TIL Curtis Mayfield's Freddie's Dead from the 1972 soundtrack for Super Fly was not nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song as no lyrics were sung in the film thus ruling it ineligible per the Academy's rules. The song appears as an instrumental arrangement in the movie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fre…
Van Morrison and U2 shortlisted for 'Best Original Song' Academy Award hotpress.com/music/van-mo…
Isaac Hayes performs the theme from "Shaft" at the 44th Annual Academy Awards on NBC, which won the Oscar that night for Best Original Song - April 10, (1972) youtube.com/watch?v=lPE3C…
TIL that the song "Rainbow Connection" sung by Kermit from the 1979 film, The Muppet Movie reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained in the Top 40 for seven weeks. It was also nominated for Best Original Song at the 52nd Academy Awards en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai…
Dexter Fletcher’s Rocketman opened 2 years ago today. The $40M film opened with $25.7M, finishing with $96.4M DOM and $195.2M WW. It was the highest domestic grossing Paramount Pictures movie of 2019 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again”.
TIL the lyricist for the theme song of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon (Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can!) won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau…
hil Collins at the 1999 Academy Awards. He won Best Original Song for “You’ll Be in My Heart" (Tarzan)
My Piano/Vocal rendition of “The Way You Look Tonight.” This tune won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Original Song. I am playing my Baldwin R Artist Grand. Hope you like it. youtu.be/WkbyqMjjJL8
93rd Academy Awards shortlist for Best Original Song includes songs performed by H.E.R., Janelle Monáe, Charlie Puth, John Legend, Leslie Odom Jr., Celeste, Christina Aguilera and Mary J. Blige billboard.com/amp/article…
TIL Radiohead submitted two different songs for "Spectre", but both were rejected. "Man of War" had been written earlier and thus was ineligible for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and when the band wrote "Spectre" specifically for the film, it was deemed too melancholy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam…
Disney's Frozen opened in wide release 7 years ago. The $150M film opened to $67.4M ($93.6M over 5 days), grossing $400.7M DOM/$1.281B WW. Then the highest grossing animated film and musical of all time, it won Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Original Song for "Let It Go."
The Academy Award for 'Best Original Song' is a bad category and it needs to be fixed with one simple change.
The official eligibility rules for the category read: an original song consists of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the motion picture. There must be a clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition (not necessarily visually presented) of both lyric and melody, used in the body of the motion picture or as the first music cue in the end credits.
The flaw here is that credits music is allowed. In my humble opinion, the rule should be changed to require the song to be used within the body of the film. I feel like it's too easy to tack on a song that has zero use within a film and have it play over the end credits, just to snag a nomination. Reward films that weave music into their narrative, not just ones that plug and play after the story ends.
TIL when Three Six Mafia beat out Dolly Parton to win the 2006 Academy Award for Best Original Song, Dolly was thrilled, and personally sent a congratulatory letter, "We're proud of you guys, and I'm just glad that the Oscar came back to Tennessee one way or another!" hollywoodreporter.com/new…
Come Saturday Morning was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Original Song in 1970. Here is my acoustic version of this song performed on my Baldwin R. I hope you like it. youtu.be/arOaiBLoZoE
Sam Mendes’ Spectre, starring Daniel Craig, opened in theaters 5 years ago today. The $245M spy film opened with $70.4M, finishing with $200M DOM and $880.6M WW, and winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Sam Smith. A sequel, No Time to Die, is awaiting release.
Pixar's Monsters, Inc., starring John Goodman and Billy Crystal, opened 19 years ago. The $115M film opened to $62.6M, grossing $255.9M DOM/$528.8M WW, reaching $290.6M DOM/$579.7M WW upon subsequent rereleases, and winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song. A prequel was released in 2013.
TIL that the song 'Unchained Melody' is the theme song to a little known prison movie called 'Unchained', hence the title. The film flopped although it was nominated one academy award — for best original song. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unc…
A Star Is Born, starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, opened 2 years ago today. The $36M remake, Cooper's directorial debut, opened to $42.9M, finishing with $215.3M DOM/$436.2M WW. Nominated for 8 Academy Awards, it won Best Original Song for "Shallow".
Disney's Tarzan opened 21 years ago today. The $130M film opened to $34.2M, finishing with $171.1M DOM/$448.2M WW. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for "You'll Be in My Heart" by Phil Collins.
"Falling Slowly" Music Shop Scene from an indie movie called "Once"...This Song Would Go On to Win the 2008 Academy Awards For Best Original Song. youtube.com/watch?v=j6slE…
Academy Award Winner for Best Original Song!
TIL uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler won an Academy Award for best original score but wasn't allowed to perform by the academy because he wasn't "popular enough" so in his acceptance speech (at the hands of Prince) he did a few lines from his song acapella. youtube.com/watch?v=20ikB…
[todayilearned] TIL the lyricist for the theme song of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon (Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Does whatever a spider can!) won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song and was nominated sixteen times for the award. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pau…
TIL that when Eminem won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, he didn't attend the ceremony. He was taking a nap after watching cartoons with his daughter people.com/people/mobile/…
Academy Awards: And the Oscar for Best Original Song goes too... Shallow by Lady Gaga and others. Me: v.redd.it/0rzphf4mxmi21
TIL: When "Lose Yourself" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, not only was Eminem not there to accept the award, he was asleep during the ceremony because he believed he would not win. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los…
Pete Docter’s Soul, starring Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, opened overseas 1 year ago today. The $150M Pixar film grossed $121M by the end of its international box office run. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards, it won Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score.
TIL Isaac Hayes, the performer and composer of the theme from 1971's "Shaft," won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and was only the third African-American to win an Oscar. Decades later, Hayes was crowned honorary king of the Ada region of Ghana in recognition of his humanitarian work there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isa…
Congratulations Coco! Nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song Academy Awards! twitter.com/DisneyPixar/s…
Happy Birthday Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn @common . He is an American rapper, actor, writer, philanthropist, and activist. has won the Grammy Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
TIL the Aerosmith song "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" was nominated for both an Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_D…
TIL Disney animated movies won the Academy Award for Best Original Song 5 times from 1989 - 1995. (Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas) acousticmusic.org/researc…
TIL Monsters Inc. won an Academy Award for best original song. "If I Didn't Have You". Music and Lyric by Randy Newman. Sung by Billy Crystal & John Goodman awardsdatabase.oscars.org…
“Shallow” shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. variety.com/2018/film/in-…
Both Zootopia and Moana nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards. Moana nominated for best Original Song. oscar.go.com/nominees
Happy Birthday Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn @common . He is an American rapper, actor, writer, philanthropist, and activist. has won the Grammy Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Academy Award for Best Original Song (1934-2016) Spotify playlist open.spotify.com/user/arq…
In honor of the Oscars - Academy Award for Best Original Song playlist open.spotify.com/playlist…
I made a playlist of every winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Amazing to see the changing tastes and styles since the 1930s! open.spotify.com/user/121…
In honor of the Oscars - Academy Award for Best Original Song playlist open.spotify.com/playlist…
In honor of the Oscars - Academy Award for Best Original Song playlist open.spotify.com/playlist…
