Save Me (Aimee Mann song)
Encyclopedia
Save Me is a song written and performed by Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist.-Early life:Aimee Mann grew up in Bon Air, Virginia, graduated from Open High School in 1978 and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out to sing with her first punk rock band, the Young Snakes...

 for use in the film Magnolia
Magnolia (film)
Magnolia is a 1999 American drama film written, produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, narrated by Ricky Jay, and starring Tom Cruise, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, and Jason Robards in his last feature film appearance...

. It appears on the Magnolia soundtrack, which was released on December 7, 1999. The song also appears on the European edition of the album, Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo (2000), as well as the 2007 compilation album, Acoustic 07
Acoustic 07
Acoustic 07 is a 2-disc compilation album, released under V2 Records in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2007. The collection is the seventh of V2 Records' popular Acoustic series.-Track listing:Disc 1#"Lovestain", performed by José González...

.

In 1999 "Save Me" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song which it lost to "You'll Be in My Heart
You'll Be in My Heart
"You'll Be in My Heart" is a song by Phil Collins, from the 1999 Disney animated feature Tarzan. It appeared on Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack as well as various other Disney compilations...

" from the Disney movie Tarzan
Tarzan (1999 film)
Tarzan is a 1999 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, 1999...

. By way of introduction to a live performance, Mann has referred to "Save Me" as "the song that lost an Oscar
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...

 to Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....

 and his cartoon monkey love song." Furthermore, Mann has occasionally dedicated her song to Collins in several different venues, albeit in jest.

It is Mann's most well-known song, as evidenced by its Grammy nomination in 2001 for Best Pop Female Vocal (she lost to Macy Gray's "I Try").

The music video, shot during the filming of Magnolia, was directed by the film's director, Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has written and directed five feature films: Hard Eight , Boogie Nights , Magnolia , Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood...

, and uses many of the film's actors including Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore is an American actress and a children's book author. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for four Oscars, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards....

, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman is an American actor and director. Hoffman began acting in television in 1991, and the following year started to appear in films...

, and Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....

. The video inserts Mann into various scenes from the film as she performs the song. Unlike in many such music videos, there was no digital manipulation involved; the scenes were shot at the end of filming days with Mann and actors who were asked to stay in place.

Besides Magnolia, the song has also been featured in episodes of the TV series Cold Case, Portlandia
Portlandia
Portlandia is a sculpture by Raymond Kaskey located above the entrance of Michael Graves' Portland Building in downtown Portland, Oregon, at 1120 SW 5th Avenue...

, and HaShminiya
Hashminiya
HaShminiya is a television series that was broadcast on the Israeli channel HOT Children. Although the show was designated for children and teenagers, it was also popular with adults.-Season 1:...

, and the film The Jane Austen Book Club
The Jane Austen Book Club (film)
The Jane Austen Book Club is a 2007 American romantic drama film written and directed by Robin Swicord. The screenplay, adapted from the 2004 novel of the same name by Karen Joy Fowler, focuses on a book club formed specifically to discuss the six novels written by Jane Austen...

,
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK