When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings
When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings is a country song written by Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs . In the film, it was sung in a duet by Willie Watson and Tim Blake Nelson . The song was nominated for an Oscar in the category of best movie song and other awards in 2019 .
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In the Western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs the song is sung after the played by Tim Blake Nelson Buster Scruggs in a pistol duel by played by Willie Watson Kid was shot. Busters ghost with harp and wings sings it in a duet with Kid .
At the 2019 Academy Awards , writers Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings sang a slightly modified version of the song.
The song When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings is the eighth track on the soundtrack for the film . When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings was released as a single in 2018 .
Nominations
- Oscar 2019: Nominated for Best Song, but had to admit defeat to Shallow from A Star Is Born .
- Denver Film Critics Society 2019: Nomination for the DFCS Award for Best Song , Shallow also won here .
- Gold Derby Award 2019: Nomination for Best Song. The award went to Shallow .
- World Soundtrack Awards 2019: Nominated in the category of Best Song Written For A Film. The winner was Shallow .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Gillian Welch And David Rawlings Perform Oscar-Nominated 'Buster Scruggs' Song , NPR February 12, 2019.
- ↑ Soundtrack for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs on Allmusic
- ↑ Willie Watson And Tim Blake Nelson - When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings on Discogs .
- ↑ DFCS 2019 on IMDb .
- ↑ Gold Derby Awards 2019 on IMDb .
- ↑ World Soundtrack Awards 2019 on IMDb .