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Once Upon A December
Matched version: Once Upon A December – Lynn Ahrens; Stephen Flaherty
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Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens
Once Upon A December Music Sheet
Explore the Once Upon A December virtual piano sheet and Roblox piano sheet, compare available arrangements, and play online with QWERTY notes. Once Upon a December was written by Stephen Flaherty, with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, for the 1997 animated film Anastasia. Its catalog artist correctly names the composer and lyricist rather than one of the performers who later recorded the song. The song works in the film as a recurring lullaby and memory motif. Once Upon a December was nominated for a Golden Globe, but Anastasia's 1998 Oscar nomination for Best Original Song went to Journey to the Past. A piano score is therefore an arrangement of a film song, not evidence that the work was originally written for solo piano.
About Once Upon A December
Explore the Once Upon A December virtual piano sheet and Roblox piano sheet, compare available arrangements, and play online with QWERTY notes.
Once Upon a December was written by Stephen Flaherty, with lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, for the 1997 animated film Anastasia. Its catalog artist correctly names the composer and lyricist rather than one of the performers who later recorded the song.
The song works in the film as a recurring lullaby and memory motif.
Once Upon a December was nominated for a Golden Globe, but Anastasia's 1998 Oscar nomination for Best Original Song went to Journey to the Past. A piano score is therefore an arrangement of a film song, not evidence that the work was originally written for solo piano.
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Who wrote Once Upon a December?
Stephen Flaherty wrote the music and Lynn Ahrens wrote the lyrics.
Which film features the song?
It was written for the 1997 animated film Anastasia.
Was it nominated for an Oscar?
No. Anastasia's 1998 Oscar nomination for Best Original Song went to Journey to the Past; Once Upon a December received a Golden Globe nomination.
Is the piano version the original setting?
No. The original is a vocal film song with orchestration; a piano score is a later arrangement.