Award Bait Song: Difference between revisions

* Instead of describing events that happen directly in the movie (as the songs in animated musicals tend to), they cover the more sweeping themes of [[The Power of Love]], [[The Power of Friendship]], and so on.

* Extremely [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|feel-good and/or touching]]; may be a [[Tear Jerker]].

* Towards the middle, it gets more and more triumphant and builds to a big, epic finish.

* For some reason, they are often penned by past-their-prime pop/rock stars, especially if the film isn't actually a musical. If the song is a hit, it may prompt a comeback.

== Anime & Manga ==

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bijxIO4GQko It Was You] by Ashley Ballard.

*** By that extension, the Japanese version's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fBpLos_4hg "Chiisaki Mono" (A Small Thing).]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpPiKI_BGWA "Half Pain"] from the ending of ''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]''. <s>It tends towards sorrow more than joy</s> the lyrics are heart wrenching, but is warm and soft in its delivery. Hauntingly beautiful.

** Roughly "So long ago, I threw away my brightness; and like the light of the morning sun, it can never return".

* The eponymous song from the ending of the 2004 ''[[Phoenix]]'' anime. May sound like a fairly ordinary anime vocal ending at first, but easily becomes [[Tear Jerker]] by the end of the story by sheer stunning context with it. Effect may be amplified if you are particularly moved by the style of [[wikipedia:The Carpenters|The Carpenters]].

* ''[[Gankutsuou]]'''s intro [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RyHS8Mw_mk "We Were Lovers".]

** Can also become a [[Tear Jerker]], depending on how you look at it.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAlnzGb8jyI The Farewell Song] brings this troper to the brink of tears, it's so beautiful.

* The ''[[Macross]]'' franchise has a few [[Japanese Pop Music|J-Pop]]-style showstoppers, but special mention must be given to "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wckZcVFLU24 Do You Remember Love?]", specially written for the [[Summer Blockbuster]] of the same name by the late Kazuhiko Katoh.

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]] (2003)'' has the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSqus2TlcsY&fmt=18 Bratya] which was featured at the end of the episode where we see Ed's and Al's past. Even though it's in Russian, a language most viewers probably don't understand, it definitely [[Tear Jerker|packs a punch]].

** "Tenchi Muyo! in Love" has "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foQ-3YsXPZc Alchemy of Love]" as sung by [[Megumi Hayashibara]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Fwzeshw4k "Beautiful World"] from [[Rebuild of Evangelion]]

* ''Every Time You Kissed Me'' from [[Pandora Hearts]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t661DztOJQ After All] from [[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]].

* [[Vision of Escaflowne]]: [[The Movie|A Girl In Gaea]] has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnnHmjpldQc You're Not Alone].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLyYLMkrE4w ''Tuxedo Mirage''], the ending theme of [[Sailor Moon|Sailor Moon S]].

* ''[[One Piece Strong World]]'' has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpMgZG0F2qs&feature=related Fanfare] by Mr.Children.

** There's also "One Day" by The Rootless, although it kind of spoiled the fact that {{spoiler|Portgas D. Ace got [[Killed Off for Real]]}}.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcd0TQVRlX8 Sora wo Miagete]" by Shirai Takako, the second ED from the first season of ''[[You're Under Arrest]]''.

* [[Full Metal Panic]] featured no less than two of these songs ''as openings'' in it's run, the first [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICn_pmfU3SE tomorrow] was used for the original series, the second [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDeyc8F-Dk Sore ga Ai deshou?](I guess that's love?) [[It Makes Sense in Context|strangely enough]] was used as the opening for Fumoffu.

* Dido and AR Rahman's [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=if+i+rise+127+hours&aq=1 If I Rise] from 127 Hours. Lost to Randy Newman's "We Belong Together", from ''[[Toy Story 3]]''.

* Another early example among Oscar-nominated songs is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5tL0jvX_88 "The Last Time I Felt Like This"] from ''Same Time, Next Year'' (1978).

