Pictured (L to R) – Top Row: Adrian Quesada, Diane Warren, and Abraham Alexander; Middle Row: SHOF Inductee and SHOF Chairman Nile Rodgers, and Paul Williams, a SHOF Inductee and Johnny Mercer Award honoree; Bottom Row: Clément Ducol, Brandi Carlile, and Camille.
From Monday, February 10 through March 3, the Songwriters Hall of Fame streamed its exclusive all-star virtual event, "A Conversation with 2025 Oscar®-Nominated Songwriters for Best Original Song," which was viewable free to the songwriting community here on its website.
This is the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s 9th annual program that exclusively shines a spotlight on leading songwriters nominated for an Academy Award in the prestigious Best Original Song category. The event is co-hosted and moderated by legendary songwriters and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees Nile Rodgers, who currently serves as Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman, and Paul Williams, a SHOF Johnny Mercer Award honoree and 1977 Academy Award winner for Best Original Song for “Evergreen.”
The star-studded panel features Oscar-nominated songwriters including Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada (“LIKE A BIRD” from Sing Sing), Brandi Carlile (“NEVER TOO LATE” from Elton John: Never Too Late), Clément Ducol and Camille (“EL MAL” and “MI CAMINO” from Emilia Pérez), and SHOF Inductee and SHOF Johnny Mercer Award honoree Diane Warren (“THE JOURNEY” from The Six Triple Eight). The nominees engage in a lively discussion about how they got involved with the films, their influences, writing process and collaborations, and much more.