Dennis Spiegel

Dennis Spiegel is an American lyricist. At the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards Spiegel won the 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.[1]

Academy Award controversy

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same name was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards, but the nomination was rescinded on January 29, 2014, after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences found that the song's co-writer Bruce Broughton, a former governor and current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.[2][3][4][5] "No matter how well-intentioned the communication, using one's position as a former governor and current executive committee member to personally promote one’s own Oscar submission creates the appearance of an unfair advantage,” said Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Academy President.[6] Not everyone agreed with the Academy's actions.[7][8][9]


References

  1. ↑ Burlingame, Jon (June 30, 2009). "Lyricist Dennis Spiegel Honored; SCL gathers notable songwriters for musicale". The Film Music Society.
  2. ↑ "Bruce Broughton defends actions after rescinded Academy Award nomination". CBS News. January 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Gray, Tim (January 29, 2014). "Oscar Nominee ‘Devastated’ by Disqualification; Tune Sung by Quadriplegic Singer". Variety.
  4. ↑ Ault, Susanne (February 8, 2014). "‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ Finds New Life at Movieguide Awards". Variety.
  5. ↑ Breznican, Anthony (January 29, 2014). "Oscars kill Original Song nomination for 'Alone Yet Not Alone'". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ↑ http://www.oscars.org/news/academy-rescinds-original-song-nomination-alone-yet-not-alone
  7. ↑ Zeitchik, Steven; Whipp, Glenn (January 31, 2014). "Voices rising amid 'Alone Yet Not Alone's' removal from Oscar running". LA Times.
  8. ↑ Feinberg, Scott. "Was Academy's Disqualification of Song Contender 'Alone Yet Not Alone' Justified? (Opinion)".
  9. ↑ National Public Radio (NPR) covered the story in an interview with Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter
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