* A fantastic live-action example is Whitney Houston's cover of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9nPf7w7pDI I Will Always Love You]" from ''[[The Bodyguard]]''. It wasn't nominated for the Oscar because it was a cover of a Dolly Parton song from the 1970s. Parton herself sang it in the movie version of ''The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas'' in 1982.

** "Run To You" and "I Have Nothing" from this film also count, and were both nominated for Best Original Song but lost to ''Aladdin'''s "A Whole New World".

* There's also [[Michael Jackson]]'s hit "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRqYVFr7sL4 Will You Be There]" featured in 1993's ''[[Free Willy]]''.

** And much earlier than that: 1972's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwAmpn8ISV0 "Ben"] - a heartstring-tugging song about the friendship between [[A Boy and His X|a boy and his killer rat]].

* Bryan Adams joined forces with Barbra Streisand for "I Finally Found Someone", which played over the end credits of ''The Mirror Has Two Faces'' and didn't fail to get nominated. When Streisand chose not to perform it at the Oscars, ''Celine Dion'' stepped in!

* ''[[Enchanted]]'' naturally had one: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH8WAoRL1xo So Close.]"

** That didn't keep it from losing to the analogous song, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc Falling Slowly]", from ''Once''. Then again, the loss was probably due to vote splitting among the ''[[Enchanted]]'' songs.

*** Incidentally, Academy rules insist that ''only the first song from the credits can be considered for an Oscar'', so "Wunderkind" lost out as the second song; of three songs included in the credits, only "Can't Take it In" qualified. (And then wasn't nominated, while "Wunderkind" was nominated at the Golden Globes, which is less fussy. Should've put Alanis first?)

** Carrie Underwood's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsvx22aEhSA There's a Place For Us]" in the third film.

** And "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urSPgcZgnh0 Still]" from ''[[Dogma]]''.

* Though cut from the theatrical release, ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol|The Muppet]] [[Christmas Carol]]'' had the touching number ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfI_N0vyxaI When Love Is Gone]'', which was restored to the VHS and fullscreen DVD cut of the film (the widescreen is the theatrical version).

** Watch the proper end-credits version by Martina McBride [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_vnl_FXgBE here].

* The Muppets did it again in ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'' with the song "Love Led Us Here". This touching ballad of love lost and found is first sung by Piggy and Kermit as they dangle off a cliff edge by their ankles. The song is reprised in the end credits by John Berry and Helen Darling.

* "The Rainbow Connection" from [[The Muppet Movie|the original Muppet movie]] could stand as an early example. It was indeed nominated for an Oscar that year.

* Parodied in the 2005 version of ''[[The Producers]]'' with "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lj_GLRzqM4 The Hop-Clop Goes On]", a reprise of "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop".

* ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' had an award-bait song and [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|BOLLYWOOD DANCE ROUTINE]] over the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC4QrUwo9o end credits].

* "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", performed by Starship for 1987's ''[[Mannequin]]'' and nominated for an Oscar.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOgfRijoeYA "It Goes Like It Goes"] by Jennifer Warnes won the Oscar for 1979 for ''[[Norma Rae]]''. It beat out "The Rainbow Connection".

* Jennifer Warnes had another award-winning duet when she teamed up with Bill Medley for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMoMBFhMdDw "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"] from ''[[Dirty Dancing]]''

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs The Climb]" from the ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' movie is one of these. Too bad it was ineligible for the Oscar because wasn't written for the movie.

* Relating to [[Hannah Montana]], [[Miley Cyrus]] sings another award bait song in the form of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWCPS6CXmt0 When I Look At You] from ''[[The Last Song]]''.

* "Then You Look At Me" from ''[[Bicentennial Man]]''. Sung by [[Celine Dion]], natch, and written by the same team that wrote "My Heart Will Go On".

** From the ''other'' ''Moulin Rouge'', Zsa Zsa Gabor as Jane Avril has "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgMdTcbZoE The Song From Moulin Rouge]", also known as "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKhrRgadxhc Where Is Your Heart?]"

