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Congratulations Melissa on
your first Oscar® nomination! Nominations for the
79th Academy Awards® were announced Tuesday, January
23, 2007 by Academy President Sid Ganis and past
Oscar® nominee Salma Hayek. Melissa has been
nominated in the category of "Achievement in music
written for motion pictures (Original song)" for her
song "I Need To Wake Up" from the documentary
feature "An
Inconvenient Truth."
Statement
from Melissa:
"Al Gore has crashed through the barriers of
partisanship and brought the single most important
issue of our time to the forefront. To have this
song recognized by the academy with a nomination
brings me more hope that our generation can turn the
current climate crisis around and make the earth a
safe and healthy place for ourselves and our
children. It was an honor to contribute to this
project by writing "I Need To Wake Up."
-- Melissa Etheridge
The other nominees and songs in Melissa's
category are listed below.
Achievement in music written for motion pictures
(Original song)
“I Need to
Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
Lyric by Anne Preven
“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett
“Our Town” from “Cars”
(Buena Vista)
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Patience” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Willie Reale
Academy
Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 25,
2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland
Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television
Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a
half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the
Oscars®.”
Congratulations Melissa!
"I
Need To Wake Up" available on
The video for "I Need To Wake Up" also available on
www.melissaetheridge.com
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