Music (Original Song) /
"Skyfall" from Skyfall
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
Film Synopsis
After M's orders lead to James Bond's near-fatal shooting by a colleague, he returns to duty before he is fully recovered to track down a cyber-terrorist named Silva, a sinister figure from M's past. Bond's efforts to protect M will force him to confront memories from his own past as Silva unleashes a wave of violence in his efforts to destroy M.
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Academy Awards History
These are the first Academy Award nominations for Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth.
Adele: Thank you so much. Thank you. This is amazing. I just like to thank Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson at Eon Productions. Sony Pictures, MGM, Paul Epworth, who, oh God, for believing in me all the time, and my man, I love you, baby.
Paul: Thanks very much. I can’t really believe I’m up here to receive this. Got to thank the Academy, of course. Allison Hooker at EMI, Sam Mendes. Barbara Broccoli, Michael Wilson, [Unintelligible] Who else? Jonathan Rose. I thank my wife, Danielle, my daughter, Vivienne… I’d like to thank Joe and Matt, who worked on this with us. They spent hours and hours, late nights in the studio with us to make this piece of music. And most of all I’d like to thank Adele for being the best person I’ve ever worked with. She’s absolutely amazing.
Adele: You’re all amazing.
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