Song – Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga ‘Shallow’ (2018)

This song – written by Lady Gaga, Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Mark Ronson, and produced by Gaga with Benjamin Rice – falls to be heard three times in the 2018 film ‘A Star is Born’.

The song is performed by Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.  The most prominent part of the movie where it was performed  – pictured in the YouTube link below – is when Cooper’s character, Jackson Maine, invites Gaga’s character, Ally, to perform it on stage.  The scene was filmed at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

The song was a critical success.  It topped the charts in more than 20 countries.  Its accolades include the Academy Award for ‘Best Original Song’.

The piece has been described as ‘slow-burning rock’.  The listener should anticipate, and then appreciate, Gaga raising the rock tempo about half way through ‘I am off the deep end, watch as I dive in, my feet won’t reach the ground…’.  The change is quite thrilling.

The lyrics are quite outstanding, including the recognition of addiction:  ‘In all the good times, I find myself longing for change, and in the bad times, I fear myself’.  Such lyrics fall for reflection in the context of the movie which focuses on each of ascent to, and descent, from stardom, with the vicissitudes thereof.

The film was also watchable, although the writer fondly remembers the 1976 version staring (the recently deceased) Kris Kristofferson, and Barbara Streisand.

The principal source of the above material is Wikipedia.

The link to the song is here.