Diane Warren is to best original song what Roger Deakins is to best cinematography – endlessly nominated and always beaten. The power-ballad powerhouse has written the likes of How Do I Live and Don’t Want to Miss a Thing, and is nominated for the ninth time with this waltzing, er, power ballad performed by Andra Day. It’s taken from the flop biopic of civil rights-era lawyer Thurgood Marshall, and frankly does him a disservice – Common’s middle-eight rap plays down Marshall’s agency by crediting his achievements to God, while the remainder of the lyrics, written by both Warren and Common, are as vaguely affirmative as a horoscope.
Source : theguardian
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