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4. Sturgill Simpson: “Life of Sin”
Many musicians seem in Martin Scorsese’s grand “Killers of the Flower Moon,” together with Jason Isbell, Pete Yorn, Charlie Musselwhite and Jack White. The nation singer Sturgill Simpson — who channels Waylon Jennings on this standout from his 2014 album “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music” — additionally steals just a few scenes as a bootlegger named Henry Grammer.
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5. Jarvis Cocker: “You Can’t Wake Up if You Don’t Fall Asleep”
Another notable film snubbed this 12 months was Wes Anderson’s dizzyingly meta “Asteroid City,” for which the Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker wrote this haunting, country-influenced ballad that performs over the closing credit. However, this monitor makes it onto the playlist on a technicality: Anderson’s pleasant 39-minute Roald Dahl adaptation “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” is nominated for greatest live-action brief movie, and Cocker makes a short cameo as a concierge.
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6. The Beatles: “The Ballad of John and Yoko”
One nominee within the animated brief class options two very acquainted names: “War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko,” an 11-minute movie with a pacifist message. (It was directed by the Pixar alum Dave Mullins and govt produced by Sean Ono Lennon.) It’s not precisely the suitable season for the Christmas traditional talked about within the brief’s title, so right here’s a extra perennial tune.
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7. Maya Hawke: “Missing Out”
The “Stranger Things” actress Maya Hawke appeared in a number of movies final 12 months, together with “Asteroid City” and the Oscar-nominated “Maestro,” during which she performs Leonard Bernstein’s daughter Jamie. She additionally discovered the time to document “Chaos Angel,” her forthcoming third album as a folksy singer-songwriter; this lately launched lead single is catchy and wryly conversational.
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8. Jon Batiste: “It Never Went Away”
The bandleader and musician Jon Batiste’s busy skilled life and relationship along with his spouse, Suleika Jaouad, are chronicled within the Netflix documentary “American Symphony,” for which he wrote this sparse, plaintive piano ballad, nominated this 12 months for greatest authentic track.
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9. Bradley Cooper: “Maybe It’s Time”
Here’s a two-for-the-price-of-one nearer: a 2018 “A Star Is Born” ballad carried out by the “Maestro” filmmaker and star Bradley Cooper, and written by Isbell. Maybe it’s time to let the previous methods die … and at last give Cooper an Oscar? Oscar prognosticators don’t suppose it’s going to occur this 12 months, however as a superfan of his “Star” remake and its soundtrack, I actually hope it does sometime.
