Down to Earth (Peter Gabriel song)

Andrew Stanton, who served as the director of WALL-E, was a fan of Gabriel's work and approached him to contribute a song for the soundtrack. Gabriel collaborated with Thomas Newman, who supplied the melody of the song, while Gabriel worked on the song's lyrics and instrumentation. Two instrumental compositions on the soundtrack, "Eve" and "Define Dancing", were also co-written by Gabriel. "As a kid I loved animation, so I'm a huge Pixar fan," Gabriel explained to Mark Blake. "I have seen WALL-E many times as I have young children. It was also great to work with the scorer Thomas Newman... He wrote the best TV theme tune ever: for Six Feet Under." "Down to Earth" consists of gentle piano-driven verses with more upbeat choruses, both of which are adorned with various electronic textures. The Soweto Gospel Choir appears on the song's bridge and outro. The song was engineered by Richard Chappell and mixed by Tchad Blake. ==Awards==

"Down to Earth" was nominated for the Best Original Song Award at the Golden Globes as well as the Best Original Song award at the 81st Academy Awards. It won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in 2009. Gabriel originally planned to perform "Down to Earth" at the 81st Academy Awards, although he decided against it after learning that he would only be allotted one minute to play the song. He had assumed that the three nominated songs "would be performed in full", but production opted to truncate the length of these performances in an attempt to increase viewership. As such, Gabriel withdrew from the ceremony and John Legend performed the song instead. Accolades ==Chart performance==