On March 4 at the 90th Academy Awards all five nominated songs will be performed during the presentation ceremony by the original singers. The category is a songwriters' award, and both the performers and the composers nominated have totaled 23 GRAMMY wins to date. Let's take a closer look.
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Mudbound's "Mighty River" is more than just a song as the winner of nine GRAMMY Awards, Mary J. Blige, has an independent Oscar nomination for supporting actress in the film. The song's performance on the soundtrack resonates with and against her character, her celebrity, and her style quite effectively. She created the composition with Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson.
GRAMMY-nominated Sufjan Stevens received his first Oscar nomination for "Mystery Of Love" from the movie Call Me By Your Name. Bringing back memories of his influence performing under the name Cat Stevens, we look forward to this uniquely emotional and insightful artist performing his song live.
"Remember Me" is the nominee from the movie Coco, which is so magnetically musical in its message that it helped kick off the GRAMMY Music Education Coalition. Songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez are both multiple GRAMMY winners and it will be performed by Gael Garcia Bernal with GRAMMY winners Natalia Lafourcade and Miguel.
Marshall's "Stand Up For Something" unites previous Oscar winner for Selma, Common, with the nine-time nominated Diane Warren, who has yet to win an Oscar to go with her GRAMMY. GRAMMY-nominated songstress Andra Day will perform their song with him, which was also nominated for Best Song Written For Visual Media at the 60th GRAMMY Awards.
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Keala Settle's performance of "This Is Me" at a key point in The Greatest Showman helped propel the soundtrack to No. 1 in Jan. Its composers, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, won Best Musical Theater Album at the 60th GRAMMY Awards for the recording Dear Evan Hansen.
Tune in on March 4 to discover which performances you enjoy the most and see who the night's winners will be.
