1. "The Wrestler" By Bruce Springsteen (The Wrestler)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6DM6iWKKo The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may have made their biggest mistake not, first of all, nominating Bruce Springsteen, and second, sending The Boss home without a shiny statue in 2009. "The Wrestler" is a song that could be ascribed to anyone considered a wash-up or a has-been. The song could have been written into "Crazy Heart" as one of Jeff Bridges ballads. There's nothing about it that calls out the plot of Darren Aronofsky's film. Except, of course, Springsteen himself. The voice that carries out "The Wrestler" sounds like it could be from the weathered conscience of Mickey Rourke's tragic Randy "The Ram" Robinson. "Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the fields so happy and free?/If you ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me." Springsteen approaches this song with a tough resilience, and a fight still left in his gut. The songwriter is actually not even close to being washed up. Barack Obama's re-election campaign used him as an anthem 5 years after this film. However, Bruce Springsteen sounds like he's had the wind knocked out of him and he is about to dive into one more Ram Jam. He nearly chokes with, "I can make you smile when the blood it hits the floor/Tell me friend, could you ask for anything more?" Not only is the delivery beautiful, but the content of every single line adds so much weight and meaning to the film's final sequence and closing shot. The song did receive a nod from the Grammys and went on as a B-side to Springsteen's "Working On a Dream", at least. Which songs have we missed? Let us know in the comments section below.