* ''[[Pearl Harbor]]'s'' "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhpFwpu0mGw There You'll Be]" by Faith Hill. (nominated for Oscar)

* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'''s "Love Before Time", which indeed got nominated.

* "Learn To Be Lonely" from ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''.

* In ''[[Dreamgirls]]'' the [[Movie Bonus Song]] "Listen" stands out as an attempt to give [[Beyonce]] a big showstopping number to rival "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (itself not eligible for Best Song). The fact that it was so blatant, and featured Beyonce straining against her usual range, is probably why the song flopped. Ironically, the ''[[Glee]]'' cover by [[Charice]] was much better recieved.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Valp3rAFubA "Christmas All Over the World"] was performed by Sheena Easton for the end credits of ''[[Santa Claus the Movie]]'' (1985). The link is to the full-length version of the song; the first verse doesn't appear in the film, which means it skips past the "soothing and mellow" part. New Edition recorded their own version of this for their '85 Christmas album, and it adds ''tons'' of sparkly synth.

* John Mayer's "Say" from [[The Bucket List]] is more low-key than most award bait songs, but it counts too.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWoIO_hjvos Never Too Far Away] by Mariah Carey from ''Glitter''

* "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from ''[[Don Juan Demarco]]'', sung by Bryan Adams. It was nominated for Best Original Song at the 1995 Academy Awards, but lost to "Colors Of The Wind".

* "Only Hope" from ''[[A Walk to Remember]]'' has the original version by Switchfoot over the end credits and a very award-baity cover by [[Mandy Moore]] during the movie. It wasn't eligible for awards though, since the song had already been on one of Switchfoot's albums a few years prior.

* "How Do I Live" from ''[[Con Air]]''. It was nominated, but lost to "My Heart Will Go On".

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5cKSMI6_8k To Kill A Mockingbird], from, well..... ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]''

* The song ''Together in Electric Dreams'', by Georgio Moroder and Philip Oakey of the Human League fame, was actually the ending theme song from the movie ''[[Electric Dreams]]'', but the song ended up [[Breakaway Pop Hit|outshining the movie]] it was supposed to complement.

* ''[[The Crow]]'' featured [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfZzkhfz89c "It Can't Rain All The Time"] by Jane Siberry as its end credits song. Sadly, no nomination.

* "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin, featured in ''[[Top Gun]]'', was the 1986 Best Original Song Oscar winner.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_GpK5r5lL8 A Place Called Home]" from ''[[A Christmas Carol]]: [[The Musical]]''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRiR0wJzUBQ "The Living Proof"] from ''[[The Help]].''

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0QRzleTolg "You're Where I Belong"] from ''[[Stuart Little]].''

* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8NZa9wYZ_U title song] from ''Absolute Beginners'' (1986), written and performed by [[David Bowie]] (who has a [[One-Scene Wonder]] role in the movie), is a feel-good love song that bookends the musical via the credit sequences. The full-length version linked to above -- with a video that doubled as the movie's theatrical trailer in the U.K. -- is almost ''eight minutes long'', with a long, dramatic instrumental finish. (No award nominations.)

* Irene Cara's "Flashdance (What a Feeling)", from, well, ''[[Flashdance]]''.

* ''[[High School Musical]] 3'' features an Award Bait reprise of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rOHPcvCShA "We're All in This Together] from the first film.

* ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'' has the affectionate parody [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n_2uL2YjN8&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=C76BE906C9D83A3A&index=18 "Not Alone".]

{{quote| "Now that we're finished that four-part harmony..."}}

* One fan [[Recursive Fanfiction|wrote]] a song, with lyrics and everything, based on Littlepip from [[Fallout Equestria]], called Lil Pip. While it doesn't quite sound like it would fit with the Fallout Aesthetic, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksn91wXHgx8 it still hits all the proper marks]. You can just imagine this song playing as the credits roll and everypony's leaving the theater.

