it was passed over in favor of Music/TheWeeknd's much darker "Earned It".
** The ''Fifty Shades'' series also has a slew of other examples, with ''Film/FiftyShadesDarker'' having "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F37r50VUTQ I Don't Wanna Live Forever]]" by Music/{{Zayn}} and Music/TaylorSwift, and ''Film/FiftyShadesFreed'' having "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQUuqbzQVsY For You]]" by Music/RitaOra and Zayn's former Music/OneDirection bandmate Liam Payne, as well as a slightly rearranged reprisal of "Love Me Like You Do".
* The infamous ''Film/PatchAdams'' had "Faith of the Heart" by Music/RodStewart, three years before it was CoveredUp by Russell Watson and became the most polarizing ''Star Trek'' theme ever written. (See ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.)
* ''Film/{{Aquaman 2018}}'' has "[[https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=9thM5gLs2tg Everything I Need]]" by [[Music/FortMinor Skylar Grey]].
* The {{Music/Sia}} film ''Film/{{Music|2021}}'' has "Together", a song about ThePowerOfFriendship and how ChildrenRaiseYou.
* ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_No_Such_Thing_as_Vampires There's No Such Thing as Vampires]]'' has "[[https://youtu.be/1NFVOsBxi9s I'll Wait]]" by NINA.
* Lampshaded by "Now You Know", the the end credits song for ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory''.
-->"This song is technically eligible for Oscar consideration!"
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* The UrExample for films is likely "Over the Rainbow" from 1939's ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', which won the Oscar and may well be the most famous movie theme song of all time.
* Music/DeanMartin's "That's Amore", revived as the theme to ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}'', was originally composed for 1953's ''Film/TheCaddy'', and subsequently nominated for an Oscar, but lost to "Secret Love" from ''Film/CalamityJane''.
* Music/TheRighteousBrothers' 1960's hit "Unchained Melody", known in recent years as "the theme to ''Film/Ghost1990''", was introduced in a now-forgotten 1955 film titled ''Film/{{Unchained}}'', and was nominated for an Oscar.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5cKSMI6_8k To Kill a Mockingbird]], from, well... ''Film/ToKillAMockingbird''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVi3-PrQ0pY Pure Imagination]]" from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KClpLzFftU The Morning After]]" from ''Film/ThePoseidonAdventure'' is, unusually, featured in the movie and not just as part of the soundtrack when the ship's singer performs it in the ballroom. It won the Best Original Song Oscar, beating Music/MichaelJackson's "Ben".
** The same songwriters and singer responsible for "The Morning After" re-teamed two years later for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3FGVFAgY_I We May Never Love Like This Again]]" from ''Film/TheToweringInferno'', which was once again performed in-film by a singer at a ballroom party, and once again won the Oscar.
* ''Film/TheManFromHongKong'' has "Sky High" by Jigsaw, which became a BreakawayPopHit, during both the opening and closing credits.
* Many ''Film/JamesBond'' theme tunes are called, but few are chosen for Oscar nominations and fewer still are this trope. But of those that are...
** "Nobody Does it Better" from ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', sung by Music/CarlySimon.
** "Film/ForYourEyesOnly", sung by Sheena Easton.
** "All Time High" from ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', sung by Rita Coolidge.
** Music/{{Adele}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeumyOzKqgI Skyfall]]" from the [[Film/{{Skyfall}} film of the same name]]. The first James Bond anthem to '''win''' an Oscar.
** The SpiritualSuccessor to "Skyfall" is "Writing's on the Wall" by Music/SamSmith, the theme from ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', which won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, and by that time was already the favorite to win the Oscar in that category and become the ''second'' James Bond anthem to do so -- it did.
** A notable song that ''wasn't'' Oscar-nominated is Music/PattiLaBelle's "If You Asked Me To" from ''Film/LicenceToKill''. [[CoveredUp It didn't truly take off]] until Music/CelineDion got a hold of it and it became one of her first English-language hits.
* "You Light Up My Life" from the 1977 film of the same title was originally performed by Kasey Cisyk, but it was Debby Boone's CoveredUp version that became a '''gigantic''' BreakawayPopHit. It wound up winning the Best Original Song Oscar.
* Music/TheBeeGees' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc How Deep Is Your Love]]", from ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', won a Grammy for Best Pop Song Performed by a Group, and was nominated for a Best Original Song Golden Globe award, but lost the latter to "You Light Up My Life". No Oscar nomination for this or '''any''' of the other songs even as the soundtrack was one of the biggest albums of TheSeventies and three of the actual 1977 nominees were from little-loved family films (the fourth was "Nobody Does It Better"). Producer Robert Stigwood called out the Academy for being behind the times. The next Oscar ceremony acknowledged the embarrassing omission with a medley of songs that ''were not'' nominated for Oscars, including three from this film.
