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Nominated for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song), `Skyfall` from `Skyfall` (Sony Pictures Releasing and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth). This image is courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing.
Nominated for Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original song), "Skyfall" from "Skyfall" (Sony Pictures Releasing and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth). This image is courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing.

Adele to perform Academy Award-nominated song from 'Skyfall' at Oscars

by jmaloni
Thu, Jan 24th 2013 04:15 pm

Multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Adele will perform the Oscar-nominated theme song from the latest James Bond movie at the 85th Academy Awards, the show's producers have announced.

"Skyfall," from the film of the same name, was announced as a nominee for Original Song at the Academy's Nominations Announcement on Jan. 10. The song, written by Adele and Paul Epworth, is the first Bond theme ever to debut in Billboard's Top 10 and the first to be nominated for an Oscar since "For Your Eyes Only" in 1981.

Adele's exclusive Oscar show performance will be the first time she will have performed "Skyfall" anywhere live and will also mark her first U.S. television performance since the Grammys last year.

"It's an honor to be nominated and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again," Adele said. "It's something I've never experienced and probably only ever will once!"

"We have enormous respect for Adele's unique artistry as a songwriter and a singer," said Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the producers of this year's Academy Awards show. "She is currently one of the most successful recording artists in the world, and we believe that her performance of 'Skyfall' will be an exciting Oscar moment for audiences watching at the Dolby Theatre and on television screens around the world." 

Oscar.com celebrates Adele's performance with a special gallery of some of the most memorable James Bond theme songs through the years: 
http://oscar.go.com/photos/themed-galleries/movies/bond-theme-songs

Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on "Oscar Sunday," Feb. 24, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane live on the ABC Television Network. 

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