== Live-Action TV ==

* ''[[Glee]]'' usually just does covers, but they also churned out a few original songs that qualify as award baity.''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb7dyVtdRlg&ob=av3e Get It Right]'', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqlrWLG5fIg Pretending]'', and ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEwTe8LMCyI As Long As You're There]''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOY6wgD8VEc Three Wishes] from ''Hi 5''.

* "The Song That Goes Like This" from ''[[Spamalot]]'' is largely a spoof of this type of song, as well as [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] ballads (there's some overlap between them stylistically); "Find Your Grail," meanwhile, plays it 100% straight.

* "Say It Somehow" from ''The Light In The Piazza''.

* "Seasons of Love" from ''[[Rent]]'', to the point where the original cast album has, after the show's finale, a version of the song "featuring Stevie Wonder and the cast of ''Rent''."

* If ever there was a theatrical analogue to Disney, it's [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]:

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY "Memory"], from ''[[Cats]]''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reGP8h5JD-o "The Letter"] from the elementary school musical ''Freedom Bound'' by Jill and Michael Gallina.

* "Fantasies Come True" from ''[[Avenue Q]]'', also doubling as a major [[Tear Jerker]].

* ''First Date'' has "The Things I Never Said"; a [[Posthumous Character|posthumous duet]] with Aaron's late mother, and "Something That Will Last"; Aaron and Casey's romantic finale duet.

* Many [[Square Enix]] games, in a bid to prove that [[Video Games]] are the new movies, have a song like this.

** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZleBengRYvI Simple and Clean]"/"''Hikari''" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-R0iqiCahA Sanctuary]"/"Passion" (the Japanese versions have different names as well as the entirely different lyrics) from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. Both play in the openings of their respective games ("Simple and Clean"/"''Hikari''" also appears in ''Chain of Memories'' and ''Birth by Sleep''), then have a longer, slower version that plays over the end credits.

*** Which strangely sounds like "If we hold on Together" from [[Land Before Time]]

** ''[[Parasite Eve]]'' had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNGKlkxz968 Somnia Memorias], a bilingual (spanish and latin) ending song.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYPWuy3SPMY&feature=related Moonless, Starry Night] from [[Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles]] is a nice soft tune about coming home after a long journey with friends.

* Even a series like ''[[Ace Combat]]'' has a few to its credit:

* [[Fatal Frame]] has this going for it as well, starting with the second game and the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t28DUfNqTbU 'Chou'] by Amano Tsukiko. This was followed with the rather hauntingly beautiful [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOI9Jq8NH9Q&feature=related 'Koe'] from the third game, again performed by Amano; and then the fourth game had TWO of these songs: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Av3xJ5N30&feature=related 'NOISE'] which plays over the end credits on easy/normal difficulty, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OwORC7OArk 'Zero no Chouritsu'] which is the actual 'theme song' of the game.

** Apparently, the reason that song is in the game is because Yamane had made a friendly bet with Rika Muranaka in 1996 and ''lost''. It's actually pretty funny.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkUBGY5pU3M "Girl in the Tower"], from ''[[King's Quest VI]]''. Geez. Were Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle not available, [[Sierra]]? (Note: Video contains lots of Alex and Luna, and no Alexander and Cassima.)

** Kusuriyubi no Kesshin (based on the music for Star Light Zone), also by Dreams Come True.

* The credits music from ''[[Kirby]] Super Star'' lacks vocals (obviously, given the SNES's sound limitations), and is about twice the tempo of your average Award Bait Song, but hits pretty much every other aspect on the list.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxLbsfXTab4 "Song of Mana"] from ''[[Legend of Mana]]''. A bit more folksy and energetic than most of the songs in this trope, but pulls it off with considerable grace and feasibility. As a song about love, longing and life passion, it avoids being merely an [["I Want" Song]] by capturing both the motivation and the happy ending of the story. This song is notable for being sung entirely [[Gratuitous Foreign Language|in Swedish]] by native Swedish vocalist Annika Ljungberg, but as the crowning song of a game [[No Export for You|never published in Swedish]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXjaKhGLkXw "The Fate~Cluster Amaryllis"] from ''[[Shadow Hearts]] Covenant''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyCcjWgVX2E&feature=related "Guide You Home"], from ''[[Spyro the Dragon|The Legend of Spyro:]] Dawn of the Dragon''.