* ''Film/TheGoodbyeGirl'' has a TitleThemeTune, "Goodbye Girl", performed by David Gates (of the group Bread). Despite having a mellow start, big finish, heartwarming feel-good lyrics, and some electric guitar showboating -- and coming out of the film that ended up winning the 1977 Best Actor Oscar -- it wasn't nominated. The 2004 made-for-TV remake features a CoverVersion performed by Hootie & the Blowfish.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVBoReq2kUw Can You Read My Mind?]]", made for ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''. Not nominated because it doesn't actually appear ''as a song'' in the film, but Maureen [=McGovern=] did record it as a single tying into it.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5tL0jvX_88 "The Last Time I Felt Like This"]] from ''Same Time, Next Year'' was nominated for an Oscar in 1978, but lost to "Last Dance" from ''Thank God It's Friday''.
* Music/BarryManilow's "Ready to Take a Chance Again" from ''Film/FoulPlay'' was also nominated in 1978.
* "The Rainbow Connection" from [[Film/TheMuppetMovie the original Muppet film]] was Oscar-nominated in 1979 and became the BootstrappedTheme of Franchise/TheMuppets as a franchise. ''Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper'' had an award bait song parody "The First Time It Happens" [[IWasJustJoking which was then nominated for an Oscar for real]].
** The Music/{{Weezer}} and [[Music/{{Paramore}} Hayley Williams]] cover from ''The Green Album'', a tie-in for [[Film/TheMuppets2011 the 2011 Muppets film]], sounds exactly like a Disney end-credits cover of the song would. Surprisingly, it isn't played over the movie's credits[[note]]although Kermit and Piggy do sing the regular version of the song during the film itself[[/note]], but the film does bring us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WWWTW1P8rQ Man or Muppet]]", despite it not being played over the end credits either. And being the most award-baity, "Man or Muppet" even won the Oscar! (Against ''one other nominee'', granted.)
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3SVXz3TFr8 The Rose]]" by Creator/BetteMidler, from ''The Rose'', naturally. Wasn't nominated for the 1979 Best Song Oscar, but it did win the Golden Globe.
* A lower-key but still award-baity Oscar nominee from 1979 is "It's Easy to Say", from ''Film/Ten1979''. It's a mellow, piano-based SillyLoveSong with touching lyrics -- but it's also important to the story even though the film is not a musical. The main character (Creator/DudleyMoore) is a composer ''who has won awards for his film work in-universe'', who comes up with the melody as the basis for a song to give to his at-the-time estranged girlfriend (Creator/JulieAndrews), a professional singer, to record. In the denouement, the now-finished song helps bring them back together when he performs it on a piano and she joins him, [[LetsDuet turning it into a duet]]. From there, the same actors perform a more polished version of the song over the end credits.
* Melissa Manchester performed not one, but ''two'' Oscar-nominated love songs in 1979: "Through the Eyes of Love" from ''Ice Castles'' and "I'll Never Say Goodbye" from ''The Promise''. Both are sappy {{silly love song}}s created for maximum tearjerking, as befits a pair of romantic melodramas.
* And finally "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOgfRijoeYA It Goes Like It Goes]]" by Jennifer Warnes won the Oscar for 1979 (the film was ''Film/NormaRae'') but may better be recalled now as [[AwardSnub the song that beat "The Rainbow Connection"]].
* Not to be confused with the later ''Mannequin'' song, there's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o7VEwwQd-E Nothing Can Stop Us Now]]" from ''Film/StirCrazy'', performed by Kiki Dee.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA title song]] from ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'', sung by Music/OliviaNewtonJohn. Also a BreakawayPopHit, since the song and soundtrack album were '''far''' more popular than the film itself.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnBPHWk5FQ8 Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)]]" from ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'' was a stepping stone in this trope's evolution. It has a soothing mellow start, feel-good tone, buildup starting with the second chorus, a epic saxophone bridge (as opposed to electric guitar), and a VideoFullOfFilmClips. At the same time it defies eventual conventions of the trope: singer/co-writer Christopher Cross was just coming off of five Grammy Award wins, its lyrics openly reference the plot and characters, its melody turns up in the underscore, and it bookends the movie by playing under both sets of credits. It not only won the Best Original Song Oscar and Golden Globe (plus Grammy nominations for Record and Song of the Year) but was one of Cross's biggest hits, spending 3 weeks at Number One on the ''Billboard'' charts, and appeared in the CreditsMedley at the end of the Academy Awards ceremony for years. The 2011 remake uses it in both instrumental and CoverVersion forms (the latter by Fitz and the Tantrums).
** The soundtrack ''Arthur -- The Album'' contains three songs that aren't in the movie but work off of the underscore's themes. Stephen Bishop's "It's Only Love" fits the stereotypes of this trope even better than "Arthur's Theme" -- mellow start, feel-good tone, non-specific lyrics, electric guitar solo, and heavy buildup, though the song has a mellow finish.
** The 1988 sequel ''On the Rocks'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3jawVT9j34 Love Is My Decision]]", performed and co-written by Chris de Burgh. This one's a straight-up SillyLoveSong with sparkly synth and a BIG wrap-up -- but still film-specific because the first-person lyrics are clearly from the perspective of the main character.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVJnMj2oKfo Endless Love]]" from the [[Film/EndlessLove film of the same name]]. Nominated for the Best Song Oscar, but lost to "Arthur's Theme". It actually spent three times as many weeks (nine total) at Number One on the Billboard charts as the winner did, but probably lost because its source was not as well-liked, nor does the SillyLoveSong match its tone. (The film is about a StalkerWithACrush.)
