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Jon Burlingame Sometimes the backstories of Oscar-nominated songs are as compelling as the songs themselves.Last week, the Songwriters Hall of Fame corralled nine of this year’s 12 nominated songwriters for a round-table discussion of how their songs came to be written, and how they feel about contributing to the art of cinema.Paul Williams, Oscar winner (“Evergreen”) and president and chairman of the board of ASCAP, and Nile Rodgers, Grammy-winning producer-writer and Songwriters Hall of Fame chairman, were co-moderators of the hour-long panel.Writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s script had the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” as an optimistic end-title song which, composer Daniel Pemberton said, “was probably not going to work.” Seeking an

Soul, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Promising Young Woman and The Cuban were among the film winners at the 2021 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards. The Trial of the Chicago 7's "Hear My Voice" won best song written and/or recorded for a film at the virtual event on Sunday night celebrating achievement in music supervision in film, TV, games, advertising and trailers.

Jon Burlingame Celeste’s contribution to the Golden Globe-nominated song “Hear My Voice” started with WhatsApp messages recorded in her bathroom.That’s just one of the revelations in a half-hour conversation with the U.K.’s latest singing sensation, her co-writer Daniel Pemberton and the legendary Sir Elton John, released today by “The Trial of the Chicago 7” distributor Netflix.“Hear My Voice” concludes the Aaron Sorkin film about the controversial 1969 court case involving Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne), Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and other protestors caught up in the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.The song is up for a Golden Globe on Sunday night and been short-listed for the Oscar song category.

Celeste has delivered a stripped-back performance of her song ‘Hear My Voice’ – watch the video below.The track features in Aaron Sorkin’s latest film The Trial Of The Chicago 7, which landed on Netflix back in October.Now, an intimate rendition of ‘Hear My Voice’ has been shared by Netflix Playlist.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 has just been released – check it out exclusively below.The song, written by Daniel Pemberton, scores the new Netflix drama about the real-life trial against a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters inciting violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.Pemberton told NME that the score was entirely composed remotely, his only interaction with the Chicago 7 team being a one-hour meeting with Sorkin in Los Angeles months ago.“He had already mapped the entire movie out in his head,” Pemberton explained.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBritish soul singer Celeste has dropped the video for her new single “Hear My Voice,” via Interscope Records. The song was was co-written with Golden Globe-nominated composer Daniel Pemberton and is the focus track of the Netflix film “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” written and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network,” “Molly’s Game”).“Hear My Voice” is one of three original songs performed by Celeste on the upcoming soundtrack release.

Clayton Davis Variety has learned that a song from Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” titled “Hear My Voice,” will be submitted for best original song at the 93rd Academy Awards next April. It is performed by Celeste, who co-wrote the song with the film’s composer Daniel Pemberton.

Jon Burlingame Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, the directors of “Rising Phoenix,” a documentary airing on Netflix starting Wednesday, knew they wanted a song to conclude their film about the history of the Paralympics, the international competition for athletes with disabilities.But, having demanded from composer Daniel Pemberton a “no excuse, no surrender soundtrack, something that would punch people in the face,” as Bonhôte put it, they expected nothing less for their end-title song.And while there was initially talk of seeking a well-known artist to perform it, “we were very reluctant to have a big name,” says Ettedgui, “because we’ve got a film full of athletes who should be household names, and yet none of these people are famous.