What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O91裸聊视频機onnell made for? Winning awards, apparently. The sibling duo91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� blockbuster ballad 91裸聊视频淲hat Was I Made For?91裸聊视频� won for best original song on Sunday night.
In doing so, Eilish, 22, has become the two career Oscars.
That beats a very old record set by Luise Rainer, who won her second best actress Oscar at 28 in 1938.
The second youngest is now Eilish91裸聊视频檚 26-year-old brother and co-writer Finneas. The pair won their first Oscar for 91裸聊视频淣o Time to Die91裸聊视频� in 2021.
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She continued, 91裸聊视频淚 want to thank my best friend Zoe for playing Barbies with me growing up, and being by my side forever,91裸聊视频� and was met with laughs from the audience. 91裸聊视频淚 want to thank my, like, dance teachers growing up. I want to thank my choir teachers. Miss Brigham, thanks for believing in me. Mrs. T, you didn91裸聊视频檛 like me, but you were good at your job.91裸聊视频�
Eilish and Finneas beat out another 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� cut, 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 Just Ken,91裸聊视频� as performed by Ryan Gosling and written by Mark Ronson and his creative partner Andrew Wyatt. Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淚t Never Went Away91裸聊视频� from 91裸聊视频淎merican Symphony,91裸聊视频� Diane Warren91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Fire Inside91裸聊视频� from 91裸聊视频淔lamin91裸聊视频� Hot91裸聊视频� and Scott George91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淲ahzhazhe (A Song For My People)91裸聊视频� from 91裸聊视频淜illers of the Flower Moon91裸聊视频� rounded out the category.
Eilish and O91裸聊视频機onnell are . In fact, they91裸聊视频檙e now two for two. Previously, they for their James Bond theme 91裸聊视频淣o Time to Die91裸聊视频� in 2021. That year, they beat out some impressive names, including Beyonc茅, Van Morrison, Lin-Manuel Miranda and once again, Warren.
In the months leading up to the Academy Awards, 91裸聊视频淲hat Was I Made For?91裸聊视频� has raked in numerous trophies: In 2024 alone, they91裸聊视频檝e won for best original song and Not bad for a song written about an 11.5-inch-tall plastic doll.
91裸聊视频淲hat Was I Made For?91裸聊视频� debuted at No. 34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, eventually peaking at No. 14.
In the 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� film, 91裸聊视频淲hat Was I Made For?91裸聊视频� plays a key role 91裸聊视频� an instrumental version of the song pops up like a leitmotif, soundtracking introspective, existential moments for its protagonist. Eilish91裸聊视频檚 voice isn91裸聊视频檛 heard until the final scene, but at that point, the audience is well-prepared for its emotional impact.
Clearly, the duo excel at making music for movies. Before 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� and Bond, three songs they wrote made it on soundtrack, pulling heavily from the likes of (asterisk)NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys.
In another music category, won the Academy Award for original score for his work on 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer.91裸聊视频� It is his second Oscar and third nomination, having previously won in the category in 2019 for 91裸聊视频淏lack Panther.91裸聊视频�
In doing so, G枚ransson beat John Williams (91裸聊视频淚ndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny91裸聊视频�) and three first-time nominees, Jerskin Fendrix (91裸聊视频淧oor Things91裸聊视频�) Laura Karpman (91裸聊视频淎merican Fiction91裸聊视频�) and the late Robbie Robertson (91裸聊视频淜illers of the Flower Moon91裸聊视频�).
91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer91裸聊视频� is 91裸聊视频檚 own adaptation of Martin J. Sherwin and Kai Bird91裸聊视频檚 Pulitzer Prize-winning 2005 book 91裸聊视频淎merican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,91裸聊视频� chronicling the Manhattan Project and its fallout.
91裸聊视频淐hristopher Nolan, it was your idea to use violin in the score, and it allowed me to work and collaborate with my wonderful wife and acclaimed violinist Serena G枚ransson. We (were) recording at night and we were rushing to go home to put our kids, Apollo, Romeo, to bed. But the result of that was amazing,91裸聊视频� he said in his speech.
91裸聊视频淎nd to my parents up there, thank you for giving me guitars and drum machines instead of video games. Thank you,91裸聊视频� he concluded.
The film starring 91裸聊视频渋s poised between the shock and aftershock of the terrible revelation, as one character calls it, of a divine power,91裸聊视频� AP film writer Jake Coyle . Naturally, the score accomplishes something similar: G枚ransson composing from a first-person perspective for the first time, using his characteristic plays with rhythm and tempo to make one man91裸聊视频檚 history-altering endeavors feel larger than life.
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He added that 91裸聊视频渢he way that Chris Nolan uses music in his storytelling is so unique and special and inspiring.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淪o, give all the music awards to Nolan and his collaborators,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 just very grateful to be working with him, and this is our second film together.91裸聊视频�
Their first film together was the 2020 time-bending thriller
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Maria Sherman, The Associated Press
