A Love That Will Never Grow Old Explained

A Love That Will Never Grow Old
Type:song
Artist:Emmylou Harris
Released:2005
Recorded:2005
Genre:Country Folk
Length:3:21
Label:Verve Forecast
Composer:Gustavo Santaolalla
Lyricist:Bernie Taupin

"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" is a song from the film Brokeback Mountain. Its music was composed by Argentine composer Gustavo Santaolalla, with lyrics by Bernie Taupin, and performed by singer Emmylou Harris. It won the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song,[1] the Satellite Award and the Internet Movie Award for Best Original Song. The song was nominated at the World Soundtrack Awards for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film but was controversially deemed ineligible for Academy Award consideration owing to its insufficient air time in the movie. It is available on the film soundtrack.

Reception

Thom Jurek from Allmusic described the song as "simple, spare, and poignant", and marked it as a highlight from the film soundtrack.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 63rd Golden Globe Award Winners . Golden Globe Awards. Hollywood Foreign Press Association . 8 April 2011 . 16 January 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415111657/http://www.goldenglobes.org/blog/2006/01/63rd-golden-globe-award-winners/ . 15 April 2012 .
  2. Web site: Brokeback Mountain [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]|access-date=8 April 2011|first=Thom |last=Jurek|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation}}

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