Tim Osborne’s ‘When I Call Your Name’ has been chosen out of 21,000 entries in the 2021 International Songwriting Competition (ISC).

Mr Osborne wrote the track to feature on ‘Stirling’s War’, a documentary by local filmmaker Gaz Papworth about a flight sergeant in World War II.

“I decided I wanted to write a song for this film and so I asked Gaz if I could do it, to try and capture the emotions of Robert Stirling,” said Mr Osborne.

Flight Sergeant Robert Stirling suffered compass failure while flying over the Channel Islands and had to land on Lihou. His story was told through Mr Papworth’s documentary and then again through Mr Osborne’s song.

WATCH: The official music video shot by Mr Papworth’s company, Element Films.

The song includes vocals by Emily Fern: “I’m very proud of it and I’m so glad I chose Emily,” said Mr Osborne.

“I auditioned about six to eight people, but I just chose Emily because I saw something in her voice that would fit the song.

“I’ve had so many compliments about the song. The word that’s used in every other message is the word beautiful.”

2,300 songs have been chosen for the semi-finals. The finalists are being picked in the next few days. 

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