Dennis Spiegel

Dennis Spiegel is an American lyricist . In 1992 he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (shared with composer Curt Sobel) for the song "Why Do I Lie?" from the HBO movie Cast a Deadly Spell. He is a three time Emmy nominee. His film work includes the Michael Caine movie "Blame it on Rio" for which he wrote the lyrics for the song score. http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/features/2009/063009.html?isArchive=063009

Spiegel's song "Alone Yet Not Alone" from the 2013 film of the same name was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards, but the nomination was rescinded on January 29, 2014, after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences alleged that the song's co-writer Bruce Broughton, a former governor and current executive committee member of the music branch of the Academy, had improperly contacted other branch members for support.^[1]http://variety.com/2014/scene/news/disqualified-oscar-song-alone-yet-not-alone-finds-new-life-at-movieguide-awards-1201093330/

An analysis of what happened with the Oscar nomination can be found on a YouTube video entitled "Did Alone Yet Not Alone Get Robbed of its Oscar Nomination". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGGDapXPkU

The Academy's actions have been called into question. http://badalanews.blogspot.com/2015/02/taking-bruce-broughton-side-in-yet-not.html

The Los Angeles Times also took note of the furor which erupted after The Academy's actions. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscar-song-alone-not-yet-alone-reaction-20140131-story.html#page=1

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