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    'Another Way To Die' Eligible For Best Song Oscar Nomination

    By Devin Zydel on 2008-12-17

    Quantum of Solace title track ‘Another Way To Die’ is included in the newly released list of songs eligible for the Best Song Oscar nominations.

    Alicia Keys

    Alicia Keys

    The Jack White-Alicia Keys duet is featured on the list along with 48 other tracks. Variety reports that members of the Academy Award’s music branch will vote on the final nominations at screening event scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 6 January 2009.

    To be eligible, a song must contain original words and music written specifically for the film. In a change to the rules, only two songs from a single film may be nominated. Disney’s High School Musical 3: Senior Year leads this longlist with 11 eligible songs.

    Click here for the full listing of eligible songs.

    The 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, 22 February at the Kodak Theater. The event will be broadcast live on ABC.

    In related award news, the Quantum title song took home the top prize at the International Press Academy’s Satellite Awards this past Sunday.

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    Quantum of Solace is the 22nd James Bond 007 film produced by franchise holders Eon Productions. Daniel Craig returns from 2006’s Casino Royale to play James Bond. Quantum of Solace is directed by Marc Forster and scripted by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis (with an additional polish by Joshua Zetumer). Locations include Panama, Chile, Italy, Austria and the UK. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production began shooting on 2 January and was released on 31 October 2008 in the UK and 14 November in the United States. The world premiere took place on 29 October in London.

    Quantum of Solace co-stars Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Anatole Taubman, Gemma Arterton, Joaquín Cosio, Dame Judi Dench, Jesper Christensen, Giancarlo Giannini, and Jeffrey Wright.

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