“Private Property”, Beyond the Lights (Music and Lyrics by The Dream)
“For the Dreaming and Dancing”, How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Music by Jon Thor Birgisson; Lyrics by Shane MacGowan)
“Hanging Tree”, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Music and Lyrics by Suzanne Collins, Jeremiah Caleb Fraites & Wesley Schultz)
“Hal”, Only Lovers Left Alive (Music and Lyrics by Yasmine Hamdan)
“Glory”, Selma (Music and Lyrics by Common & John Legend)
AND THE WINNER IS:
“GLORY”, SELMA (MUSIC AND LYRICS BY COMMON & JOHN LEGEND)
This is the first win and nominations for Common. John Legend wins his first after two previous nominations writing songs for Waiting for ‘Superman’ (2010) and Django Unchained (2012).
Glory in the end if for me the year’s best original song. Selma really ends on such a strong note because of footage shown of the actual Selma marches but this song really is what defines the ending of the picture. The song is quite relevant to our modern times even to a point were lyrics of the song mention marching in Ferguson. The chorus of the song is just something that while never leave my mind and make me remember the song all over again. However it is the Common rap that really makes the song stand out as much as it is making it almost an anthem song for our modern generation struggling with race relations.
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