So Close (Jon McLaughlin song)
So close | |
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Jon McLaughlin | |
publication | November 20, 2007 |
length | 3:49 |
Genre (s) | pop music |
text | Stephen Schwartz |
music | Alan Menken |
Label | Walt Disney Records |
Award (s) | Oscar (nominated) |
album | Enchanted (soundtrack) |
So Close is a song from 2007 written by Alan Menken (music) and Stephen Schwartz (text) for the film Verwünscht . It will be sung by Jon McLaughlin . In the German version, the song has the title So Nah and is sung by Gil Ofarim .
So Close was nominated for an Oscar for Best Movie Song .
Use in film
So Close is played at the costume ball. Giselle and Robert dance to it. Soon they are in the middle of the dance floor, the other couples are lined up on the edge and form a frame around the two. The song reflects that (“So far we are so close”, German “So far we are already pretty close”). But then Nancy comes and takes over the dance. Giselle is escorted off the dance floor by Prince Edward. He notices her sadness. When he fetches her cloak, she watches with tears in her eyes as Nancy and Robert kiss ( So close and still so far or So close and yet so far ).
Cover versions
John Barrowman covered the song with Jodie Prenger on his John Barrowman album . Daniel Boys covered it on his album So Close .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alan Menken And Stephen Schwartz - Cursed. In: Discogs. Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
- ^ Adam Jacques: How We Met: John Barrowman & Jodie Prenger . In: The Independent . February 28, 2010 (English, online [accessed February 1, 2016] last section).
- ^ John Barrowman - John Barrowman. In: Discogs . Retrieved February 1, 2016 .
- ↑ So Close. (No longer available online.) In: Homepage Daniel Boys. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016 ; accessed on February 1, 2016 (English, click on Music ).