An American Tail is still one of the most beloved and best-remembered movies from animation legend Don Bluth and one of the reasons for its longevity is its iconic song “Somewhere Out There”, which was a massive radio hit and earned two Grammy awards along with being nominated for an Oscar. Fievel Goes West brought the song back along with a new song, the less remembered “Dreams to Dream”.

Robert Altman’s magnum opus dramedy Nashville has over an hour of musical performances but Keith Carradine’s “I’m Easy” is the one that won Best Original Song at the Oscars while also becoming a radio hit on the Billboard charts.

Recently winning the Oscar for Best Original Song, (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again was written by Elton John for the biopic about his life, Rocketman, and he performed it with his younger doppleganger, Taron Egerton.

This week on the podcast, Zach and Chris discuss the 2020 Oscar Nominations, the first trailer for Morbius, the new HBO series The Outsider, the CBSification of Silence of the Lambs, Peacock, 1917, The Lighthouse and more.

This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe talk about the Oscar winners, Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, Rambo: Final Blood, Bond 25, True Detective, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Russian Doll, Unforgiven and more.

Shocking no one, “Shallow” won the Best Original Song award at last night’s Oscars for Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, following constant radio airplay since A Star is Born came out and wins at the Golden Globes and Grammy Awards.

Far surpassing the 1981 film it was the theme song for, “Endless Love” by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross was a gigantic smash hit, becoming the second biggest song of the year and earning Oscar, Golden Globe and multiple Grammy award nominations.

The main song from Eminem’s 8 Mile, “Lose Yourself” was a massive hit, hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks and winning the Academy Award for Best Picture.