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- “Fight For You” from Judas and The Black Messiah
- “Hear My Voice” from The Trial of The Chicago 7
- Music and Lyrics by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, and Rickard Göransson
- “Io Sì
- “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami …
Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyrics by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
An FBI informant, Bill O’Neal (actor LaKeith Stanfield), joins the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late Sixties and gets close to its leader, Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), in Judas and the Black Messiah. As the two grow closer, O’Neal begins to feel trapped between the two worlds. H.E.R.’s song from the film, “Fight for You,” fuses the hallmarks of Stax-era Isaac Hayes (orchestral string flourishes, wah-wah guitar, jangling triangle) with her own mellifluous R&B vocals as...
Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyrics by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
In 1968, a riot broke out outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Authorities there arrested eight men, including Abbie Hoffman and the Black Panthers’ Bobby Seale, and charged them with conspiracy. Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin’s movie The Trial of the Chicago 7 dramatizes the bizarre legal proceedings that followed (including an explanation of why it’s “the Chicago 7” when eight men were charged). The movie’s soulful “Hear My Voice” features Beatles-esque music and a lush string arr...
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga was Will Ferrell’s tribute to all the glorious schmaltz and theatricality of the annual music competition that captivates a continent every year. In the film, winning Eurovision is the only thing that matters to Lars Erickssong (Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdóttir (Rachel McAdams), two Icelanders who hav...
Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
In The Life Ahead, a Holocaust survivor, Madame Rosa (Sophia Loren), who is also a former sex worker, makes a living looking after the children of other sex workers in a city on Italy’s east coast. When a 12-year-old boy (Ibrahima Gueye) robs her, she decides to take care of him, too, and she attempts to be a role model for him. Singer Laura Pausini, a superstar in Italy whose last seven albums have all reached Number One on that country’s charts, collaborated with songwriter Diane Warren on...
Music and Lyrics by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth
Filmmaker Regina King’s One Night in Miami … dramatizes a fictional meeting between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke, and football player Jim Brown in 1964, when Jim Crow laws forced them all into the same motel together, despite their fame. The four men spend the night discussing civil rights and their individual responsibilities as black leaders. In the movie, Leslie Odom, Jr. portrays Sam Cooke, and he co-wrote the movie’s song, “Speak Now,” with Sam Ashworth, who co-wrote a few songs on...
This video presents, in chronological order, the songs that won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Original Song since 1934 to the present. This channel does...
Apr 21, 2021 · Watch on YouTube. Watch on. YouTube. Diane Warren has been nominated for Best Original Song an astonishing 12 times, including for indelible hits like "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," "How...
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- Stephen Thompson
Apr 26, 2021 · Apr 25, 2021 8:14pm PT. H.E.R.’s ‘Fight for You’ Wins Unpredictable Best Original Song Race at the Oscars. By Jon Burlingame. ABC. In one of the surprises of the evening, “Fight for You,”...