** Then there's a darker version of this trope with the ending ballad of ''The Eternal Night'''s "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBObe8vDFM This Broken Soul]".

* ''[[Metal Gear|Metal Gear Solid]]'' has lots of them.

** The Original ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6miaTf1gF4g The Best Is Yet to Come.]

*** The song reappears in ''[[Super Smash Bros]] Brawl'' as one of the background music tracks for Snake's stage, [[Soundtrack Dissonance|so you can listen to all its heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, sparkly goodness while watching Snake and Pikachu beat the hell out of each other.]]

** ''[[Metal Gear|Peace Walker]]'' has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQzgI6xJEH0 Heaven's Divide]

* ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' has "Deadman's Gun" poignantly playing in the end.

* Although ''[[Sim City]]'' isn't really much of an emotionally driven game, ''Sim City 4 Rush Hour'' gives us an orchestral version of this trope with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BBEZ_T_3OY ''The Morning Commute'']. Considering most of the music in the series is either jazz or jazz-inspired, this piece stands out greatly.

** ''Sacred Stones'' did this as well. Certainly a unique use of this trope, given that the song in question, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoNnx1ttotc Fly With the Breeze], ''lacks vocals'' - but it hits every other aspect spot-on.

* ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'' provides delicious award bait with the end credit song Dreaming My Way Home. Combine it with the scene it first appears in and there won't be a dry eye in the house.

** [[Persona 2]] is also a possible contender for the best example in the series with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqqrAwbK3bU Change Your Way], the ending song for Eternal Punishment which has lyrics relating to the themes of the game.

* Because the 2009 ''[[A Boy and His Blob]]'' deliberately set out to emulate a Disney-esque feel, they couldn't let the end credits go without one of these. The ending song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3dXDRqWTKI "Everything to Me"], is exactly the sort of friendship song that fits best--though a sad sort of one.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1swdaCuam4 Reset]" by Ayaka Hirahara from [[Okami]] counts as one too. [[Tear Jerker|Oh it does indeed.]]

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTaZ6jKR2V4 One World]" From Endless Ocean: Blue World fits this trope perfectly.

* [[Bayonetta|"Fly me to the moon..."]]

* A somewhat odd example from Homeworld. The music piece itself was not written ''for'' the game, but plays at key moments. I am of course referring to Agnus Dei. To re-iterate: It is first played during the epic launch of the Mothership. The second time it accompanies when the player first returns to Kharak and witnesses their burning home ([[Tear Jerker]] right there.). The third and final it plays during the final montage showing the Kushan people returning to their homeworld Hiigara after millennia of exile. After this final piece, progressive rock band Yes' song Homeworld (The Ladder) plays.

* Bizarrely enough, [[Mr. Driller]]: [[No Export for You|Drill Land]] has one in the form of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDR9U3SOF4 "Days"].

* "If you Still Believe" from [[The Legend of Dragoon]]

* For a game built around a soundtrack, [[Heavy Rain]] did well to make [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHsk7WPSDu4 "Before the Storm"] stand out quite as well as it did, introducing a theme to be repeated no end throughout the game.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJiHDmyhE1A "Baba Yetu"], the opening music from [[Civilization|Civilization 4]]. Literally Award Bait, as it's the only video game music to have ever been considered for and given a Grammy Award.

* [[Gods Eater Burst]] has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLUeowS8VNk "God and Man"], which played during both end credit sequences, the first without vocals and the second with them.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipdun18P9Mo "The Songless Nightingale"] from ''[[Medal of Honor]]: Frontline'''s OST doesn't actually appear in the game, although the German drinking song in the Golden Lion pub uses its tune.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFvbKNmHEF8 "Heavenly Star"] by the Genki Rockets, featured in ''[[Lumines]] II'', ''[[No More Heroes]]'', and most recently ''[[Child of Eden]]''. It actually was nominated for Best Song at the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards.

