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A Love That Will Never Grow Old

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"A Love That Will Never Grow Old"
SongbyEmmylou Harris
from the albumBrokeback Mountain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Released2005
Recorded2005
GenreCountry Folk
Length3:21
LabelVerve 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]

  1. ^"63rd Golden Globe Award Winners".Golden Globe Awards. Hollywood Foreign Press Association. 16 January 2006. Archived fromthe originalon 15 April 2012.Retrieved8 April2011.
  2. ^Jurek, Thom."Brokeback Mountain [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]".Allmusic. Rovi Corporation.Retrieved8 April2011.