The U.Ok. pop star’s Higher Man observe was faraway from the Finest Authentic Music shortlist over alleged similarities with a beforehand launched track
Robbie Williams has dismissed the Oscars’ resolution as well his Higher Man observe “Forbidden Highway” from the shortlist for Finest Authentic Music.
“Forbidden Highway,” which Williams penned for his new primate-infused biopic, was disqualified from Oscar rivalry late final month after the Music Department of the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences stated it “incorporates materials from an current track that was not written” for Higher Man. The Finest Authentic Music class has strict eligibility guidelines stating a observe should include phrases and music particularly written for a movement image.
Talking with a Deadline reporter on the pink carpet for the Golden Globes this weekend, the pop star shrugged off the choice.
“Hear, the principles is the principles, and you need to go by them,” a magnanimous Williams stated, earlier than quipping: “And, it might have been good — but in addition, as an introvert, it’s one other social gathering I don’t must go to.”
He then added: “I went by way of it, I’m on the opposite facet, it’s all good.”
Although it was not talked about within the authentic letter despatched out by the Academy’s music department, a rep confirmed that “Forbidden Highway” was disqualified over its similarities to “I Received a Title,” a 1973 Jim Croce track penned by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, which served because the theme for the movie The Final American Hero. Fox additionally occurs to be one of many three governors for the Academy’s music department.
Regardless of shedding out on an opportunity at an Oscar, “Forbidden Highway” held onto its nomination for Finest Authentic Music on the Globes this previous weekend (although it did lose out to “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez). As for Higher Man, it opened in choose theaters on Christmas, whereas a large launch is scheduled for Jan. 17, 2025. Directed by Michael Gracey, the film approaches the usual pop star biopic with a peculiar selection, changing Williams with a CGI-animated chimpanzee. (Williams nonetheless voices his primate self within the movie.)
