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Music (Original Song) - People Alone in "The Competition" Music by Lalo Schifrin; Lyric by Wilbur Jennings
Dec 28, 2018 · The 1980 Oscar nominees in Best Original Song were: “People Alone” from “The Competition”. “Fame” from “Fame”. “Out Here on My Own” from “Fame”. “On the Road Again ...
Jul 21, 2016 · The most memorable part of 1981 Best Original Song at the Oscars was not a particular nominee - this is, I'm afraid, a mostly lackluster line-up - but rather the presentation of the award itself.
- All The Oscar-Winning Best Original Songs of The 80s
- 1980 - Fame
- 1981 - Arthur’s Theme
- 1982 - Up Where We Belong
- 1983 - Flashdance…What A Feeling
- 1984 - I Just called to Say I Love You
- 1985 - Say You, Say Me
- 1986 - Take My Breath Away
- 1987 - I’ve Had The Time of My Life
- 1988 - Let The River Run
Virgin Radio 10 Mar 2023, 04:10 With the Oscars kicking off on Sunday (12th March), Virgin Radio 80s Plus is taking a look back at all the movie themes that picked up the prestigious Best Original Song award over the decade. The Best Original Song category is for those songs that not only enchanced their films, but also transcended the movies to be...
Fame put Irena Cara on the map not just as a singer but also as an actress. She also played the role of Coco Hernandez in the dancing flick, and Fame was also her debut single as a recording artist.
Arthur starred Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli, with singer-songwriter Christopher Cross taking on the theme tune. The song was written by Cross and the late, great pop music composer Burt Bacharach.
Following on from her movie success, Jennifer Warnes was invited to perform the ballad for An Officer and a Gentleman, and recommended Joe Cocker for the duet. The song went to number one in the US and also landed the equivalent Golden Globe Best Original Song award too.
The second Irena Cara mention on this list comes from the 1983 classic Flashdance, in which she was asked to do the score. She wrote the lyrics after watching the now-iconic final scene in the movie in which Jennifer Beals’ character Alex performs for a panel of judges.
Stevie Wonder’s I Just Called To Say I Love You was the lead single for the Woman In Red movie soundtrack, and is, to this day, Stevie’s best-selling single, and his only solo UK number one.
Lionel Richie provided the soundtrack for musical drama White Nights with his number one hit, Say You, Say Me. Despite it winning the Oscar, the song is actually not on the film’s full soundtrack due to a conflict with Richie’s label Motown.
It’s hard to imagine Tom Cruise in 1986’s Top Gun without Berlin’s power ballad Take My Breath Away. It was the second single from the Top Gun soundtrack, with Kenny Loggins’ Danger Zone as the debut.
Another entry for Jennfer Warnes, who continued her streak of impressive movie soundtracks alongside Bill Medley with Dirty Dancing’s (I've Had) The Time of My Life. The song also picked up the Golden Globe Best Original Song gong, as well as the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.
Working Girl, starring Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver, featured the Carly Simon hit, Let The River Run. The song allowed Carly to become the first artist in history to win the Oscar, the Golden Globe and the Grammy for Best Song for a Motion Picture for a song composed, written and performed by a single artist.
Feb 5, 2014 · MUSIC (Original Song) “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” – Arthur – Music, Lyric by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen. “Endless Love” – Endless Love – Music, Lyric by Lionel Richie. “The First Time It Happens” – The Great Muppet Caper – Music, Lyric by Joe Raposo.
54th Annual Academy Awards – 1981 (Held 29 March 1982 in Los Angeles) Winner: “Arthur’s Theme (Best that You Can Do) from Arthur – performed by Christopher Cross
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The 54th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1981 and took place on March 29, 1982, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
