ESC: The Story of Fire Saga: "Husavik" receives 'Best Original Song' nomination at the 93rd Oscars

ESC: The Story of Fire Saga:
Tuesday, 16 March 2021

  • The soundtrack from the film 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga', "Husavik", has been nominated in the "Best Original Song" category at the upcoming 93rd Oscars. 

    The success of "Husavik" the soundtrack of the film "Eurovision Song Contest: The story of Fire Sage"  follows one another. After receiving a nomination at the Critics’ Choice Awards for the Best Song and at the Grammys for the Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, the song has been nomiated for "Best Original Song" at the 93rd edition of the Oscars. 

    Husavik ran among  15  other songs  at the category of Best Original Song at the upcoming Ocars and is now one of the five nomination in the specific category. Take a a look below all five nominations: 

    “Husavik”  (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga)

    “Fight for You”  ( Judas and the Black Messiah)

    “Io Sì (Seen)”   (The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)

    “Speak Now” from (One Night in Miami.)

     “Hear My Voice”  (The Trial of the Chicago 7.)

     

     The Oscars are set to take place on April 25,2021.

     

    The song "Husavik"

    The song Husavik ( My Hometown)  has been composed by Atli Örvarsson and penned by Fat Max Gsus, Rickard Göransson and Savan Kotecha. The song is performed by Will Ferrell and Molly Sandén, under the stage name My Marianne

    Since its release the song has made a reamarkable break through in the charts of many countries. Namely you can see below the best placing in charts internationally. 

    Chart (2020)Peak
    position
    Australia Digital Song Sales (Billboard)
         8
    Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales (Billboard)
         15
    Euro Digital Songs (Billboard)
         12
    Hungary (Single Top 40)
         21
    Iceland (Tónlist)
          2
    New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)
         17
    Scotland (OCC)
          8
    Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
         30
    UK Singles (OCC)
         59
    US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)
         16

    Listen below to the song as performed within the movie: