In recent years, the songs nominated at the Oscars have not been particularly memorable or worth the time during the broadcast to waste on music that nobody remembers after walking out of the multiplex. This year, ironically, there is at least one very good song that was going to be an Oscar highlight, assuming the producers convinced Jeff Bridges to sing ‘The Weary Kind’ from ‘Crazy Heart’ during the March 7th broadcast. That’s not going to happen now.
New Oscar producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic have decided to drop the Best Song performances, according Entertainment Weekly. Instead of singers — either from the movie or good enough to sing the songs from the movies — we’re going to see a montage of images from the picture with the soundtrack recording.
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