In that same year his cover of the Beatles "Because" was the end-credit song for the Academy Award winning film American Beauty. Length 12 tracks Release Date 25 February 1997 Either/Or is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. Either/Or was recorded in several locations mostly in Portland Oregon - while Smith. Elliott performed "Miss Misery" on the Academy Awards telecast March 23, 1998. Either/Or is the third studio album by singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. One of those, "Miss Misery, " went on to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Song in a Motion Picture. He was born 29 June 1884 in Portland Oregon and died at his home in Dunthorpe, Portland, Oregon, aged 78. Elliot rose to semi-mainstream success in 1997, when director Gus Van Sant used some of his songs in the film 'Good Will Hunting'. Elliott Ruggles Corbett (1884 1963) was a Portland, Oregon banker, business leader, owner and builder of a number of the citys buildings, as well as civic leader and benefactor. 'An Introduction to.' is, as the title suggests, intended as an introduction to one of the greatest songwriters of our era. That same year, his father was drafted, assigned to the U.S. When Elliott was one year old his parents divorced, and he moved with his mother to Dallas, Texas. His father Gary Smith was in medical school at the University of Nebraska, and his mother Bunny was an elementary school teacher. The album features 14 tracks compiled from all 7 of Elliott Smith's albums (including his albums on Geffen and Domino): 'Roman Candle', 'Elliott Smith', 'Either/Or', 'XO', 'Figure 8', 'From a Basement on the Hill', and 'New Moon'. Elliott Smith was born Steven Paul Smith in Omaha, Nebraska on August 6, 1969. Seven years after his untimely death, the brilliant Portland singer/songwriter is being honored by his former label, Kill Rock Stars.