The Academy has announced today that Gillian Welch & David Rawlings will perform the song When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings from the Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony on February 24. Welch & Rawlings also wrote the song, which is performed in the movie by Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson. It was also announced today that Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper will perform the song Shallow from A Star Is Born. As announced yesterday, Jennifer Hudson will perform the nominated song I’ll Fight from RBG and yet-to-be announced performer will sing Where Lost Things Go from Mary Poppins Returns.
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Justin Hurwitz Wins Critics’ Choice Award for ‘First Man’
Justin Hurwitz was honored with the Critics’ Choice Movie Award in the Best Score category for his music for Damien Chazelle’s First Man at tonight’s 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, CA. He previously received a Critics’ Choice Award for his score for Chazelle’s La La Land in 2017. The other composers nominated in the Best Score category were Kris Bowers for Green Book, Nicholas Britell for If Beale Street Could Talk, Alexandre Desplat for Isle of Dogs, Ludwig Goransson for Black Panther and Marc Shaiman for Mary Poppins Returns.
Justin Hurwitz Wins Golden Globe for ‘First Man’
Justin Hurwitz has received his third Golden Globe Award in the Original Score category for Damien Chazelle’s First Man. He previously won two Golden Globes for both score and song for Chazelle’s La La Land. The other composers nominated in the Best Original Score category were Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns), Ludwig Goransson (Black Panther), Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs) and Marco Beltrami (A Quiet Place). In the Original Song category, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt won the award for the song Shallow from A Star Is Born. Check out the acceptance speeches after the jump.
Soundtrack Details for Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’ Announced
Interscope Records has announced the full details of the soundtrack album for the movie musical A Star Is Born. The album features the songs from the movie performed Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper who also co-wrote several tracks with Lukas Nelson, as well as other artists including Jason Isbell, Diane Warren and Mark Ronson. The soundtrack will be released digitally and physically on October 5, 2018 and is now available for pre-order here (digital version) and here (CD version). A Star Is Born marks the directorial debut of Bradley Cooper who also stars in the movie alongside Lady Gaga, Andrew Dice Clay, Anthony Ramos, Bonnie Somerville, Dave Chappelle and Sam Elliott. The movie tells the tragic love story of a seasoned musician who discovers and falls in love with a struggling artist.
Lady Gaga to Compose & Perform Songs for Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star is Born’
According to Deadline, Lady Gaga will be composing and performing music for the upcoming remake of the movie musical A Star Is Born. The film will mark the directorial feature debut of Bradley Cooper who will also star in the movie alongside Gaga who will be playing the lead role and portray a singer whose star rises as quickly as her troubled lover/mentor’s star is falling. Cooper is also writing the screenplay with Will Fetters (Remember Me, The Lucky One) and is producing the project with Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School), Billy Gerber (Villa Capri) and Jon Peters (Batman, Superman Returns, Ali). The Warner Bros. Pictures production is set to start shooting in early 2017.
Lady Gaga, Sam Smith & The Weeknd to Perform at Academy Awards
Academy Awards producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin announced today the first slate of presenters and performers for the 88th Oscars telecast. The list includes Lady Gaga, Sam Smith and The Weeknd who are expected to perform their Oscar-nominated songs at the ceremony. Lady Gaga is nominated alongside Diane Warren for the song Til it Happens to You from the documentary The Hunting Ground, while Smith received a nomination the song Writing’s On the Wall from the James Bond film Spectre, which he co-wrote with Jimmy Napes. Abel Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd) is nominated with Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio for the track Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey.