It’s freebie week over at Monday Music Moves Me and I placed my Oscar song in for this week because it is Freebie week. I love one song and I’m ok with the others but let’s see if you get this right. Last month, the least likely song won the actual Oscar (It Goes Like It Goes won! The Rose was not even nominated and The Rainbow Connection was nominated). So which song won the Oscar, which was nominated and which got nuttin’? Here we go…
1. COME WHAT MAY SUNG BY NICOLE KIDMAN AND EWAN MCGREGOR
This is a great song from the film, “Moulin Rouge” which is a musical version of Camille. Most of the songs, we know well( “Like A Virgin” is a notable one), but this is a new song and a major one that helps the romantic storyline. This was written by David Baerwald and Kevin Gilbert and was a big hit for the film.
2. IF I DIDN'T HAVE YOU SUNG BY JOHN GOODMAN AND BILLY CRYSTAL
Monsters, Inc. was a big animated hit creating quite a few sequels and, even if you haven’t seen the film, like me, you know the main protagonists from commercials and special events. Billy and John play best friends who work in a scare factory where the monsters enter the human world to scare children in their bedrooms. This song was written by Randy Newman who is very well known in the Oscar world and has created more than one song for animated movies, most notably, “Toy Story.”
3. MAY IT BE SUNG BY ENYA
Take a wild guess which song is my favourite…lol. This song appears at the end credit for, “ The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.” To me, it is so beautiful and fits in with this great film about a band of unlikely heroes involving Hobbits, Wizards, Elves, Dwarves and Men, who must try to bring this evil ring to Mordor and throw it back into the volcano from whence it came. I love…love this film and consider it a classic right long with many greats like Casablanca and Citizen Kane. This song was written by Enya and Roma Ryan and just gives a dream like, otherworldly effect that suits the film.
So, can you guess who won the Oscar, who was nominated and who came up empty-handed?
Honestly, I couldn't tell you which one was nominated. I enjoyed the the first song. Nicole Kidman has a lovely voice. I do like Enya's song. May It Be fits perfectly for TLOTR's film. Taking a wild stab at it, I'd say it was this one that was nominated. Thanks for joining the 4M party, Birgit. Have a boogietastic week, darlin'! xo ~CAAC
ReplyDeleteAs always, I have.no clue, so here goes with the wild guesses. For winner, Enya's song. Her voice is so beautiful. Nominated. the song from Monsters, Inc. It had Randy Newman written all over it. It somehow reminded me of the theme from.the TV show Monk, which Newman also wrote. Come What May just didn't appeal to me.
ReplyDeleteI do love Come What May...I feel like the Monsters Inc song won though. I can't remember
ReplyDeleteI do love Enya. And Monsters, Inc was a good film. (Totally worth your time.) I really should know which song won as I did watch these Oscars, but no, don't recall. I know Randy Newman has won some, but I couldn't say if this was one of his wins.
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