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A few weeks ago I posted about the surprise nomination of Alone, Yet Not Alone, with vocals by Joni Eareckson Tada as one of the contenders for Best Original Song at this year’s Academy Awards.
In a pretty much unprecedented move the academy revoked the song’s nomination on the grounds that the song’s composer misused his position as an academy member and governor who is part of the academy’s music branch’s executive committee by improperly emailing members of the branch during the voting period.
Sending a personal email to a limited number of the voters asking them to consider the song was deemed to have created the impression of unfair advantage.
How this lines up with the various forms of leverage and canvassing studios and other interested parties make on behalf of their various products and personalities during the voting period is unclear.
Here’s one report. You can search around and find others.
Christian persecution conspiracy theories aside, it’s a shame that a sweet little song that actually seems to have something to do with the movie it features in has lost this recognition.
The transition to getting pop music stars to feature a song over closing credits and calling that Best Song is sad.
I mean my preference altogether would be for them to be sung in the movie itself. Bring back musicals.

Anyway, here’s the song again.