Consider This: Alex Beaupain for "Love Songs"

When it came to musicals this year, Mamma Mia unfortunately got all the love.

But for me, the true musical gem of 2008 was Christophe Honore's French treat, Love Songs, set to the gorgeous song score of Alex Beaupain.

From the delicate "La Bastille" and "Au Parc," to the swoon worthy "As-tu déjà aimé" and "J'ai cru entendre" to the driving "Des Bonnes Raisons" and "Je N'Aime Que Toi," Beaupain's songs perfectly capture the feeling of young love and the film's moving embrace of a love that defies social constraints and gender boundaries. Part pop, part rock, part ballad, and all beauty, Love Songs is a treasure, and so is its music. At least one of the film's 14 original song deserves recognition by the Academy. Oscar, sit up and take note.