Coming Home - Gwyneth Paltrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the 2011 Oscars, Gwyneth Paltrow graced the stage to perform the song ‘Coming Home’ from the motion picture ‘Country Strong.’ Paltrow starred in the film, which was released in December 2010, as washed up country singer Kelly Canter as she tried to make a comeback.

 

‘Coming Home’ was nominated for the Oscar in the Best Original Song category, and Paltrow took to the stage to sing the song, which was written by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey. The actress looked ravishing in a beaded, nude one-shouldered gown as she sang the emotional lyrics, “There ain’t nothing but a blue sky / After all of my running / I’m finally coming home.”

 

Since she she starred in ‘Country Strong,’ Paltrow has developed a deep respect for country music. With an ethereal, blue starry background projected behind her, it was obvious that Paltrow gave the performance all of her heart and soul, but we wonder if she will continue to pursue a career in country music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coming Home

 

It's a four letter word
a place you go to heal your hurt
It's an alter, it's a shelter
One place you're always welcome
a pink flamingo, double wide
One bedroom in a high rise
a mansion on a hill
Where the memories always will
keep you company
whenever you're alone
after all of my running
I'm finally coming

Home
The world tried to break me
I found a road to take me
Home
There ain't nothing but a blue sky now
After all of my running
I'm finally coming
Home

 

Well they say its where the heart is
and I guess the hardest part is
when your heart is broken
and you're lost out in the great wide open
looking for a map
finding your way back

to where you belong
well that's where I belong

Home
The world tried to break me
I found a road to take me
Home
There ain't nothing but a blue sky now
After all of my running
I'm finally coming

Home

Home...
Home...

Home
The world tried to break me
I found a road to take me
Home
There ain't nothing but a blue sky now
After all of my running
I'm finally coming
After all of my running
I'm finally coming
Home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Boot sat down with songwriters Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges, who wrote 'Coming Home' for the 'Country Strong' soundtrack with Tom Douglas and Bob DiPiero, to talk about the inception of the tune. 'Coming Home' was nominated for Best Original Song at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards and was performed on the Oscars broadcast by Gwyneth Paltrow, who also recorded it for the soundtrack.

 

Troy Verges: It was written for the film; we read the script and wrote it for the story.

Hillary Lindsey: In the script, it says, "Kelly (who is played by Gwyneth) enters the stage to sing her grand finale performance of 'Coming Home.''' So the title was already give to us. Tom, Troy and I read the script, and we had to incorporate what 'coming home' meant to her character in lots of different ways. It's metaphorical for a lot of other things that were going on in her life.

Troy: Tom actually walked in with the first few lines of the verse, because he's just a great lyricist. We took that seed and grew it from there. Her character has the prodigal son thing going on in a way. She's a really diverse character. There's lots of coming home angles for her, and we tried to hit all of them.

Hillary: She's very strong and she's very put together, but in the same breath she's very tormented and very fragile and falling apart.

Troy: We didn't want to make it so tied up to her character that it felt like it was manufactured.

Hillary: She's supposed to be an artist, so it would be something personal to her that she would sing but it wouldn't be so specific.

Troy: It only took a few hours of just starting it and having the first draft of it done, and we were pretty excited about it. We did tons of rewrites on it after that. We tried putting a bridge in, then took it out, to get it just right for the filmmakers.

Hillary: We were rewriting because we'd submit it to Randall Poster, who was the music supervisor for the film, and he would come back with feedback. It was really great. We weren't rewriting just shooting in the dark. We were rewriting with direction.

Troy: We started it before Christmas and then we came back, so it was about a month of five meet ups to write it.

Hillary: It was funny when we saw it, but I remember being surprised that this was the song Gwyneth and Leighton Meester were fighting over. It was a little weird. It made me feel good. But it was like, "When everybody leaves the theater, they better really like that song!" It was a little bit of pressure.

Troy: I thought that was cool, because that happens. People fight over songs all the time, and I've never seen it in a movie like that. And then being nominated for an Oscar wasn't even in the realm of possibility. I watched the Oscars growing up, but I never thought I'd be nominated for one.

Hillary: We love music in films. We love movies. Sometimes we'll just write a song, and think, "It feels like a movie song!"

Troy: It's that extra magic that happens with music and film together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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