Legendary songwriter Diane Warren has officially maintained her iconic status as one of the most-nominated Academy Awards contenders to never win a competitive trophy at the Oscars.
After losing 15 previous times across the last 37 years, Warren, 68, again missed out on the Oscar for Best Original Song — this time for the H.E.R.-performed Six Triple Eight soundtrack song “The Journey” — continuing one of the longest losing streaks in Academy Awards history, with her total number of Oscar losses now standing at 16.
“El Mal,” the signature song from Emilia Pérez, won the award over Warren’s tune, with songsmith and Oscar winner Camille saying on stage that the song was meant to “denounce corruption.” Clément Ducol, who created the song with her, also thanked controversial Best Actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón in his speech.
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Though Warren lost on Sunday, her 16-time losing streak doesn’t best that of Greg P. Russell, a sound professional who has 17 Oscar nominations to his name without a single victory.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly about her nomination for “The Journey,” which marked her eighth consecutive nomination since 2017, Warren called the song her “most deserving” single yet.
“I don’t even know how I’d react,” she said when asked what she’d do if she finally won the Oscar. “I’d have to be conscious. I’d probably faint. I’m not going to lie, it would be amazing. Especially for this song. It’s the journey — there’s a lot of levels to the song that are really special. And that would make it more special if that happened.”
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Over the years, Warren’s contributions to both movie soundtracks and pop music have been immeasurable. In addition to penning soundtrack songs for films like Cher‘s Burlesque, Armageddon (Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”), Pearl Harbor (Faith Hill’s “There You’ll Be”), and The Hunting Ground (Lady Gaga’s “Til It Happens to You”), she has written popular music like DeBarge’s “Rhythm of the Night,” Celine Dion’s “Because You Loved Me,” Toni Braxton’s “Un-Break My Heart,” and the aforementioned Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.”
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