* The Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes duet "Up Where We Belong" from ''Film/AnOfficerAndAGentleman'' was award-baity enough to win a Golden Globe, Oscar, BAFTA '''and''' a Grammy. All this after the producer tried to get the song cut, insisting that it was "no good and not a hit."
* "That's What Friends Are For" by Music/RodStewart from ''Film/NightShift'' was later CoveredUp by Dionne & Friends (Music/DionneWarwick, Music/StevieWonder, Music/GladysKnight, Music/EltonJohn).
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1YkHJJi-tc Forbidden Colours]]" by Ryuichi Sakomoto and David Sylvian, from ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence''.
* ''Romantic Comedy'' -- yes, that's the actual title -- has "Maybe" performed by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack over its end credits after the melody turns up throughout the film as an instrumental. It's a SillyLoveSong ''and'' LetsDuet, and has a soothing start, feel-good tone, gradual buildup in "bigness", and TruckDriversGearChange at the very end for the fade out.
* Creator/IreneCara's "Flashdance (What a Feeling)", from, well, ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'' was the 1983 Oscar winner.
* Music/PhilCollins first brushed with this trope with "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" from ''Against All Odds''. Oscar-nominated but lost to "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; notoriously Collins was '''not''' asked to perform this song at the Oscars...even though, as co-writer of the song, he was going to be at the ceremony anyway. Ann Reinking performed it instead.
* "Together in Electric Dreams", by Music/GiorgioMoroder and Philip Oakey of Music/TheHumanLeague fame, is the ending theme from ''Film/ElectricDreams'' but ended up [[BreakawayPopHit outshining the film]] it was supposed to complement.
* ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khTntOxX-k eponymous theme]] by Limahl.
** The third movie in the series has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf05hgwP6ps Shortcut To Forever]] by Phillip Ingram & Siedah Garrett.
* ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' has "We Don't Need Another Hero".
* ''Micki + Maude'' has "Something New in My Life". It bookends the film by playing first as an instrumental under the opening titles, while the end titles feature a Stephen Bishop vocal. It has a mellow start and epic finish, with non-specific lyrics that could be about romance and/or impending fatherhood and a feel-good tone.
* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' has "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Music/SimpleMinds. Despite how popular it was, it wasn't nominated for any awards.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Valp3rAFubA Christmas All Over the World]]" was performed by Sheena Easton for the end credits of ''Film/SantaClausTheMovie'' (1985). The link is to the full-length version of the song; the first verse doesn't appear in the film, which means it skips past the "soothing and mellow" part. Music/NewEdition recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq0Bj1WRQmc their own version of this]] for their 1985 Christmas album, and it adds ''tons'' of sparkly synth to the mix.
* The Music/PhilCollins-Marilyn Martin duet "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_4w3-CPP6E Separate Lives]]" from ''White Nights'' was nominated but lost to another song from the movie: "Say You, Say Me" by Music/LionelRichie, which isn't as award-baity of a song.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAj-Y6uUA_k Glory of Love]]" by Peter Cetera was intended to be this for ''Film/RockyIV''. It was passed over and ended up in ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'', getting an Oscar nomination for its trouble.
* [[Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark OMD]]'s required prom song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGawOk107eU If You Leave]]", from ''Film/PrettyInPink''.
* Think Music/{{Queen}} is immune to this?! Try "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jtpf8N5IDE&ob=av3n Who Wants to Live Forever?]]" or "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Ys0lMeXl4 One Year of Love]]", both from ''Film/{{Highlander}}''.
* "Take My Breath Away" by Music/{{Berlin}}, featured in ''Film/TopGun'', was the 1986 Best Original Song Oscar winner. The Cantonese TranslatedCoverVersion, as featured in Creator/WongKarWai's ''As Tears Go By'' also qualifies.
** In the sequel, ''Film/TopGunMaverick'', there's the also Oscar-nominated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2CIAKVTOrc "Hold My Hand"]] by Music/LadyGaga, with some considering it to be a SpiritualSuccessor to the above song.
** Honorable mention goes to "Heaven in Your Eyes" by Music/{{Loverboy}}.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqKlkVk7d4U "Loving on Borrowed Time"]] from ''Film/{{Cobra}}'', sung by Bill Medley and Music/GladysKnight.
** From the same film, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4yPuqKRWGA Two Into One]]" by Medley and Carmen Twillie.
* Before the award was retired at the TurnOfTheMillennium[[note]]Though it was revived one last time in 2002[[/note]], [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward The Razzies]] had a '''Worst''' Original Song category. While most of the nominees/winners were simply bizarre and tacky, there are three fascinating cases of songs being nominated for both an Oscar for Best Original Song ''and'' a Razzie for Worst Original Song!
** "Life in a Looking Glass" from ''That's Life!'' Lost to "Take My Breath Away" on the Oscar side.
** Music/TrishaYearwood's version of "How Do I Live" from ''Film/ConAir''. Lost to "My Heart Will Go On" on the Oscar side.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73cWfFEKAfE "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"]] from ''Film/Armageddon1998''. Lost to "When You Believe" on the Oscar side. The song also stands as Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s [[BlackSheepHit sole #1 in the US]].
