TOP-5 Oscar-Winning Songs
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#5 “Moon River” — Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961
Despite the simplicity of the song, Audrey Hepburn added romance and a special melody to it. The song is about freedom. An acceptance that you are different. It’s a song of longing and restlessness. It’s speaks to a love of the journey rather than the destination. Also, it is about people drifting through life trying to find their “rainbow’s end” meaning a pot of gold or personal fortune.
The song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, the 1962 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
#4 “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” — Dirty Dancing, 1987
The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a week, and also stayed on the 1st place in Adult contemporary music for 4 weeks. It even won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
#3 “No Time to Die” — No Time to Die, 2021
This composition became the title theme of the James Bond film “No Time to Die”. In the song, the singer, Billie Eilish, hints that she was treated meanly, wrongly. She declares her pride. The singer does not intend to be a “fallback”. She faithfully and sincerely believed in their couple, counted on a long strong relationship. It does not matter to her how the future life of her former young man will turn out. The main thing is that she is sure that everything will be fine with her. This is not the end of her life, but the beginning of a new happy streak.
“No Time to Die” received various accolades, including the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
#2 “Skyfall” — Skyfall, 2012
“Skyfall” is a song recorded by Adele for the James Bond film of the same name. Skyfall by Adele sound like a typical Bond song. As the lyrics portray, the writer is saying that the characters will stick together and face every situation together, no matter how difficult it gets.
“Skyfall” received various accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song, Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
#1 “My Heart Will Go On” — Titanic, 1997
The singer talks about the distances and spaces as a major factor that separates them. The main concept Celine sings about is that the couple had the purest form of love, and such is impossible to forget. She further promises to keep his memories safe in her heart throughout her lifetime.
The song won the 1999 Grammy Awards, winning Record of the Year, also Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television. “My Heart Will Go On” also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1998. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
