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Academy Award for Best Original Song; Country: United States: Presented by: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) First awarded: 1934: Most recent winner: Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell "What Was I Made For?" Website: oscars.org
Jan 23, 2024 · The 2024 Oscar Nominees have been announced. These are the best original song and score nominees. See the full list.
Mar 9, 2023 · Every year, Pop Culture Happy Hour's Stephen Thompson ranks the Oscar nominees for best original song. Here's Stephen on this year's list.
- “Over the Rainbow," Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg from The Wizard of Oz. As timeless as they come. The legendary Judy Garland singing the splendid “Over the Rainbow” in The Wizard of Oz is pretty much the gold standard of movie magic.
- “Lose Yourself," Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto from 8 Mile. Eminem’s amped-up anthem made Oscar history back in 2002, becoming the first-ever hip-hop track to win an Academy Award for best original song.
- “Falling Slowly," Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová from Once. Basically every song from Once is Oscar-worthy (yep, even “Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy”), but “Falling Slowly” is the one that made everyone fall madly in love with the duo and their little movie (and eventually, Broadway show) that could.
- “Take My Breath Away," Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock from Top Gun. This soaring, synth-y ballad not only took Berlin all the way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, but to the dizzying heights of having performed a song that won an Academy Award (for songwriters Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock).
Mar 12, 2023. Best Original Song tends to be one of the starrier races at every Oscars — this is the field that, in recent years, has made Oscar winners of Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Lady Gaga, John Legend, and Adele, amongst others — but the nominees for the upcoming 95th Oscars are downright galactic.
Mar 8, 2024 · Instead, if the song is “Kenough” to win, the award will go to Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (the latter of which won the Best Original Song award in 2019 for “Shallow” from A Star...
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Feb 9, 2020 · Ahead of this year's Oscars ceremony, which will see tracks from Toy Story 4, Rocketman, Breakthrough, Frozen II, and Harrietvying for the honor, we've compiled a ranking of the 20 most...
