At his request, I’m filling in for Don Durito this week. While I promise to keep the music and booze flowing, I am putting my own touch on the party while I’m the host.
Don Durito and I both share a love for 1980s rock music, but that’s not what I have in mind this week. Instead, I’m going to indulge my love of movie music by featuring this year’s nominated songs (so far) from environmental and political movies at the Grammys, Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, and Golden Globes.
“Moana” was one of two feature films nominated by the Environmental Media Association as having an environmental theme worth recognizing, so I’m considering the Grammy nominated song How Far I’ll Go to be from an environmental movie. Who am I to argue with the EMA? If nothing else, the CGI scenery is pretty.
Music video by Auli’i Cravalho performing How Far I’ll Go. (C) 2016 Walt Disney Records
“Chasing Coral” and “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” both had their original songs nominated at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. Both movies were also nominated by the EMA in the documentary film category. “Chasing Coral” didn’t win, so its theme song, Tell Me How Long Music Video Feat. Kristen Bell goes first.
Kristen Bell performs “Tell Me How Long” from the new film Chasing Coral, now streaming on Netflix.
Music & Lyrics by Dan Romer and Teddy Geiger
The scenery is just as pretty and here it’s real.
“An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” won the Documentary Film award from the EMA. Al Gore also won an award for Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, so its theme song, “Truth to Power” by OneRepublic (perfect band name, if nothing else) comes next.
Music video by OneRepublic performing Truth To Power. (C) 2017 Mosley Music/Interscope Records
I’ll post the nominated songs from non-environmental political movies in the comments. I’m looking forward to your favorite movie music in the comments, too.
