![]() The song hardly even made any lists of likely contenders a few weeks ago, versus the “Frozen 2s,” “Aladdins” and “Rocketmans” of the world. Steenburgen is a dark horse in the Oscar race, and maybe even to make the best song shortlist. At the end of the movie (emotional spoiler alert), the character played by Jessie Buckley delivers a ballad to a local crowd about being satisfied just where she is.”Most of the time you’re submitting songs to be end-credit songs that are as people are starting to leave and getting their things together, and this is the moment that is really the focus of that character,” Steenburgen points out. “Wild Rose” is about a young, somewhat self-destructive, ex-con mom in Scotland who dreams of turning her local success on Glasgow’s tiny country music circuit into a career in Nashville. One thing her “Wild Rose” tune has going for it that a lot of the juggernauts don’t is that it’s an emotional linchpin for the movie - not unlike last year’s Oscar winner, “Shallow,” from “A Star Is Born,” although this one happens to soundtrack the final scene, instead of a turning point in the middle. So, I mean, whatever happens, it’s good.” She mentions what may be the real award out of all this: “I like that people kind of are finally knowing what I’ve been up to for 12 years now.” And every time I watch it, it blows my mind that I got to do it. “I suppose it’s a long shot, and I’ve never been through this with a song before, so I don’t really know what to think. “It’s up against some big juggernaut movies,” Steenburgen said after screening the film for friends Friday night at Raleigh Studios. “Glasgow (No Place Like Home),” which she co-wrote with Caitlyn Smith and Kate York, is performed as the on-screen climax of the well-reviewed indie film “ Wild Rose,” and it’s suddenly gathering some heat, six months after the movie’s premiere. ![]() ![]() The actress has been moonlighting as a tunesmith for the last 12 years, and now may be coming into the daylight with a number that’s getting a fair amount of attention in the best original film song conversation. Mary Steenburgen has a long and storied enough career that it may be difficult to think of her as an underdog.
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