" Mierudarou Byston Well " and " Ao no Speech Balloon " from Aura Battler Dunbine.Ichiban no Takaramono (My Most Precious Treasure) and My Song from Angel Beats!.There's also the ED, " Farewell Song "." Happiness on the Same Earth " from Aikatsu!.After War Gundam X featured Human Touch, which was one of the last works composed by the Soulful Rain Man himself Warren Wiebe.It should also be noted that, while the song may be blatant award bait, that doesn't mean they still can't be really good regardless.įor other kinds of popular and/or Award-winning movie songs, see Breakaway Pop Hit and "I Want" Song.
One tactic when trying for an award bait song is to take an existing, usually famous, song and record a Softer and Slower Cover. The important part is that the song is strongly associated with the narrative work, serves as a fitting capstone, and is in the style described above. Whatever the song's reason for being, the "Award-Baiting" part isn't the important part, nor is the "End Credits" part. Movie Bonus Songs in film adaptations of stage musicals often fall under this trope, since the songs adapted from the stage play aren't eligible for Best Original Song, and this is the filmmakers' attempt at letting the film receive some accolade for its music. This has been exchanged for "hip" pop songs from the popular artists at the time, and/or more commonly the movie soundtrack. Many, many films from the late-70's through late-90's had a song like this, leading some critics to call this period the last really amazing time for movie songs. And even before that, songs unrelated to the story, usually of the love song variety, often sung by popular singers, had been a staple of closing credits for Asian films - particularly anime - for decades.Īward Bait Songs are also found in many live-action films, notably " My Heart Will Go On " from Titanic (1997). Sounds like the kind of song popularized by nineties Disney films, yes? The funny thing is that the film that probably helped to make this sort of thing popular during this particular part of movie history would be " Somewhere Out There " from Don Bluth's An American Tail, although Don Bluth's team had also had " Flying Dreams " in the earlier The Secret of NIMH.
Bonus points if you can get Barbra Streisand, Céline Dion (or someone who sounds like her), Whitney Houston, Peabo Bryson, or Bryan Adams to sing it. The distinguishing trademark, however, is when the song has a reprise, frequently a duet, done over the end credits.
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