Crows Nab Oscar Nom
Rolling Stone
January 25, 2005
By Alex Mar
Counting Crows' "Accidentally in Love," featured in the animated film Shrek 2, is among the Best Original Song nominees for the 77th Annual Academy Awards. "Believe," written by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri and recorded by Josh Groban for the animated film The Polar Express, was also tapped for an Oscar nomination.
Rounding out the category are The Phantom of the Opera's "Learn to Be Lonely," written by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Charles Hart; The Motorcycle Diaries's "Al Otro Lado del Rio," written by Jorge Drexler; and "Look to Your Path," written by Bruno Coulais with lyrics by Christophe Barratier for France's Best Foreign Film nominee, The Chorus.
Counting Crows, Ballard and Silvestri, and Lloyd Webber also received nominations in this category for the 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards. The winner on January 15th, however, was Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, for "Old Habits Die Hard." The duo wrote the song, with vocals by Jagger, for the 2004 remake of Alfie, starring Jude Law.
This is the first time in thirty-seven years that the Globe winner in this category has not received an Oscar nomination.
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