A Love That Will Never Grow Old
Appearance
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" | |
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SongbyEmmylou Harris | |
from the albumBrokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
Released | 2005 |
Recorded | 2005 |
Genre | Country Folk |
Length | 3:21 |
Label | Verve Forecast |
Composer(s) | Gustavo Santaolalla |
Lyricist(s) | Bernie Taupin |
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old"is a song from the filmBrokeback Mountain.Its music was composed byArgentinecomposerGustavo Santaolalla,with lyrics byBernie Taupin,and performed by singerEmmylou Harris.It won the 2006Golden Globe AwardforBest Original Song,[1]theSatellite Awardand theInternet Movie Awardfor Best Original Song. The song was nominated at theWorld Soundtrack Awardsfor Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film but was controversially deemed ineligible forAcademy Awardconsideration owing to its insufficient air time in the movie. It is available on thefilm soundtrack.
Reception[edit]
Thom Jurek fromAllmusicdescribed the song as "simple, spare, andpoignant",and marked it as a highlight from the film soundtrack.[2]
References[edit]
- ^"63rd Golden Globe Award Winners".Golden Globe Awards. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. 16 January 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 15 April 2012.Retrieved8 April2011.
- ^Jurek, Thom."Brokeback Mountain [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]".Allmusic. Rovi Corporation.Retrieved8 April2011.