After
several years of embarrassment culminated in last year's laughable
pair of Best Original Song nominees, the music branch finally got a
clue and decided to abolish their asinine grading system, instead
just letting the five songs with the most votes be the nominees. They
also went the route of screener DVDs, allowing music branch members
to evaluate clips of all eligible songs from the comfort of their own
home.
The
rule changes have instantly paid off with a respectable slate of
tunes which we'll probably hear performed on Oscar night. That
basically is what this category is for.
