With the recent announcement of the Academy Award nominations, we thought we’d take a look at songs that could have been written in tribute to some of this year’s nominees. They weren’t of course, but if they had, most of them would have better selections than the bulk of this year’s original song nominees. Just how the Academy failed to nominate Springsteen’s song from “The Wrestler” is beyond us. Sure, Dylan and Eminem have taken home Oscars, but so have Phil Collins and Three 6 Mafia. And just for the record, The Boss did previously win an Oscar. He took him a statue for the theme to 1993’s “Philadelphia.”

Best Picture: “Milk”
Kings of Leon – “Milk”

Best Picture: “Frost/Nixon”
Negativland – “Richard Nixon Died Today”

Best Actor: Sean Penn in “Milk”
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions – “Sean Penn Blues”

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”
Toni Basil – “Mickey”

Best Actress: Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
The Chevelles – “Angelina Jolie”

Best Actress: Kate Winslet in “The Reader”
Ben Folds Five – “Kate”

Best Actress: Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
Santogold – “Anne”

Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
One Weekly Gun – “Heath Ledger”

Documentary Feature: “The Garden”
Cut Chemist – “The Garden”

Documentary Feature: “Encounters at the End of the World”
Olivia Chrestomanci – “Encounters at the End of the World”

Costume: “Australia”
The Kinks – “Australia”

Visual Effects: “Iron Man”
The Cardigans – “Iron Man”

Art Direction: “The Duchess”
Scott Walker – “Duchess”

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