** Better yet, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYH4JygIioI "Flow"], the ending credits song to ''[[Child of Eden]]'', although it hasn't won any awards yet. Also somewhat of a [[Tear Jerker]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTzBopI2TjE "You and I"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvfhdRVIpx0 "Love Forever"], both from ''[[Ragnarok Online]]''. You won't hear either song anywhere in the game, but they're part of the official soundtrack and have been part of its promotional campaign during the early years.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXDwSsb48gM In Your Belief]" From ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''. A beautiful somber song by the singer of Aura's Theme from [[.hack]], Tomoyo Mitani, it manages to be used both for the epic beginning in episode 1, {{spoiler|The [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]] second half of episode 12}} and the credits for the end of the final act. {{spoiler|Both of them.}}

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oCTru2Uim0 "Remember You"] from ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]] 5th Mix'' (and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YINqotRPQng&feature=related acoustic version] from ''Extreme PSX JP''), [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQl_6Zy3y1s "Be in My Paradise"] from ''DDR Club Mix'', and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqHQRX_NQX8 "Graduation"] from ''DDR Extreme''.

== Visual Novel ==

== Western Animation ==

* Disney songs:

*** "A Change in Me" from the later runs of the Broadway adaptation.

*** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kYo7-iqjxg A Million Miles Away]", a new addition to the stage musical.

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG_0HRYUqyM "Proud of Your Boy"], a [[Cut Song]] prior to the musical.

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QVuqxMvpyQ Alternate version] from a Disney Sing-Along Songs video that was performed in the standard "90s Disney movie duet credits pop song" style, so far it has not shown up on any albums.

*** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ZnCT14nRc Circle of Life] as well.

*** Which almost became a cut song because ONE boy yawned during the test screening. The director fought tooth and nail to keep the sequence, even pointing out the ludicrous idea of "one snot-nosed brat" being the the only reason to cut it.

*** Some would argue that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEEpavnk7Uw&feature=related "God Help The Outcasts"] is the better [[Award Bait Song]] example even if it didn't get end credit billing. The music got "Best Score" Golden Globe and Oscar nominations but no "Best Song" nods.

*** The UK release ''did'' include a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCadsU20gkI cover of "I See The Light.]

** [http://youtu.be/LqxC0SkKxwI "I Thought I Lost You"] from ''[[Bolt]].''

* ''[[Thumbelina]]'', another [[Don Bluth]] film, had [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Z3uT-gGiI "Let me be your wings"], sung by Barry Manilow and Debra Byrd.

* The awesome songs didn't start with Don Bluth with ''[[An American Tail]]'', but rather with his [[Cult Classic]] Gem ''[[Secret of NIMH]]'' and the song "Flying Dreams" sung by [[Paul Williams]]. Can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTlRrgE8wWM here]

* Another [[Don Bluth]] example: ''The [[Land Before Time]]'' showed us how to do this right with "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGVQJKgqgY8 If We Hold On Together]". Throughout the film, the song appears as [[Crowning Music of Awesome|a by-turns plaintive, hopeful, and triumphant instrumental]], finally building to Diana Ross' vocal version - over the end credits, naturally.

* [[Pixar]], which broke early on from the Disney musical formula and tends to have few (if any) songs in their movies, save for the credits song, often written by [[Randy Newman]]:

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px0j1EHF8Y0 ''When Somebody Loved Me''] from ''[[Toy Story 2]]'', sung by [[Sarah McLachlan]].

** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTQD0weUTF8 Down To Earth]'', by Peter Gabriel, from ''[[WALL-E]]''. (lost to ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'', whose two songs surprisingly didn't cancel each other out like ''Enchanted'''s three)

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtT3xSSKmMQ ''Father and Daughter''] from ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]] [[The Movie|Movie]]'' by Paul Simon. Yes, ''[[Simon and Garfunkel|that]]'' Paul Simon.

** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFDNLaBDivo&feature=related Magic of Love]" from ''The Swan Princess 2.''

