Diane Warren

[Monzo]

Diane Warren has already received an Academy Honorary Award, but has not yet received the Oscar for Best Original Song.

Which of her fifteen nominations would Diane Warren deserve an Oscar for?

1987 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (from Mannequin) recorded by Starship
1996 "Because You Loved Me" (from Up Close & Personal) recorded by Céline Dion
1997 "How Do I Live" (from Con Air) recorded by LeAnn Rimes
1998 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (from Armageddon) recorded by Aerosmith
1999 "Music of My Heart" (from Music of the Heart) recorded by Gloria Estefan & 'N Sync
2001 "There You'll Be" (from Pearl Harbor) recorded by Faith Hill
2014 "Grateful" (from Beyond the Lights) recorded by Rita Ora
2015 "Til It Happens to You" (from The Hunting Ground) recorded by Lady Gaga
2017 "Stand Up for Something" (from Marshall) recorded by Andra Day & Common
2018 "I'll Fight" (from RBG) recorded by Jennifer Hudson
2019 "I'm Standing with You" (from Breakthrough) recorded by Chrissy Metz
2020 "Io sì (Seen)" (from The Life Ahead) recorded by Laura Pausini
2021 "Somehow You Do" (from Four Good Days) recorded by Reba McEntire
2022 "Applause" (from Tell It Like a Woman) recorded by Sofia Carson
2023 "The Fire Inside" (from Flamin' Hot) recorded by Becky G

 

[Banana Hammock]

I know the first 6 songs on the list. Had no idea she'd been nommed so many times.
I only got to know the Gloria Estefan/NSync track, when I bought her Greatest Hits Vol 2 , many years after its release. Anyway, my vote goes to Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now. I love the cover version by Same Difference too.

My fav Diane Warren song of all is either Saving Forever For You or Never Changing Love - both by Shanice.

 

[DallasFanForever]

I’ve always felt she should’ve won for “I Don’t want to Miss a Thing.” I was surprised she didn’t and it still gets my vote.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Didn't she once say she'd never had a relationship? Interesting, for such a prolific love song composer... Maybe that made it easier to maintain her romantic idealism.

 

[Monzo]

Will Diane Warren be able to fulfill her dream of winning an Oscar for Best Original Song? She is not giving up and is contributing an original song to "Maserati: The Brothers." The lead actor in "Maserati: The Brothers" is Oscar darling Anthony Hopkins, and the film is directed by Oscar winner Bobby Moresco.

Grammy Winner & 15-Time Oscar Nominee Diane Warren To Compose Original Song For ‘Maserati: The Brothers’

Filming is underway on the project which stars Anthony Hopkins, Michele Morrone, Andy Garcia and Jessica Alba.

deadline.com

By the way, the documentary "Diane Warren: Relentless" was released this year. Here is a small excerpt from it:

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Will Diane Warren be able to fulfill her dream of winning an Oscar for Best Original Song? She is not giving up and is contributing an original song to "Maserati: The Brothers." The lead actor in "Maserati: The Brothers" is Oscar darling Anthony Hopkins, and the film is directed by Oscar winner Bobby Moresco.

Grammy Winner & 15-Time Oscar Nominee Diane Warren To Compose Original Song For ‘Maserati: The Brothers’

Filming is underway on the project which stars Anthony Hopkins, Michele Morrone, Andy Garcia and Jessica Alba.

deadline.com

By the way, the documentary "Diane Warren: Relentless" was released this year. Here is a small excerpt from it:

Although I'm not sure Picasso is the reference I'd use to make the point.

 

[TaranofPrydain]

Her best one for a movie wasn't even nominated..... For Licence to Kill from 1989.....

 

[Monzo]

Diane Warren is one of the celebrities whose house just burned down.

Diane Warren Says Beach House Burned Down in Los Angeles Fires, Confirms Her Animals Are Safe

Diane Warren took to Instagram to give an update amid the devastating Los Angeles fires, announcing that her beach home burned down.

www.billboard.com

 

[Seaviewer]

Didn't she once say she'd never had a relationship? Interesting, for such a prolific love song composer... Maybe that made it easier to maintain her romantic idealism.

I saw her on The View yesterday and it was said then.
I voted for I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (surely the best thing about Armageddon - even if the video does make it look like Steven Tyler is singing it to his own daughter). I didn't know she wrote that; there are so many that are hers without getting the publicity she deserves.

 

[Monzo]

Another year, another chance for Diane Warren to win the Oscar for Best Original Song.

Diane Warren Extends Oscar Record With 16th Nomination For ‘The Six Triple Eight’

Diane Warren this morning broke her own record for Oscar nominations in the Original Song category, raising her tally to 16.

deadline.com

 

[Monzo]

Diane Warren once again failed to win the Oscar for Best Original Song.

Diane Warren Denied Best Original Song Oscar Again

Diane Warren’s streak of Oscar losses continues, as the songwriter once again lost in the category for 'The Six Triple Eight'’s 'The Journey.'

www.rollingstone.com

Songwriter Diane Warren loses original song Oscar for the 16th time

Warren, 68, lost out to the song El Mal from Emilia Pérez

www.theguardian.com

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Even Jerry Goldsmith and Susan Lucci didn't lose that many times before winning. (Yes, I realize Lucci doesn't have an Oscar, nor did she compose anything).

To my surprise, I managed to sit through the entire show last night. It was a wee bit less despicable than it's been for the last couple of years -- but only a bit. (But how do the Oscar telecasts become even more narcissistic than they even used to be??).

The anticipated Demi-Chalamet victory never happened. Of course, they weren't composers, so referencing them in this thread makes no sense.

I haven't watched Timothée's movie, but from what I've seen from the clips, the casting for "Joan Baez" doesn't ring true at all. (Who was it that said Dylan went electric to drown her out?).

 

[Monzo]

I wonder how many nominations Diane Warren would have gotten if she had won an Oscar for one of her first six nominations, which were commercial successes. Since 2014, her comeback after a 13-year absence from nominations - by the way, she was not nominated for “Do You Feel Me” from American Gangster (2007) and “You Haven't Seen the Last of Me” from Burlesque (2010) -, she has been nominated almost every year, even though none of the songs were hits. It actually seems as if the Academy Awards have created their very own Susan Lucci with Diane Warren.

As for Diane Warren's first six nominations, these are the songs she lost to:

1987: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" lost to "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
1996: "Because You Loved Me" lost to "You Must Love Me"
1997: "How Do I Live" lost to "My Heart Will Go On"
1998: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" lost to "When You Believe"
1999: "Music of My Heart" lost to "You'll Be in My Heart"
2001: "There You'll Be" lost to "If I Didn't Have You"

Looking back, Diane Warren could have won against one or two songs, especially Randy Newman's "If I Didn't Have You" seems long forgotten now, while many still remember "There You'll Be". And is Evita's "You Must Love Me" really the better song compared to "Because You Loved Me"?

I think one reason why none of Diane Warren's hits won an Oscar is because they were featured in movies that didn't win an Oscar at all, except for Pearl Harbor for Best Sound Editing.