DJ Bentley to serve up tunes at Oscars dinner

With a number of major Oscar parties having been given the ax (heartbreaking, I know), DJ Jason Bentley may have a bit more of a captive audience than usual at the academy's official Governor's Ball after-party. Bentley, who spins almost nightly on Santa Monica-based KCRW, has two sets planned, one of which will largely feature movie-related music.

So just what soundtracks can the upper-class, black tie-sporting crowd expect to hear with their catered meals?

Oscar nominees will likely hear plenty of music from "Once" and "Juno," Bentley says, but also a bit of Jonny Greenwood's score to "There Will Be Blood," which had been deemed ineligible for an Oscar. Bentley cites the "Blood" score as one of the more exciting pieces of cinematic music in 2007.

The songs Oscar attendees are likely to hear -- and the 2007 films they were associated with -- mixed in to the Bentley set are as follows:

The Swell Season's "Falling Slowly," from "Once"
The Kinks' "A Well Respected Man," from "Juno"
Bono's "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," from "Across the Universe"
Anthony Hamilton's "Stone Cold," from "American Gangster"
Jay-Z's "American Dreamin,'" from his "American Gangster" (album of the same name)
Edith Piaf's "La Vie En Rose," from "La Vie En Rose"
The Velvet Underground's "Pale Blue Eyes," from "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Those interested in hearing Bentley's Oscar-nominated mix will be able to download the set online on the morning of Feb. 25 at KCRW's site.

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