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8NZa9wYZ_U title song]] from ''Absolute Beginners'' (1986), written and performed by Music/DavidBowie (who has a OneSceneWonder role), is a feel-good love song that bookends the musical via the credit sequences. The full-length version linked to above -- with a video that doubled as the movie's theatrical trailer in the U.K. -- is almost ''eight minutes long'', with a long, dramatic instrumental finish.
** Bowie also contributed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x-j9Zs3YlA "As the World Falls Down"]] to ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'' the same year. Although the song itself fits the criteria, underscoring a ballroom dance, its actual ''meaning'' is [[SubvertedTrope more subversive]]-- [[BigBad Jareth]] has fallen for [[PluckyGirl Sarah]] and is attempting to seduce her into giving up her quest. She realizes she's fallen into a trap, and shatters the illusion to prove the Goblin King has no power over her.
* "Storybook Love" from ''Film/ThePrincessBride'' didn't fail to earn an Oscar nomination in 1987.
* "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", performed by Music/{{Starship}} for 1987's ''Film/{{Mannequin}}'' and nominated for an Oscar; lost to the next entry...
* Jennifer Warnes had another Oscar-winning duet when she teamed up with Bill Medley for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMoMBFhMdDw (I've Had) The Time of My Life]]" from ''Film/DirtyDancing''.
* Bette Midler's CoverVersion of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq0llrCYtCQ Wind Beneath My Wings]]" was prominently featured in ''Beaches'' and became one of her biggest hits.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKDOcvKDwf0 After All]]" from ''Chances Are'' by Music/{{Cher}} and Peter Cetera. Oscar-nominated but lost to "Under the Sea".
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnaK1RRrZ2c Surrender to Me]]" from ''Film/TequilaSunrise''. Performed by Music/CheapTrick's Robin Zander and Music/Heart's Ann Wilson; co-written by Music/RichardMarx.
* ''Film/HomeAlone1'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHH6LJpEbQ Somewhere in My Memory]]", sung in the background by a Christmas choir, and a [[https://youtu.be/7-cbndL-MIw full version]] sung by Bette Midler in the sequel's end credits. Oscar-nominated, but lost to "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)".
** Music/JohnWilliams strikes again in ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' with "[[https://youtu.be/4Je-uSzNzQ4 Christmas Star]]". The film's soundtrack won a BMI Film Music Award.
* Music/BryanAdams started to do '''a lot''' of these starting with ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves''[='s=] "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" in 1991. It was nominated for an Oscar and was one of the biggest hits of its year, but lost to the title song of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
** Two years later, Adams performed "All for Love" with Music/{{Sting}} and Music/RodStewart from ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993''. Both of these films were scored by Music/MichaelKamen -- and after Kamen died in 2003, Adams went suspiciously silent...
** "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from ''Film/DonJuanDeMarco'' was nominated for Best Original Song at the 1995 Academy Awards, but lost to "Colors of the Wind" (''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'').
** In 1996, Adams joined forces with Barbra Streisand for "I Finally Found Someone", which played over the end credits of ''The Mirror Has Two Faces'' and didn't fail to get Oscar-nominated. When Streisand chose not to perform it at the Oscars, ''Celine Dion'' (herself stepping in for Natalie Cole) stepped in!
** Also in 1996, Adams contributed "Star" to ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}''.
** See Films -- Animated above for more Adams examples.
* One of the most famous live-action examples is Music/WhitneyHouston's cover of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nPf7w7pDI I Will Always Love You]]" from ''Film/TheBodyguard''. It wasn't nominated for the Oscar because [[CoveredUp it was a cover of]] a Music/DollyParton song from the 1970s. Parton herself sang it in the movie version of ''The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas'' in 1982.
** "Run to You" and "I Have Nothing" from this film also count and ''were'' both nominated...but lost to ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'''s "A Whole New World".
* ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'' had "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv6VW4tMZbE I Will Find You]]" by Clannad.
* ''Film/WhiteMenCantJump'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f370jrwm7o Let Me Make It Up to You]]" by Music/JodyWatley, and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u2ql-sT6QU If I Lose]]" by Music/ArethaFranklin.
* Annie Lennox contributed "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKBZ-rL2K4 Love Song for a Vampire]]" from ''Film/BramStokersDracula''.
* By the time ''Film/RobinHoodMenInTights'' was made in 1993, this trope was ubiquitous enough to be parodied with an end-credits reprise of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1K7kva33Os Marian]]". It was most directly a parody of "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", from that ''other'' '90s Robin Hood movie (see above). In any case, future tropers tended to laugh harder at that than most other people in the theater.
* ''Film/SuperMarioBros1993'', being a family film released in the '90s, naturally had one of these: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIwoAtgKBUA Almost Unreal]]" by Music/{{Roxette}}, as well as "I Would Stop the World" when Mario and Big Bertha dance. They were some of the few songs written for the film, while most of its soundtrack was composed of other popular songs, including a cover of "Walk the Dinosaur".
