# The Last Showgirl (soundtrack)

The Last Showgirl (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2024 film The Last Showgirl directed by Gia Coppola starring Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Billie Lourd, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song, and Kiernan Shipka. The album consisted of the film's original score composed by Andrew Wyatt, and the original song "Beautiful That Way" performed by Miley Cyrus, which released as a single on December 9, 2024, and received nominations for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Song. The soundtrack was released through Milan Records on December 20, 2024, to positive reviews.

## Background

The film's score was written by Andrew Wyatt; Coppola sent him some stills and invited him to the film's shoot in Las Vegas in order to persuade him to join the project. The day after his performance of "I'm Just Ken", from the film Barbie (2023), at the 96th Academy Awards, Wyatt joined the film's shoot and watched the final cut, where he suggested to Coppola to incorporate an original song instead of a Dean Martin song that was previously present at the end of the film. He then reached out to Swedish musician Lykke Li, as he felt he needed a female perspective to go with the film's themes; the two had known each other for decades and founded Ingrid together in 2012. The film's closing song, "Beautiful That Way", was performed by Miley Cyrus, and written by Wyatt, Li, and Cyrus. Wyatt was working on Cyrus's upcoming studio album, and felt that her career from child star to adult musician would provide a good perspective while writing the song. The song was a last-minute addition to the film which was recorded in August 2024; Jamie Lee Curtis persuaded Cyrus to get involved at the 2024 ceremony when they were both inducted as Disney Legends and Cyrus got in touch with Wyatt the following day. Wyatt aimed for "Beautiful That Way" to sound like a Patsy Cline song.
Composing the score was an "exhaustive" process, according to Wyatt, as he had to juggle both working on the song and the score in time for the film's 2024 Toronto International Film Festival premiere. Elements of the song were also incorporated into the film's score, which was derived from the visual imagery and the score in particular was "my response to the images that I was seeing, which were kind of these beautiful but somehow sad images." The score was recorded at the Abbey Road Studios, with a 60-piece orchestra conducted by David Chase, was recorded at Manhattan Center.

## Release

The ballad "Beautiful That Way" was released as a single on December 9, 2024, with an accompanying music video featured the performance of Miley Cyrus. The score was released digitally on December 20, 2024, through Milan Records.

## Reception

Jen Yamato of The Washington Post wrote "Andrew Wyatt's expressive, nostalgic score of lush strings, piano and harps weaves a mythical soundscape." Benjamin Lee of The Guardian described it as a "soaring, often rather lovely score". Coleman Spilde of Salon.com wrote Wyatt's score "floats in and out of the film like a dream". called it as a "glittering score".
The ballad was released as a single on December 9, 2024, and received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards. It was also nominated for Best Song at the 30th Critics' Choice Awards, but it was not shortlisted for Best Original Song at the 97th Academy Awards, which was widely regarded as a snub.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Andrew Wyatt, except where noted.

## Personnel

Credits adapted from Film Music Reporter:
* Music composed and produced by: Andrew Wyatt
* Music contractor: Sandra Park
* Music preparation: Evan Barker, Mike McCoy, Harrison Joyce
* Publishing: Blakemore BMI Pub Designee (BMI), all rights administered by Warner-Tamerline Publishing Corp.
* Score mixed by: Jens Jungkurth
* Scoring engineer: Alex Venguer
* Scoring pro-tools operator: Angie Teo
* Orchestra recorded at: Manhattan Center Studios
* Conductor: David Chase
* Music recorded and mixed by: John Barrett
* Digital recordist: Chris Parker
* Assistant engineers: Freddie Light, Thomas Briggs
* Music recorded and mixed at: Abbey Road Studios, London

## Accolades

| Award | Ceremony date | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| Hollywood Music in Media Awards | November 20, 2024 | Best Original Song – Independent Film | "Beautiful That Way" – Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt | Won |
| Golden Globe Awards | January 5, 2025 | Best Original Song | "Beautiful That Way" – Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt | Nominated |
| Critics Choice Awards | February 7, 2025 | Best Song | "Beautiful That Way" – Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt | Pending |
| Society of Composers & Lyricists | February 12, 2025 | Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production | "Beautiful That Way" – Miley Cyrus, Lykke Li and Andrew Wyatt | Pending |