{"id":201715,"date":"2019-02-11T02:24:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T07:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=201715"},"modified":"2019-02-11T02:24:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T07:24:59","slug":"that-movie-moment-greg-wells-on-winning-grammy-for-the-greatest-showman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/11\/that-movie-moment-greg-wells-on-winning-grammy-for-the-greatest-showman\/","title":{"rendered":"‘That movie moment’: Greg Wells on winning Grammy for ‘The Greatest Showman’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Producer Greg Wells at Rocket Carousel Studio, Los Angeles 2011 (Photo By Gwwebsite – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Music producer Greg Wells says winning his first Grammy for the soundtrack to \u201cThe Greatest Showman\u201d felt like a scene lifted from the pages of a Hollywood screenplay.<\/p>\n

The Peterborough, Ont.-raised songwriter said Sunday that reality was still sinking in for him, even though several hours had passed since he rushed to the stage to accept the award for best compilation soundtrack for visual media.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really is that movie moment where they announce your name and you get this euphoric blast of hormones \u2014 or whatever it is,\u201d the 50-year-old songwriter said by phone from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

He was part of the production team who created \u201cThis Is Me\u201d and other pop hits for the Hugh Jackman-led musical. He produced six of the tracks on the soundtrack album.<\/p>\n

Wells started his career working inside the Canadian music scene. He joined the Kim Mitchell Band when he was still a teenager before winning a Canada Council for the Arts grant to study in L.A. Since then he’s collaborated with some of music’s biggest stars, including k.d. lang, Adele and Keith Urban.<\/p>\n

He previously competed for Grammys twice: once for Katy Perry’s \u201cTeenage Dream\u201d and another time for Mika’s single \u201cLove Today.\u201d After losing both of them, Wells said he wasn’t expecting to win this time either.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn’t feel like a real thing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Other Canadians marking their first time as Grammy winners included Toronto-raised R&B singer Daniel Caesar, who split the honour with Gabriella Wilson, known as American performer H.E.R., for their song \u201cBest Part.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caesar was previously nominated twice at last year’s Grammys for his debut album \u201cFreudian.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow first-timer Willo Perron, who is from Montreal, nabbed the best recording package Grammy for his work on singer St. Vincent’s 2017 album \u201cMasseduction.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Canadian-American violinist Lili Haydn won as part of the quartet Opium Moon. The musician received the best new age album Grammy for the group’s self-titled 2018 album.<\/p>\n

Haydn accepted the Grammy during the pre-telecast ceremony, saying she had \u201cso much love and gratitude and respect\u201d for other musicians nominated at the ceremony.<\/p>\n

She said her fellow nominees \u201cdevoted literally countless hours of focus, passion and practice to making the most exquisite music we can make to sweeten this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Veteran Grammy contender James Ehnes found himself on the receiving end of another golden prize for his contributions to violin concerto album \u201cKernis.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Brandon, Man.-raised violinist won the best classical instrumental solo award \u2014 his second career win \u2014 while his composer, Aaron Jay Kernis, picked up a Grammy in the contemporary classical composition category for the album.<\/p>\n

Ehnes said his packed schedule meant he couldn’t make the Grammys, but he watched a livestream of the pre-telecast from his phone at home in Ellenton, Fl.<\/p>\n

Kernis accepted both Grammy awards on their behalf.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had two bottles of champagne chilling just in case, so I guess I have to drink them both,\u201d Ehnes said of the production winning two Grammys.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s exciting to feel that hard work rewarded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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