Oscars organizers revoke 'Alone Yet Not Alone' song nomination

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Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, arrives at the 5th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards in Hollywood November 16, 2013.

Musician Bruce Broughton, a former Academy governor and executive committee member in its music branch, composed the title song from the independent Christian faith movie 'Alone Yet Not Alone.'

The Academy said on Wednesday that Broughton had used his position within the organization to contact voters about his own submission of the song, which was 'inconsistent' with the Academy's rules on Oscar nominations campaigning.

'No matter how well-intentioned the communication, using one's position as a former governor and current executive committee member to personally promote one's own Oscar submission creates the appearance of an unfair advantage,' Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Academy president, said in a statement.

The remaining contenders in the category are Pharrell Williams' 'Happy' from 'Despicable Me 2,' 'Let It Go' from Disney film 'Frozen,' 'The Moon Song' from 'Her,' and 'Ordinary Love' from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.'

After the Oscar nominations were announced on January 16, The Hollywood Reporter said numerous contenders in the original songs long-list questioned how Broughton's little-known composition from an equally little-known film had beaten out songs by more popular artists on bigger films.

The original song and score categories of the Oscars are voted for by the 240 members of the Academy's music branch, who are sent DVD copies of song clips with the film and song title only, the Academy said. The voters are not given the name of the composer or lyricist. Each member is asked to vote for no more than five nominees in each category.

The film industry's star-studded Oscars ceremony will be held on March 2 in Hollywood.

(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Eric Walsh)

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