BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Sixty-three songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures are contending for nominations in the original song Oscar category, organizers said.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it plans to screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for voting members of its Music Branch in Los Angeles Jan. 12.
Following the screenings, members will determine the nominees by an averaged point-system vote. If no song receives an average score of 8.25 or more, there will be no nominees in the category.
If only one song achieves that score, it and the song receiving the next highest score will be the two nominees. If two or more songs -- up to five -- achieve that score, they will be nominees.
A maximum of two songs may be nominated from any one film.
The 82nd Academy Awards nominations are to be announced Feb. 2 in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles.
