This year’s original-song competition features something for everyone: tunes from live-action musicals, animated features, dramas and documentaries, plus the annual entry from 15-time nominee Diane Warren.
The big-screen adaptation of “Wicked” unfortunately, contains no new songs (songwriter Stephen Schwartz will have two in next year’s conclusion of the Broadway-to-film “Wizard of Oz” prequel, however).
The season’s other major musical, “Emilia Perez” contains 16 original songs, two of which are being heavily lobbied: “El Mal,” the showstopping fantasy number where Rita (Zoe Saldana) zeroes in on all the corrupt officials who pretend to support the cause of justice for victims of the Mexican cartel murder; and “Mi Camino,” which
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