So the song to take on a broader context it would go that direction for all first responders.ĭierks Bentley: You know everytime I see it it’s a little different. People who put their lives on the line every day, and run towards danger when the rest of us are running away from it. I feel like right now with all this terrible stuff going on, Las Vegas, it’s about these hotshot fighters, but it’s also about first responders in general.

I feel that it goes deeper than that too. Would you call this the ‘Candle in the Wind’ for the Hotshots?ĭierks Bentley: Oh yeah. That was the idea of the song and just to be associated with this movie is awesome for me. Find that something that’s going to help you get through this. It’s heavy, and I think they would want to say, ‘hold the light’. I think the goal of the song is just what would these guys, these nineteen Granite Mountain Hotshot Firefighters, what would they want to say to their loved ones. For the song to have that kind of impact on you means we did our job right. What makes me feel better is hearing someone going, ‘yeah i can relate to what you’re going through’. Happy songs don’t necessarily make you feel happier when you’re done.

It makes you relate to what you’re going through. I’m sure that’s not what you want to hear, but what’s the message of the song, and you just mentioned those were the types of feelings that you did want to stir up.ĭierks Bentley: The power of a sad song is that it makes you feel like that voice coming through the dash of your car. I can’t listen to the song without tearing up. So the song that closes the film, 'Hold the Light,' it was breathtaking. Screen Rant had the pleasure of speaking with Dierks about 'Hold the Light', his astonishment with the perfomances in the film, and potentially being nominated for an Oscar.

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