* ''Film/StreetFighter'' had "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV3_P1jxiCA Something There]]" by Chage and Aska, which played during the credits, as well as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qleMBrZXrk Worth Fighting For]]" by Angelique Kidjo, which played when Guile remembered happy times with Charlie.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8iIVn2Kqbo "The Day I Fall in Love"]] from ''Beethoven's 2nd'', performed by James Ingram and Music/DollyParton, was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, '''and''' a Grammy for Best Song from a Motion Picture. The lyrics are from the first-person perspective of '''dogs'''.
* ''Film/ALeagueofTheirOwn'' had "This Used to Be My Playground" by Madonna with the theme of nostalgia tying into the film.
* ''Film/TheCrow'' featured "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZzkhfz89c It Can't Rain All the Time]]" by Jane Siberry as its end credits song.
* Music/MichaelJackson's hit "[[http://youtu.be/Wyxmhe1NJr8 Will You Be There]]" was featured in 1993's ''Film/FreeWilly''. Ineligible for an Oscar because it was originally from his 1991 album ''Dangerous''.
** And much earlier than that: 1972's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g40WCBaUXR4 Ben]]" -- a heartstring-tugging song about the friendship between [[ABoyAndHisX a boy and his killer rat]] as depicted in ''[[Literature/RatmansNotebooks Ben]]''. And it was Oscar-nominated!
** ''Film/FreeWilly2TheAdventureHome'' has the Jackson original "Childhood (Theme from ''Free Willy 2'')", which was simultaneously released on his album ''Music/HIStoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI''. It underscores an otherwise expendable sequence involving a secondary character. No nominations.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFpNTgMiuKo Christmas Will Return]]" from the first ''Film/TheSantaClause'' movie, performed by Brenda Russel and Howard Hewett.
* Music/RKelly's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTahrYXCChI I Believe I Can Fly]]" from ''Film/SpaceJam''.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwfmzsSzGNo "Anyone Can Be a Hero"]] from ''Blankman'', preformed by Lalah Hathaway.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMD2TwRvuoU Kiss from a Rose]]" by Music/{{Seal}} didn't take off until it was recycled into the ''Film/BatmanForever'' soundtrack. But since it had already been released as a single, it was ineligible for awards nominations.
** "Foolish Games" by Music/{{Jewel}} from ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' is a subversion, as the song was written and released two years prior to the film, but became ubiquitous enough to become the second best-selling single of 1997.
** Speaking of ''Batman & Robin'', "Gotham City" by Music/RKelly was a blatant attempt at cashing in on this trope, hoping to repeat the success of "Kiss from a Rose" as well as R. Kelly's previous hit "I Believe I Can Fly" from ''Space Jam''. The song was a modest hit, reaching Number 9 on the pop charts, and unlike previous Batman examples it was actually eligible for Best Original Song. Nonetheless, it wasn't even nominated.
* Music/CelineDion's "Because You Loved Me" from ''Up Close and Personal'' didn't win the Oscar it was up for, but it did win a Grammy in 1996.
* Dion also has the case mentioned atop the page, "My Heart Will Go On" from ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''. Creator/JamesCameron originally didn't want a pop song finishing the movie feeling it would be inappropriate, and considering [[PrimaDonnaDirector his usual behavior]], composer Music/JamesHorner had to find him in a really good mood to present the demo, with Cameron eventually giving approval, also thinking that after such a TroubledProduction "a hit song from his movie could only be a positive factor in guaranteeing its completion".
* ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' took multiple cues from ''Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves'', including an award-bait song of its own. It gave us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP6LQjJo7eY I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You]]" by Marc Anthony and Tina Arena. And written by James Horner and Will Jennings, the team responsible for the ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}'' theme, to boot.
* ''Film/BicentennialMan'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYjqojwp2hQ Then You Look At Me]]", sung by Music/CelineDion, and written by the same team behind "My Heart Will Go On", no less. It doesn't describe any specific moment in the story, but is used as the love song between Andrew and Portia (with Little Miss substituting for her childhood years). The official music video [[VideoFullOfFilmClips takes clips from the relationship]] and displays them in a monitor in the background.
* ''Film/ManOnTheMoon'' has Music/{{REM}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_JnCWT-_O8 "The Great Beyond"]], which rocks harder and has more obscure lyrics than most examples of this trope -- though they make sense in context of being an ImageSong for the film's subject matter, Creator/AndyKaufman; it doubles as a sequel to their song about Kaufman that the film's named after. But it is extremely touching, builds to a huge finish via string instruments coming in during the bridge, and has a VideoFullOfFilmClips that lampshades the huge finish by having more and more guitars and microphones turn up out of nowhere in the recording studio. No nominations, but became a gigantic BreakawayPopHit for the group in Europe; years later, a documentary about the film's production would be TitledAfterTheSong (''Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond'').
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0QRzleTolg You're Where I Belong]]" from ''Film/StuartLittle''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuidLm8zsq8 I'm Alive]]" by Music/CelineDion from ''Stuart Little 2''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGSHZYZ74c Where Are You, Christmas?]]" from the live-action ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
* ''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'''s "A Love Before Time" was Oscar-nominated in 2000.