* ''[[Anastasia]]'' has two: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDbvjqRuMTA Journey to the Past]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLfFOCfAlIc At The Beginning]". And, arguably, a third: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wg22bwH0WU Once Upon a December]" (though some would argue that's more of a bonus [["I Want" Song]]).

** Even better is "Through the Eyes of a Child", played over the end credits. It's performed by Michael McDonald (of the Doobie Brothers) for an extra parody kick.

** Ironically, it was "Blame Canada" that was nominated for the Oscar... and it lost to the aforementioned "You'll Be In My Heart". [[Trey Parker and Matt Stone|Matt and Trey]] did not react to this well...

*** Although [[Robin Williams]]' performance of the song at the Oscars was a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Music]].

** The nomination of "Blame Canada" over the more normal [[Award Bait]] option of "Up There" is even funnier given that the latter is about the only song in the entire movie lacking profanity. The idea of "Blame Canada" even being performed at the Oscars was a bit controversial back in 2000 with some of the content.

* While not an original song (and thus ineligible for Award Bait), the original ''[[Shrek]]'' uses Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (as performed by John Cale) as its [[Award Bait Song]].

** That said, ''[[Shrek]]'' actually ''does'' have an original [[Award Bait Song]], it's just mostly on the soundtrack: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmizRH3hfYQ "It Is You"], which also uses the tune of the movie's instrumental theme, [[True Love's Kiss]].

* ''[[Winnie the Pooh|The Tigger Movie]]'' gave us the [[Tear Jerker|heart-wrenching]] but still [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|wonderfully beautiful]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3e-cbGEAhg&feature=related "Your Heart Will Lead You Home".]

** Additionally, ''Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin'' gave us "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmLRuAXYHWE Wherever You Are]".

** And "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlNAl4ncrE The More I Look Inside]" from Piglet's Big Movie.

* Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK5VulNn3so The Prayer] from ''[[Quest for Camelot]]''.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dqMP3ao83g Whatever You Imagine]" from ''[[The Pagemaster]]''.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnJPUThNfq8 "Once Upon a Time With Me"] from [[Once Upon a Forest]].

*** Seriously? Does nobody remember [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJwcYgnzjgM "Take me there"!?]

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MODq81_cDKI Bright Eyes]", from ''[[Watership Down]]'', sung by [[Simon and Garfunkel|Art Garfunkel]]. Also a [[Tear Jerker]] on several levels (it was originally written for a cancer patient), and in the actual film sequence the [[Disney Acid Sequence]].

* The upcoming [[Looking for Group]] movie seems to be an [[Affectionate Parody]] of the Disney animated musical. So far we've seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g ''Part Of Your World''] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFdLtoKQ7HU&feature=channel ''A Whole New World''].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT-sC33vB5M "Believe"], from ''[[The Polar Express]]''.

* The [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]], given their origin, actually have a ''whole Award Bait Song of their own''. It's called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtXNNAs9u0M "If You Can Dream"], and it features the original Princess' voice actors returning to reprise their roles.

** Their new theme song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDUwls5lbf4 "The Glow,"] is just as award-baity, if not more.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozdXAw-FO-c&feature=related Always Come Back To You] from ''[[The Nutcracker Prince]]''.

** This troper does remember a version heard on the radio during Operation Desert Storm, that featured the voices of the (then) active service men and women, telling their loved ones they missed them. The version that does deserve the award, when you think about it.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0iKdEfUcXo "Show Me the Light"] from ''Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer: The Movie''. Sung by the team from ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'' (Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes).

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFN9dFVG2bc&feature=channel_video_title "Someone Like Me"] from ''[[Doug|Doug's 1st Movie]]'' and ''[[Doug Live]]''

* The theme song to the English dub of ''[[The World of David the Gnome]]''.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM5QmwbmwL8&feature=related Love Is The Reason]" from ''[[Happily Ever After]]''.

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry1DdghJkD4&feature=related In Your Arms]" from ''The Scarecrow.''