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Spinning the Best Original Song Oscar nominees, plus one honorable mention
Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd goes through this year's Academy Award nominees for Best Original Song with Jon Burlingame, who writes for Variety and teaches film-music history at the University of Southern California. We also give a listen to the song Burlingame feels should have made the final five.
Nominees for Best Original Song
"El Mal" from "Emilia Pérez"
"The Journey" from "The Six Triple Eight"
"Like a Bird" from "Sing Sing"
"Mi Camino" from Emilia Pérez
"Never Too Late" from "Elton John: Never Too Late"
Jon Burlingame's honorable mention
"Kiss The Sky" from "The Wild Robot"
This segment aired on February 13, 2025.