Grammys 2020: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's 'A Star Is Born' bags Best Song Written For Visual Media Award
The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media has been awarded to 'I'll Never Love Again (Film Version)' — a track from 'A Star Is Born' performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper. The songwriters were Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey and Aaron Raitiere.
'A Star Is Born' is a 2018 American musical romantic drama film produced and directed by Bradley Cooper (in his directorial debut) and written by Eric Roth, Cooper and Will Fetters.
Marking Cooper's directorial debut, 'A Star Is Born' is a remake of the 1937 film of the same name and it stars the director as an actor as well. It also stars Lady Gaga, Andrew Dice Clay, Dave Chappelle, and Sam Elliott.
It follows a hard-drinking musician played by Cooper who discovers and falls in love with a young singer, played by Gaga). It is the fourth remake of the original 1937 film, after the 1954 musical, the 1976 musical and the 2013 Bollywood romance film.
The nominees for Best Song Written for Visual Media were:
'The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy' — track from 'Toy Story 4' by Randy Newman, songwriter (Chris Stapleton)
'Girl in the Movies' — track from 'Dumplin' by Dolly Parton & Linda Perry, songwriters (Dolly Parton)
'Spirit' — track from 'The Lion King' by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Beyoncé)
'Suspirium' — track from 'Suspiria' by Thom Yorke, songwriter (Thom Yorke)
The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (inclusive of its previous names) is the Grammy Award presented to songs written for movies, television, video games or other visual media. The award goes to the composer(s) of the winning song and not to the performing artist(s), except if the artist is also the composer of the song.
Through the years, since 1988, the award has had several name changes. From 1988 to 1999 it was monikered The Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television.
From 2000 to 2011 it was the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, and from 2012 to date, it has been deemed The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.