Oscar Party Playlist (Part 1)

Awards season is in full swing and if you're planning to host an Oscar party I've got some suggestions for your playlist. No matter what movie wins best picture you can crank up one these tunes immediately afterwards.


Black Swan

Here's the song that inspired me to create this list. If only I'd been on the studio payroll to suggest playing this over the end credits.

Ocean Blue - Ballerina Out Of Control

(Note: all links direct to YouTube)

The King's Speech

These first two songs feature singers who fake stutters almost as convincingly as Colin Firth and the third kicks off with one of the most famous speeches in British history. And if your party guests are drunk enough you could try playing Kiss's "Strutter" to see if you can fool them.

BTO - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

The Who - My Generation

Iron Maiden - Aces High

The Social Network

"A long time ago, we used to be friends
But I haven't thought of you lately at all"

If that doesn't sum up the Facebook experience I don't know what does.

We Used To Be Friends - Dandy Warhols

Imaginary Friends - Ron Sexsmith

Creep - Scala & Kolacny Brothers

Inception

It probably doesn't have a hope of winning and was only nominated to get the fanboy audience tuning in Oscar night, so when Inception loses and a twenty-something male starts ranting about how Christopher Nolan got robbed, you can play this to rub it in.

Billy Ocean - Get Out Of My Dreams (Get Into My Car)

Toy Story 3

It's an extreme longshot to win Best Picture since a huge percentage of Academy voters are actors and they look down on animated films which only provide actors with voice work, but when Toy Story 3 walks away with the Best Animated Feature you can play this song which would send shivers down Woody's spine. 

Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith

127 Hours

Co-host James Franco will get plenty of exposure to ease the pain of losing to Colin Firth, and hopefully there'll be a comedy bit at some point with Franco becoming trapped between two Oscar statuettes.

Rock And A Hard Place - The Rolling Stones

Part 2 featuring all the remaining best picture nominees and a few extras will be posted as soon as I can think of something clever related to Winter's Bone. Suggestions are welcome. UPDATE: Part 2 can be found here.

You can buy better sounding versions of all the aforementioned songs from Amazon mp3 using the following widget, and I've also added links to the soundtrack albums. I highly recommend the original scores from The Social Network and Black Swan.

And while we're on the subject of awards, there's still time to vote in this year's Dynammy Awards. Your choices and mine will be revealed the day before the Grammy Awards.