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Firstly, the Oscars don't promote films to come during the ceremony. They are not a marketing entity for new releases. Secondly, if this was for the bond song reveal they would advertise it as such as more people would tune in for an 'exclusive.'
This is either for the In Meroium segment or part of some showpiece - either to celebrate some anniversary for a past Oscar winner or to look back at 2019.
The good news here is that the Academy love Billie and even if her song is lacklustre they'll find a way to honour her in 2021.
If this is for NTTD, expect an announcement soon.............but don't hold your breath.
Hedged your bets with that comment P2D :))
If the announcement comes - 'I told you so', and if it doesn't
- 'I told you not to hold your breath ;)
I said the same thing few weeks ago :D
You are absolutely right. The Bond song will be released under the strict control of Eon and Universal and not just dropped into the Oscars - that would be a risk if everyone immediately disliked the song, which is potential a possibility. Mind u, I have faith in Billie and Hans Zimmer etc. And so I predict a cracking song and a powerful score, which cleverly incorporates the song's theme.
I tend to disagree to a certain degree here. It's true, that the Oscars usually don't promote recent movies, although their Bond anniversary bit came hot on the heels of SkyFall. Otherwise the Oscars suffered a major ratings drop and are trying to adjust recently. And the telecast is on ABC where Eon ran other Bond exclusives in the past. I would still expect a tease via an official Eon channel before the ceremony, but a "like" by the director seems like a first step to me.
What DOES make me curious is the timing. All the recent Bond songs were announced as some kind of event and subsequently released about a month before the movie premiere. BE's announcement seemed extremely early to me and only makes sense when they have a plan at hand to maximize publicity that exceeds the momentum of the impending premiere. From the beginning I found it highly suspicious that this premature announcement came directly before the awards season where BE is expected to be performing as well as being awarded. It could have happened at the Grammys but I think the Oscars trigger even more publicity.
And I wouldn't call a live TV premiere that risky – she has quite some routine now and is surrounded by the best broadcast pros on the planet. Also one would expect an instant video premiere at the same time via YouTube.
That said, it’s still no incentive to me to watch the oscars (could Gervais please host, cuz then I’d at least watch the monologue).
I’d rather hear the song online or just wait for the movie itself which I’m leaning towards.
The problem with your argument is that Eon has had no control over the timing, or Billie's Grammy success, or that the Oscars would ask her to perform live. All of this has come from Billie's own work, not from her work on Bond. But Eon have lucked out with all of Billie's success, which means, when they officially release her NTTD theme song, they know they will get a huge amount of coverage.
None I suppose. But why she must perform a song featured in a film? I'm not a big Oscar fan, I'm asking if someone ever performed non-films songs before.
Me either but it seems strange why she would just randomly perform one of her songs at the Oscars it seems set up. ABC and the Oscars have always seemed set up like there are definitely strings being pulled off stage.
Here's the song she did for Roma by the way...
Also, don't worry if the title of the movie is not the same as the song.
Nope. Which is why I'll be listening to it with an open mind.
It cannot be worse than Sam Smith's song? right?
:-?
I was thinking she may cover an old Bond Theme just to tie in her involvement and honouring those who have died
Now that's not to say she won't maybe sing during a montage of the year's films or just a normal performance of one of her songs, but there's still a chance it could be the James Bond song. Nothing about this production has really been expected or particuarly traditional, so why couldn't they find a new way to reveal the song? It would certainly get people's attention.
Eon had full control when to announce the theme song artist and they chose to do it very early. And they did it at a time when they knew she will be at the Grammys. And – as I said – Eon has teamed up with ABC before for their Bond exclusives so it wouldn't be a stretch to assume they worked it out this way for NTTD.
She WILL NOT perform any of her original songs otherwise – if it's not Bond she will do a cover for 'In Memoriam' as have done Pink, GaGa or Eddie Vedder. The Oscars are always accused of being overly bloated so they will not introduce any new and/or non-movie segments.
This was my thought too.
Bet Daniel and Rachel will be there since Knives Out is nominated. (And Sam Mendes' 1917 is nominated plus Roger Deakins for filming 1917)