* Bizarrely, ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'' - which is ''significantly'' heavier on cartoon humor than most works that warrant an Award Bait Song - has one called "Through the Eyes of a Child" (not to be confused with the ones from ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' or ESPECIALLY ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'').
* ''Film/PearlHarbor's'' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhpFwpu0mGw There You'll Be]]" by Music/FaithHill (nominated for Oscar).
* Much of ''Film/MoulinRouge's'' soundtrack consists of covers, but it naturally has its own Big Damn Love Song: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvJpJl04cAI Come What May]]". Ineligible for the Oscar because it was originally written for Creator/BazLuhrmann's previous Red Curtain film, ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'').
** From the ''other'' ''Moulin Rouge'', Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgMdTcbZoE The Song From Moulin Rouge]]", also known as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhrRgadxhc Where Is Your Heart?]]"
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWoIO_hjvos Never Too Far]]" by Music/MariahCarey from ''Film/{{Glitter}}''.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' films gave us some stellar TearJerker examples: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8wqEgFIA8 May It Be]]" from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcoBKWTW14 Into the West]]" from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing The Return of the King]]''. Both were nominated for Oscars, with the latter even winning.
** Subverted in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'' with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biGP2BXVsYI Gollum's Song]]", which has a somewhat similar style but a minor key and a much darker tone and sung by Emiliana Torrini.
* ''Film/TheHobbit'', the prequel trilogy to ''The Lord of the Rings'', continued where those movies left off.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zakVfDY0xZk Song of the Lonely Mountain]]" by [[Music/CrowdedHouse Neil Finn]] from ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf8Fwiy0Bkc I See Fire]]" by Music/EdSheeran from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]''.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRGTHLNNEOc The Last Goodbye]]" by Billy Boyd from ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''.
* ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijFR0JRT8ts If We Could Remember]]" by Yolanda Adams.
* "Only Hope" from ''Film/AWalkToRemember'' has the original version by Switchfoot over the end credits and a very award-baity cover by Music/MandyMoore during the film. Ineligible for awards since the song had already been on one of Switchfoot's albums a few years prior.
* The 2002 supernatural thriller ''Dragonfly'' starring Creator/KevinCostner has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTAajXh0zGQ Star]] by the band Zoo Story.
* The 2003 film ''Film/Daredevil2003'' had "For You" from The Calling. It didn't really catch on.
* "Learn to Be Lonely" from ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004''. Nominated for but lost the Oscar.
* The 2004 live-action ''{{Franchise/Devilman}}'' film has "[[https://youtu.be/ypEP83e4dM8 Hikari no naka de]]" by Hiroko Shimabukuro.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=405rURIgvDw Shine Your Light]]" from ''Film/{{Ladder 49}}''.
* ''Film/{{Troy}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yy6SIzq8Mc "Remember"]] sung by Music/JoshGroban and composed by Music/JamesHorner.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_GpK5r5lL8 A Place Called Home]]" from ''Film/AChristmasCarolTheMusical'' is a rare TV movie example.
* ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' series:
** Music/ImogenHeap's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iPkdl6qdZs I Can't Take It In]]" from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe".
** Music/AlanisMorissette's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnGdx40919M Wunderkind]]" from the same film. As current Academy rules insist that among songs that appear only in a film's credits, only the first song can be considered for an Oscar, this went un-nominated as the second song ("I Can't Take it In" qualified but wasn't nominated. "Wunderkind" was nominated at the Golden Globes, which are less fussy. Should've put Alanis first?).
*** Other Alanis Morissette examples are "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urSPgcZgnh0 Still]]" from ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' and "I Remain" from ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime''.
** Music/ReginaSpektor's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgUL3ut4gyQ The Call]]" from ''Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia: Prince Caspian''.
** Switchfoot's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cKNleDdUFY This Is Home]]", also from ''Prince Caspian''.
** Music/CarrieUnderwood's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsvx22aEhSA There's a Place for Us]]" in the third film, ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader''.
* Parodied in the 2005 version of ''Film/TheProducers'' with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lj_GLRzqM4 The Hop-Clop Goes On]]", a stylized reprise of "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC9O1giT2Ws "Fly Away" by Nelly]] in ''Film/TheLongestYard'' remake.
* "My Immortal" by Music/{{Evanescence}}, featured in ''Film/Daredevil2003''.
* Music/AvrilLavigne's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmukW1sNlIk Keep Holding On]]" from ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]''.
** "Alice" from ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' was more popular.
* In ''Film/{{Dreamgirls}}'', the MovieBonusSong "Listen" stands out as an attempt to give Music/{{Beyonce}} a big showstopping number to rival "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (itself not eligible for Best Song since it's from the original musical). The fact that it was so blatant, and featured Beyonce straining against her usual range, is probably why the song flopped (though the ''Series/{{Glee}}'' cover by Charice was much better received). The end credits reprise of "When I First Saw You" also hits some of the notes of this trope (though it was likewise ineligible).
* Music/{{Gackt}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXKQ351QBw "Returner"]], featured in the Japanese release of ''Film/ThePrestige'', is similar to the above-mentioned "Gollum's Song" in that it has a much darker sound than most other examples of this trope (though it's fitting for a VisualKei artist). The song itself, coincidentally, was made as a theme song for the NHK [[JidaiGeki historical drama]] ''Fūrin Kazan.'' [[WorldOfHam At least, the genre itself warranted the hamminess and wide sweep of the song]].
