Musician Michael Bearden will serve as music director of The Oscars for the second year in a row, it was announced on Feb. 3.
From left: Brian Newman, Lady Gaga, Michael Bearden, Donald Barrett and guests at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas.for the second year in a row, it was announced on Tuesday .
The Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, at The Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Bearden — a keyboardist, arranger, conductor and composer — received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his work on last year’s Oscar telecast in the category of outstanding music direction. He had previously been nominated in that category for his work on theAriana Grande & Cynthia Erivo Open Oscars With ‘Defying Gravity,’ ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ & ‘Home’Bearden’s tenure as music director has coincided with the show moving away from live performances of nominated songs, in most cases, in favor of other music moments. None of the nominated songs were performed live on last year’s telecast. This year, two of the five nominees will be performed live — “Golden” from the Netflix animated phenomenonand are expected to be the ones to perform it on the Oscar stage. The same is true of Miles Caton, who performed “I Lied to You” in. The Los Angeles Master Chorale performed “Lacrimosa” from Mozart’s “Requiem” during the In Memoriam segment. Early in the show, hostThe Oscars executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan also announced other members of their production team for the 98th Oscars. Rob Paine returns as co-executive producer, Hamish Hamilton as director and Taryn Hurd and Sarah Levine Hall rejoin the team as producers. Writers for this year’s show include Amberia Allen, José Arroyo, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Jessie Gaskell, Skyler Higley, Berkley Johnson, Ian Karmel, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Carol Leifer, Todd Levin, Jon Macks, O’Brien, Matt O’Brien, Agathe Panaretos and Mike Sweeney. Also returning to the show’s production team are production designers Misty Buckley and Alana Billingsley, lighting designers Bob Dickinson and Noah Mitz and supervising choreographer Mandy Moore.The 98th Oscars, hosted by O’Brien for the second year in a row, will be televised live on ABC and streamed live onKelly Clarkson to End Daytime Talk Show After 7 Years Chappell Roan Is ‘Giggling’ Over Reaction to Her Sheer Grammy Dress: ‘I Don’t Even Think This Is THAT Outrageous of an Outfit’. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. // This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google
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