Hold the light

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Hold the light
Dierks Bentley
publication 2017
length 4:39

Hold the Light (. English for Keep / hold the light ) is a by Sean Carey , Jon Randall and Joseph Trapanese for the film No Way Out - Against the Flames (AKA Only the Brave ) by Joseph Kosinski written song by the US American country musician Dierks Bentley , who had also co-written the song.

production

Hold the Light is from the US country musician Dierks Bentley sung

Hold the Light was written by Sean Carey , Jon Randall and Joseph Trapanese for the film No Way Out - Against the Flames (Originally Only the Brave ) by Joseph Kosinski , which was sung by the American country musician Dierks Bentley , who also attended wrote the song. The film portrays the true events in 2013 when 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the fire department of a state park of the same name in Arizona, were killed while fighting a forest fire. The song was not the first time the Arizona-born Bentley got involved with the firefighters who died in Yarnell. In 2013 he organized a benefit concert called the Country Cares Concert for the families of the victims, which raised more than half a million US dollars.

As an inspiration, Dierks Bentley said: “I think growing up in the southwest of the United States makes you experience the forest fire season much more consciously, and it is part of the environment there.” Bentley also said that he doesn't think people who don't come from there come in Have a picture of the continuous fires and the work of the firefighters. For Bentley, as he describes the song, the song is actually a message from the deceased to the living: "The idea that in times of darkness you mustn't lose hope and have to hold on to the light to get through." Sean Carey of the US- American folk or singer-songwriter project Bon Iver , whose brother-in-law is a firefighter himself, said: “The song is special for me because I really felt connected to the story and tried to empathize with it by myself was not just a forest fire fighter, but part of her family. ”The song was arranged with the sounds of guitar and strings. It is in Hold the Light to Bentley's first recording for the soundtrack to a movie. In the fall of 2017, Bentley was nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards .

Publication and music video

The song was released in late September 2017. A music video for Hold the Light was released on October 5, 2017 . The five-minute video shows Bentley on a stool playing the dark song accompanied by his band on an acoustic guitar. In addition, the text of the song and scenes from the film Only th Brave are displayed. The music video was made in Nashville and directed by Wes Edwards .

reception

Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter ranks Hold the Light of the possible candidates in the category Best Song at the Academy Awards 2018 .

Awards

On December 18, 2017, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the song was in a shortlist of 70 songs from which the nominations for the Best Movie Song category at the 2018 Academy Awards were determined. Further nominations follow.

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2017

  • Nomination for Best Original Song

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jeff Gage: Hear Dierks Bentley's Evocative New Song From 'Only the Brave' In: Rolling Stone, September 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Nancy Kruh and Kara Warner: Dierks Bentley Offers His Voice - and His Heart - to Gripping New Film 'Only the Brave' In: people.com, October 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Isaac Weeks: Dierks Bentley Explains the Inspiration Behind His Song 'Hold the Light' for Firefighting Drama 'Only The Brave' In: billboard.com, October 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7989089/dierks-bentley-hold-the-light-music-video-only-the-brave
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cmaworld.com
  6. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/09/21/first-listen-dierks-bentleys-hold-light-only-brave-firefighter-tribute/683171001/
  7. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/7989089/dierks-bentley-hold-the-light-music-video-only-the-brave
  8. ↑ http://theboot.com/dierks-bentley-hold-the-light-music-video/
  9. ↑ http://tasteofcountry.com/dierks-bentleys-hold-the-light-shows-sobering-look-at-life-of-firefighters-watch/
  10. ↑ http://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/dierks-bentley-only-the-brave-soundtrack/
  11. ↑ Scott Feinberg: Feinberg Forecast: Oscar Standings As the Race Comes Home to Hollywood In: The Hollywood Reporter, November 8, 2017.
  12. ↑ 70 Original Songs Vie For 2017 Oscar In: oscars.org, December 18, 2017.
  13. ↑ 2017 Awards Winners ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org. Retrieved January 7, 2018.