* Yet another AlternativeForeignThemeSong example: [[http://www.pandora.tv/view/rapir/3280781 "Shiawase no Chikara"]] by Sowelu, from the Japanese dub of ''Film/ThePursuitOfHappyness''.
* John Mayer's "Say" from ''Film/TheBucketList'' is more low-key than most award bait songs, but it counts too.
* ''Film/TheWrestler'' has, appropriately enough, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OSvJvSwmd4 The Wrestler]]" by Music/BruceSpringsteen. Unfortunately, the Springsteen solo album it also appeared on arrived first, disqualifying the song from an Oscar nomination even though it was specifically written for the movie.
* ''Film/SlumdogMillionaire'' had an award-bait song ''and'' Bollywood dance routine over the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC4QrUwo9o end credits]]. Subverted with "Dreams on Fire", which seems like the primary OscarBait song from the soundtrack. It didn't get nominated, but "Jai-Ho" won, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqk5Vf8KAfE the collaboration with]] Music/{{MIA}} got a nom too).
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs The Climb]]" from the ''Series/HannahMontana'' movie was ineligible for the Oscar because it wasn't written for the film. Also noteworthy for being the X-Factor Winner's Song for 2009 in the U.K., which was known to always win the Christmas Number One standing on the charts. Not this year though -- it lost to "Killing in the Name" by Music/RageAgainstTheMachine.
* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' brings us "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GMTQBriA3I I See You]]", a SpiritualSuccessor to "My Heart Will Go On" co-written by James Horner and performed by Music/LeonaLewis.
** ''Film/AvatarTheWayOfWater'' has "Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" by The Weeknd, which incorporates Simon Franglen's traditonal Na'vi score and pop elements by Swedish House Mafia.
* "[[https://youtu.be/jGjX0YO-zo4?t=5784 All The Love In The World]]" from ''Gooby'', sung by Anne Morrone and musical duo [=RyanDan=] (aka former b4-4 members Ryan & Dan Kowarsky)
* Music/{{Dido}} and A.R. Rahman's "[[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=if+i+rise+127+hours&aq=1 If I Rise]]" from ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'' was nominated for an Oscar but lost to Music/RandyNewman's "We Belong Together" from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.
* Music/MileyCyrus sings another award bait song in the form of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWCPS6CXmt0 When I Look at You]]" from ''Literature/TheLastSong''.
* "Love Lives" by Steven Tyler (a solo effort by the Music/{{Aerosmith}} frontman), written for the Japanese film ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'', adapted from the anime series. It feels a good deal like "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing", and is so shamelessly sappy it's [[NarmCharm utterly fantastic]].
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRiR0wJzUBQ The Living Proof]]" from ''Film/TheHelp''.
* "[[https://youtu.be/-DSVDcw6iW8 A Real Hero]]" by College, featuring Electric Youth, from ''Film/Drive2011'', was nominated for Best Song from a Movie by the MTV Movie Awards.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHkvan-NFnM A Thousand Years]]" from ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga: Literature/BreakingDawn - Part 1''.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am9rvhUTrpA The duet version]] from ''Part 2''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLWmGhD6l0k Calling for Your Love]]" from ''Film/CirqueDuSoleilWorldsAway.''
* ''Film/TwoThousandTwelve'' has "Time for Miracles". It's especially jarring, after seeing a film about death, destruction and sacrifice, to hear a Music/CelineDion-esque song performed by someone from ''Series/AmericanIdol''. And it's Music/AdamLambert at that!
* Songs from eco-documentaries such as ''Chasing Ice'' and ''Racing Extinction'' are generally this in order to repeat the Best Song win for ''Film/AnInconvenientTruth''. Weirdly enough, the nommed songs for both mentioned films ("Before My Time" and "Manta Ray" respectively) lost to James Bond themes.
* ''Film/LesMiserables2012'''s MovieBonusSong "Suddenly" fits this trope to a T.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFEDTtKaFzU Safe and Sound]]" by Music/TaylorSwift, from ''Film/TheHungerGames''.
* "Almost Home" from ''Film/OzTheGreatAndPowerful'', performed by Music/MariahCarey. Ineligible for the Oscar because it wasn't the first song played during the credits.
* "[[https://youtu.be/1mkUp1V3ys0 Oblivion]]" from the likewise named ''[[Film/Oblivion2013 Oblivion]]''. That opening is just so sparkly.
* "[[https://youtu.be/Te11UaHOHMQ Young and Beautiful]]" by Music/LanaDelRey and "[[https://youtu.be/5AllYPIBbhw Over the Love]]" by Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine from ''Film/TheGreatGatsby2013.''
* ''Film/{{Annie 2014}}'' has at least two {{movie bonus song}}s that qualify for this trope.
** "Opportunity", the song the title character sings to wow the crowd (and Stacks) at the Guggenheim event. Nominated for Golden Globe and shortlisted for the Oscar.
