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The 89th Academy Awards | 2017. Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Sunday, February 26, 2017. Honoring movies released in 2016.
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.
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Which of the nominees for the 2017 Academy Award in Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) do you think should win? Please discuss the poll here. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. 5 titles. 1. La La Land (2016) PG-13 | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music. 8. Rate. 94 Metascore.
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- ‘Audition (The Fools Who Dream)’ by Emma Stone For ‘La La Land’
- ‘City of Stars’ Duet by Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone For ‘La La Land’
- ‘Can’T Stop The Feeling’ by Justin Timberlake For ‘Trolls’
- ‘How Far I’ll Go,’ Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda For ‘Moana’
- ‘The Empty Chair’ by Sting & J. Ralph For ‘Jim: The James Foley Story’
La La Land composer Justin Hurwitz helped director and writer Damien Chazelle create a modern-day musical. With the recent announcements of the 2017 Academy Awards nominations, we’ve learned that Hurwitz’s song “Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” performed by Emma Stone, has been nominated in the Best Original Song category. Another one of his songs ...
It’s probably no surprise that La La Land, the breakout hit musical that garnered the most nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards, has two original songs nominated for the Best Original Song category. The duet, “City of Stars,” is the second song from the movie to make it into this category. We can’t help but compare this song to La La Land‘s othe...
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” is more than a song created for an animated feature. It became one of the songs of the summer. Timberlake and his writing partners, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster, created this year’s “Happy,” essentially by capturing the simplicity of felling good into a song. Maybe that’s what we can expect from original songs for ani...
Speaking of this year’s other animated feature original song nomination: “How Far I’ll Go,” written by the talented Lin-Manuel Miranda is also nominated. The Disney Pixar nominees have a bit of an advantage in past Academy Awards, and this song performed by Alessia Cara for the film Moanadefinitely has a chance to repeat some history. Cara’s versio...
Jim: The James Foley Story is a documentary about a photojournalist whose work eventually led to his death at the hands of ISIS. Clearly a powerful documentary, the movie needed an equally moving song. So veteran documentary film composer J. Ralph and singer-songwriter Sting came together. The result is a simple, elegant piano ballad with the airy ...
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Dec 18, 2017 · The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 70 songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2017 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 90th Academy Awards®.
Dec 13, 2016 · The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced the 91 tunes eligible to compete for this year’s Best Original Songs, including three from “La La Land” alone.
