Fame (soundtrack)

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Fame
Soundtrack by Michael Gore

Fame is the original soundtrack of the 1980 Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning film Fame starring Irene Cara, Lee Curreri, Paul McCrane and Laura Dean. The original score was composed by Michael Gore.

The score won the Academy Award for Best Music - Original Score. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music and a Grammy Award.

The songs "Out Here On My Own" and "Fame" were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, with the latter one winning the award.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Fame" - Irene Cara (won the Academy Award for Best Original Song)
2. "Out Here On My Own" - Irene Cara (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song)
3. "Hot Lunch Jam" - Irene Cara
4. "Dogs In The Yard" - Paul McCrane
5. "Red Light" - Linda Clifford
6. "Is It Okay If I Call You Mine?" - Paul McCrane
7. "Never Alone" - Contemporary Gospel Chorus of the High School of Music and Art
8. "Ralph And Monty (Dressing Room Piano)" - Micheal Gore
9. "I Sing The Body Electric" - Wade Lassister

[edit] Awards

Awards
Preceded by A Little Romance	Academy Award for Best Music - Original Score 1980	Succeeded by Chariots of Fire

Big Three Film Music Awards (1980)
Academy Award Fame	Golden Globe The Stunt Man	BAFTA Award ?

Preceded by The Lexicon Of Love by ABC

UK Albums Chart number one album July 24, 1982 - August 06, 1982

Succeeded by Kids from Fame by Kids from Fame