He has already won a Golden Globe and is now leaving for his first Oscar. Laura Pausini received an Oscar nomination on Monday for best original play as a co-author of “Io Sì”, the central theme of “La vita avanti a se” (“Life before itself”). Ahead ”) with Sophia Loren.
The Italian singer, who also performs the song, shares the nomination with veteran American composer Diane Warren, who has been nominated 12 times for the Academy Award, including this one.
“Since last year and until today I was part of a great family that not only asked me to be the voice of the main song, but I also united a group of people who dedicated themselves with passion and dedication to the artistic creation of this movie songs, “Pausini said in a statement.
“Thanks to them, I discovered a new way of writing and being guided in the interpretation of the song, which I usually do at my discretion and in complete solitude,” he continued. “This new nomination moves me more than ever on an emotional level, because it is very important for our country and for Italian culture.”
“La vita avanti a se” is directed by Loren’s son, Edoardo Ponti, and is currently available on Netflix. Next comes Mrs. Rosa, a Holocaust survivor who runs a kindergarten who has a rare friendship with a resentfully strange child, Momo, whom she takes after robbing him.
Pausini took on the task of translating the lyrics written in English by Warren and ended up recording them in five languages to spread his message more widely: “Seen” in English, “Yo si” in Spanish, “Eu sim” in Portuguese and “Moi da” in French, in addition to the Italian version that appears on the tape.
At the Academy Awards he will face “Fight for You” from “Judas and the Black Messiah”, with music by HER and Dernst Emile II and lyrics by HER and Tiara Thomas; “Hear My Voice” from “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, with music by Daniel Pemberton and lyrics by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite; “Husavik” from “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”, composed by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson; and “Speak Now” from “One Night in Miami …”, with music and lyrics by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth.
In an interview with The Associated Press in November, shortly before the premiere of “La vita avanti a sé,” Pausini said it was crucial for her that “Io Sì” reflect the human quality of the film, which also marked Loren’s first feature film in a decade.
“It’s very important because the song comes at a specific time in the movie and my voice, the song, is Sophia’s voice singing to Momo,” the singer said. “Some things can be said in different ways, and the film is so exciting that the Italian lyrics should have been very interesting as well.”
Although she had known Loren for many years, she said that Warren, the Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe winner, contacted her and sent her the song in English with the idea that he would translate and record it in Italian.
“When I saw the film and accepted the project, because I liked the meaning so much, I started working on it. Imagine it’s something very new to me, even though I had already done a play a few years ago for a movie with Kevin Costner and Robin Wright, but it was an English song already written, I hadn’t done any composition, “he said. said about “One More Time”, the song he recorded for “Message in a Bottle” from 1999.
“In this case, I told the director and Sophie that I want to become a 100% slave of the whole project and I worked hard on the words in Italian, because the metrics in English are very short compared to Italian and I did it I don’t want to to do an average job, “he added.
The Academy Awards Ceremony, in its 93rd edition, will take place on April 25 in Los Angeles.