Dead Man Walking (film) "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film four stars, his highest rating, and called it "absorbing, surprising, technically superb and worth talking about for a long time afterward." At the 68th Academy Awards, "Dead Man Walking" was nominated in four different categories: Susan Sarandon won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, Sean Penn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Tim Robbins was nominated for Best Director and its main track "Dead Man Walkin'" by Bruce Springsteen was nominated for Best Original Song. At the Golden Globes, Sarandon and Penn received nominations for their acting while Robbins
Dead Man Walking (soundtrack) as the convict himself. Springsteen performed his song "Dead Man Walkin'" at the 68th Academy Awards, where it was nominated for Best Original Song. In a glowing review for the album's tenth anniversary, critic Stephen Erlewine called it "one of those rare soundtracks that is as compelling as the film itself". Album Dead Man Walking (soundtrack) Dead Man Walking is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1996 on Columbia Records. The album contains twelve tracks by major artists, including a title track by Bruce Springsteen which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best