Academy Awards: 5 Oscar-Nominated Songs That Should Have Won But Didn’t
Should Have Won: “Learn To Be Lonely” from The Phantom Of The Opera, 2004
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s big-screen adaptation of his beloved stage musical has those who love it and those who loathe it. But what can’t be denied — even by those most ardent detractors and critics of the film — is that the man has a talent for song. The lyrics (by Webber and Charles Hart) and melody (by Webber, of course) can be interpreted as either sad or empowering depending on your state of mind at the moment you listen and your own outlook on life. Letting your audience decide for themselves whether they should sob about being alone or rejoice because of it is a masterful trick that not many composers or lyricists can pull off.
Winner: “Al otro lado del río” from The Motorcycle Diaries
