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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
- “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).
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film.
Academy Award for Best Original Song. The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given every year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to the songwriters who write the best original song specifically for a movie.
Mar 5, 2024 · Lindsay. Listen along while you read. 1. Judy Garland: “Over the Rainbow” Well, it’s hard to argue with this one. “Over the Rainbow” — no, there’s no “somewhere” in the official title — won...
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Mar 4, 2024 · Batiste won’t win the Oscar on Sunday, but what he’s done matters so much more; he penned a perfect love song. “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” Film: Killers of the Flower Moon
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Mar 8, 2023 · The first song from a foreign-language picture to win the Best Original Song Academy Award, “Never On Sunday” quickly transcended its origins as a central part of the Jules Dassin-directed ...
