Forty-one songs from eligible feature films are in the running to be nominated in the Original Song category for the 83rd Academy Awards, the Academy announced Wednesday.
Justin Bieber's duet with Jaden Smith from "The Karate Kid" remake, Gwyneth Paltrow's solo from "Country Strong" and Christina Aguilera's song from "Burlesque" were included in the list under consideration.
Movie clips featuring each song will be screened for voting members of the Music Branch in Los Angeles on January 6. Nominations will be announced January 25.
To be eligible in the original song category, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film.
This is the full list of 41 original songs:
1. "Alice" from "Alice in Wonderland"
2. "Forever One Love" from "Black Tulip"
3. "Freedom Song" from "Black Tulip"
4. "Bound to You" from "Burlesque"
5. "Welcome to Burlesque" from "Burlesque"
6. "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from "Burlesque"
7. "There's a Place for Us" from "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
8. "Coming Home" from "Country Strong"
9. "Me and Tennessee" from "Country Strong"
10. "Despicable Me" from "Despicable Me"
11. "Prettiest Girls" from "Despicable Me"
12. "Dear Laughing Doubters" from "Dinner for Schmucks"
13. "Better Days" from "Eat Pray Love"
14. "If You Run" from "Going the Distance"
15. "Darkness before the Dawn" from "Holy Rollers"
16. "Sticks & Stones" from "How to Train Your Dragon"
17. "Le Gris" from "Idiots and Angels"
18. "Chanson Illusionist" from "The Illusionist"
19. "Never Say Never" from "The Karate Kid"
20. "To the Sky" from "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole"
21. "What If" from "Letters to Juliet"
22. "Life during Wartime" from "Life during Wartime"
23. "Made in Dagenham" from "Made in Dagenham"
24. "Little One" from "Mother and Child"
25. "Be the One" from "The Next Three Days"
26. "If I Rise" from "127 Hours"
27. "When You See Forever" from "The Perfect Game"
28. "I Remain" from "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"
29. "Dream Big" from "Pure Country 2: The Gift"
30. "How I Love You" from "Ramona and Beezus"
31. "Darling I Do" from "Shrek Forever After"
32. "Noka Oi" from "Six Days in Paradise"
33. "This Is a Low" from "Tamara Drewe"
34. "I See the Light" from "Tangled"
35. "Rise" from "3 Billion and Counting"
36. "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3"
37. "Eclipse: All Yours" from "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
38. "Nothing" from "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too"
39. "A Better Life" from "Unbeaten"
40. "Shine" from "Waiting for ‘Superman'"
41. "The Reasons Why" from "Wretches & Jabberers"

Forty-one songs from eligible feature films are in the running to be nominated in the Original Song category for the 83rd Academy Awards, the Academy announced Wednesday.
Justin Bieber's duet with Jaden Smith from "The Karate Kid" remake, Gwyneth Paltrow's solo from "Country Strong" and Christina Aguilera's song from "Burlesque" were included in the list under consideration.
Movie clips featuring each song will be screened for voting members of the Music Branch in Los Angeles on January 6. Nominations will be announced January 25.
To be eligible in the original song category, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film.
This is the full list of 41 original songs:
1. "Alice" from "Alice in Wonderland"
2. "Forever One Love" from "Black Tulip"
3. "Freedom Song" from "Black Tulip"
4. "Bound to You" from "Burlesque"
5. "Welcome to Burlesque" from "Burlesque"
6. "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from "Burlesque"
7. "There's a Place for Us" from "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
8. "Coming Home" from "Country Strong"
9. "Me and Tennessee" from "Country Strong"
10. "Despicable Me" from "Despicable Me"
11. "Prettiest Girls" from "Despicable Me"
12. "Dear Laughing Doubters" from "Dinner for Schmucks"
13. "Better Days" from "Eat Pray Love"
14. "If You Run" from "Going the Distance"
15. "Darkness before the Dawn" from "Holy Rollers"
16. "Sticks & Stones" from "How to Train Your Dragon"
17. "Le Gris" from "Idiots and Angels"
18. "Chanson Illusionist" from "The Illusionist"
19. "Never Say Never" from "The Karate Kid"
20. "To the Sky" from "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole"
21. "What If" from "Letters to Juliet"
22. "Life during Wartime" from "Life during Wartime"
23. "Made in Dagenham" from "Made in Dagenham"
24. "Little One" from "Mother and Child"
25. "Be the One" from "The Next Three Days"
26. "If I Rise" from "127 Hours"
27. "When You See Forever" from "The Perfect Game"
28. "I Remain" from "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"
29. "Dream Big" from "Pure Country 2: The Gift"
30. "How I Love You" from "Ramona and Beezus"
31. "Darling I Do" from "Shrek Forever After"
32. "Noka Oi" from "Six Days in Paradise"
33. "This Is a Low" from "Tamara Drewe"
34. "I See the Light" from "Tangled"
35. "Rise" from "3 Billion and Counting"
36. "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3"
37. "Eclipse: All Yours" from "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"
38. "Nothing" from "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too"
39. "A Better Life" from "Unbeaten"
40. "Shine" from "Waiting for ‘Superman'"
41. "The Reasons Why" from "Wretches & Jabberers"