Academy Award for Best Original Song

the most important aspect. The musical element of the musical gave the art its initial success, and this heavily influenced the popular music scene. Once people heard these songs form these shows they…

When Hollywood makes a movie that becomes and instant sensation, the studio often decides to continue the story in hopes that there is more cash to be milked out of it. This results in sequels of varying quality which may sour some opinions of the original film. Fortunately, this is not the case with Pixar’s beloved Toy Story franchise. Both sequels add a new spin on the story of toys who have a life of their own when humans cannot see them. In particular, Toy Story 3 deals with themes of…

a lasting impact and one artist that has had a great impact on my life is Eminem. Eminem has had much success as an artist not only in music, but on the big screen too. He came into the spotlight in 1998 and since then has set records on sales and awards. His success and music has had a positive affect throughout my life, giving me the confidence needed to become a DJ. Eminem’s stardom didn’t come without any controversy.…

Sound designer and faithful collaborator Walter Murch was contacted by Coppola before the beginning of the shooting and touched more than one aspect of the film both during the shooting and the post-production; among his work on the film are the scene were the boat is patrolling on the river and stopping a Vietnamese boat (he felt like the viewers needed to see what the boat was doing in Vietnam when they were not carrying Kurt to his destination) some of the editing of the movie, but it most…

Ray Charles’ songs. Although neither of the albums sold well, things took a turn when he released the live album The 12 Year Old Genius. The album was so successful that it became Motown’s very first top charting LP. When Stevie started going through puberty the changes in his voice put a hold on his recording. Meanwhile he studied classical piano at the Michigan School for the Blind. In 1964, he dropped the “Little” and went on as Stevie Wonder. In 1964 he released his first original hit,…

Working on his abilities with Joe Higgs, Marley met Peter Tosh who will also be apart of the band. At the time Bob Marley was still a solo artist and he came across Lesile Kong, which liked his voice and had Marley record a few songs, the first one was “Judge Not”, which was released in 1962. He did not succeed as a solo artist so in 1963 Marley, Livingston, and Tosh formed a band known as the Wailing Wailers because they were ghetto sufferers. They recorded their first single…

“My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion was one of the best-selling singles in history and was easily her biggest hit. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and in 1999 it won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Song Written for Motion Picture (“My Heart Will Go On”). “You’re Still the One” by Shania Twain was another big hit in 1998. Producers of the song remixed it for its single release to sound less Country and was a huge…

While most films offer a sort of distraction from reality, musicals are often a utopia of wealth and happiness (Belton, 2009). Through dazzling song and dance, they make routine look like pageantry and loneliness feel like individuality. Even the most conservative of musicals transform the everyday into a spectacle, transitioning dramatic tensions into a melodic fanfare. Singing liberates the characters to express themselves in a way that mere words never could, giving them a freedom from the…

John Philpott January 19, 2016 Titanic Final Draft The history of filmmaking in America goes way back to the early 1900’s. The film Titanic, written and directed by James Cameron in 1997, is the best film of all time. With the support of the countless awards it received in its favor, this film is loved by people all around the world. With the internet breaking out in this time period, the focus of this famous love story- tragedy was all over the World Wide Webinternet. Although James…

severe head injury. When he was very young, Eminem was interested in storytelling and maybe becoming a comic-book artist. However, his Uncle Ronnie Polkingham, Deborah’s half-brother, gave him the soundtrack from Breakin’ where he heard his first rap song, “Reckless” by Ice-T. At 14, Eminem and his friend, Mike Ruby, began writing their own verses and rapping together. They called each other “Manix” and “M & M”, which later became simply,…