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Noah Reid and Ashley Leggat in People Hold On |
The real contenders, though, are from Best Picture dark horse Les êtres chers and the Degrassi alum maplecore pic People Hold On. Les êtres chers offers the haunting ballad "Red and Yellow" that underscores the dark currents of love and agony that run through the film. The slam dunk of the nominees, however, is the title track from People Hold On. This song by Noah Reid (Score! A Hockey Musical) offers the centrepiece of the film as the friends gather one summer night at the cottage and Reid’s character Matt plucks away on the song and his friends join in. It’s one of those perfectly candid moments from the film that could happen at any cottage getaway, but the words and melancholy tenor of the song draw out the group’s collective disappointment as they grow up and realize that life isn’t what they hoped it would be. “People Hold On” brings chills as a standalone track, but it’s especially effective in the context of the film. How often does Canadian film have a musical moment that calls to mind The Big Chill? Albeit a sad, indie Big Chill.
Here are the five nominees:
88 – “Where the
Light Used to Be” by Peter Katz and Karen Kosowski
Les êtres chers –
“Red and Yellow” by Martin Léon
People Hold On – “People
Hold On” – by Noah Reid
(This version with Reid and co-star Paula Brancati is closer to what one hears in
the film.)
Scratch: a hip-opera –
“C’est aujourd’hui que je sors” by Jenny Salgado
Songs She Wrote About
People She Knows – “Asshole Dave” by Kris Elgstrand
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to track 2 (or enjoy track 1 beforehand as a tasty snack)