00:00Nick Cave has scored his first-ever Oscar nomination.
00:05As if Nick Cave didn't already have enough trophies, cult status, and mythos to his name,
00:09the man...
00:10the man has now officially entered Academy Awards territory.
00:13Cave has landed his first...
00:15with the Aussie icon nominated for Best Original Song...
00:20at the 98th Academy Awards for Train Dreams.
00:23Co-written with Bryce Desto...
00:25for the film of the same name.
00:27Yes, that means Nick Cave is now in the same Oscar...
00:30category as K-Pop Demon Hunters, which is objectively very funny...
00:35and Extremely 2026.
00:37The American period drama Train Dreams stars...
00:40with Australian actor Joel Edgerton, alongside Felicity Jones and Carrie Condon, with Cave...
00:45and Desner's song playing over the film's closing credits.
00:48Despite decades of acclaim...
00:50Areas, Apras, Grammys, Australian Music Prize nominations and more...
00:55this marks Cave's first nod from the Academy.
00:57The pair will face stiff competition in the category...
01:00going up against Diane Warren, Raphael Sadiq, Ludwig Göransson, Nicholas...
01:05and the wildly titled Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters.
01:10Meanwhile, the Best Original Score category is stacked with Music Royalty 2, including...
01:15Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood, alongside Alexandre Desplat, Max Richter...
01:20Bereskin, Fendrix, and Göransson again.
01:22A solid reminder of just how intertwined...
01:25the worlds of film and alternative music have become.
01:28The winners will be announced...
01:30at the 98th Academy Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 15, held at...
01:35the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
01:37With the broadcast airing in Australia the following day...
01:40The nomination caps off another huge chapter for Cave, who's long blurred the line...
01:45between music, film, and literature.
01:47From scoring films and writing novels to the immortal...
01:50afterlife of Red Right Hand via Peaky Blinders, Cave's cultural footprint...
01:55has only continued to expand.
01:57Right now, he's also back on home soil, touring...
02:00Australia with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in support of their latest album, Wild God.
02:05playing massive outdoor venues and arenas across the country.
02:08When announcing the tour...
02:10Cave said he was keen to return with what he described as...
02:13an epic wild goddess...
02:15and now, midway through that run, he's added an Oscar nomination to the resume.
02:20Not bad for a bloke who once made a career out of murder ballads and existential...
02:25dread.
02:26.
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