** "[[HeroicBSOD Who Am I]]" is a lesser example, but it still counts.
* "Not About Angels" by Birdy, from ''Film/TheFaultInOurStars''.
* "[[https://youtu.be/qZKCet3JOTc Miasto]]" from the Polish film ''Miasto 44''.
* "[[https://youtu.be/0KmMkmRJl6c Eien no Motto Mate Made]]" by Music/SeikoMatsuda, from the Japanese dub of ''Film/{{Pan}}''.
** She also has "I'll Fall in Love" from the 2005 ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'' film.
* ''Film/FuriousSeven'' has "[[https://youtu.be/RgKAFK5djSk See You Again]]" by Music/WizKhalifa. Despite being a huge hit on the ''Billboard'' charts when it came out, the bait didn't take with most awards groups –- it got a Golden Globe nomination but failed to get recognized by the Oscars.
* ''[[Film/PitchPerfect Pitch Perfect 2]]'' has the uplifting "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzwkcbTQ7ZE Flashlight]]" sung by Music/JessieJ. Despite this version being perfect for the credits treatment, it only appears on the film's soundtrack. The song does still appear in the film, although it's sung by the Bellas as part of their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RsgmjeAQ14 A Cappella World Championship performance]]. [[note]]Within the film's context, new member Emily Junk wrote the song herself and sang it for her audition.[[/note]] Creator/HaileeSteinfeld also recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XxzXR1ArbY an official cover]] for the soundtrack, and released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_hH-qBVJNo her own acoustic version]] following the film's release.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnYwvDwwBcc Just a Wish]]", from the biopic ''Walt Before Mickey''.
* ''Film/LaLaLand'' has "City of Stars" and "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)", both of which were nominated for Oscars. The former won both the Oscar and the Golden Globe.
* ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' has Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Sledgehammer" over the end credits.
* "Go Now" was ''Film/SingStreet'''s attempt at this, but the bait sadly didn't take.
* "[[https://youtu.be/T84LqClui9A To Be Human]]" from ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', sung by Music/{{Sia}} and Labrinth.
* A chunk of the songs in ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'' qualify, namely "A Million Dreams" (which gets the FallingInLoveMontage honor), "Never Enough" (showboating diva solo), "This Is Me" (won the Golden Globe and nominated for the Oscar), "Rewrite the Stars" (the love duet for the BetaCouple), and the eleventh-hour number "From Now On".
* ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' has the melancholic and somber "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbjS0_ZfJ0 All the Stars]]" by Music/KendrickLamar and Music/{{SZA}}. Nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and several Grammys.
** The sequel, ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'', has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx_OexsUI2M "Lift Me Up"]] by Music/{{Rihanna}}.
* "[[https://youtu.be/CX11yw6YL1w Ashes]]". A serious TearJerker of a PowerBallad by ''Titanic'' crooner Music/CelineDion herself. Which makes it completely apropos it's on the soundtrack to raunchy superhero comedy ''Film/Deadpool2''. Parodied in the music video, where Deadpool's criticism is that it's ''too'' good for the film and asks her to dial it down.
* If anyone in the current pop music industry could be called the modern equivalent to Celine Dion in terms of Oscar bait-y songs written for film soundtracks, it's Music/EllieGoulding, with a whopping four examples of this, all written for different films: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an4ySOlsUMY How Long Will I Love You?]]" from ''Film/{{About Time}}'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrNTOo4KH8c Beating Heart]]" from ''Film/{{Divergent}}'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJtDXIazrMo Love Me Like You Do]]" from ''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvP_OwVSFpk Still Falling for You]]" from ''[[Literature/BridgetJones Bridget Jones' Baby]]''. However, none of them managed to score an actual Oscar nomination; in "Love Me Like You Do"'s case, despite it being the song from the soundtrack to get the VideoFullOfFilmClips treatment, it was passed over in favor of Music/TheWeeknd's much darker "Earned It".
** The ''Fifty Shades'' series also has a slew of other examples, with ''Film/FiftyShadesDarker'' having "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F37r50VUTQ I Don't Wanna Live Forever]]" by Music/{{Zayn}} and Music/TaylorSwift, and ''Film/FiftyShadesFreed'' having "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQUuqbzQVsY For You]]" by Music/RitaOra and Zayn's former Music/OneDirection bandmate Liam Payne, as well as a slightly rearranged reprisal of "Love Me Like You Do".
* The infamous ''Film/PatchAdams'' had "Faith of the Heart" by Music/RodStewart, three years before it was CoveredUp by Russell Watson and became the most polarizing ''Star Trek'' theme ever written. (See ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.)
* ''Film/{{Aquaman 2018}}'' has "[[https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=9thM5gLs2tg Everything I Need]]" by [[Music/FortMinor Skylar Grey]].
* The {{Music/Sia}} film ''Film/{{Music|2021}}'' has "Together", a song about ThePowerOfFriendship and how ChildrenRaiseYou.
* ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_No_Such_Thing_as_Vampires There's No Such Thing as Vampires]]'' has "[[https://youtu.be/1NFVOsBxi9s I'll Wait]]" by NINA.
* Lampshaded by "Now You Know", the the end credits song for ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory''.
-->"This song is technically eligible for Oscar consideration!"
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