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

ESC: The Story of Fire Saga :
Wednesday, 10 February 2021

  • The soundtrack from the film 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga', "Husavik", is running for the "Best Original Song" nomination 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 shorlisted for "Best Original Song" at the 93rd edition of the Oscars. 

    Husavik is one of the 15 songs running at the moment for a nomination at the category of Best Original Song at the upcoming Ocars. The nominations will be revealed on March 15, 2021 while the Oscars are set to take place on April 25,2021.

    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: 

     News source: Hollywoodreporter

    Image: Netflix