Editing Lesley Gore (section)

===1980–2014: As composer===
Gore composed songs for the [[soundtrack]] of the 1980 film ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]'', for which she received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for "[[Out Here on My Own]]," written with her brother, [[Michael Gore]].<ref>Jones, Chad. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080502032948/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20060421/ai_n16154640 "It's still her party, and Lesley Gore's not crying"], ''[[Oakland Tribune]]'', April 21, 2006. Accessed May 31, 2007.{{Dead link |date=June 2012}}</ref> Michael won the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]] for the theme song of the same film. Gore played concerts and appeared on television throughout the 1980s and 1990s.<ref name="MSN"/>

Gore co-wrote a song, "My Secret Love", for the 1996 film ''[[Grace of My Heart]]''.  The film includes a subplot about a young singer named Kelly Porter, who is based in part on Gore and is played by [[Bridget Fonda]]. The character, who is a closeted lesbian, performs "My Secret Love" in the film.<ref>Glitz, Michael.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=JGUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=lesley+gore+bridget+fonda+%22my+secret+love%22&pg=PA66 "Singing Her Own Tune: Lesley Gore Is on Her Second Run of Celebrity-From the "It's My Party" Songbird of the '60s to the out Singer-Songwriter of 2005's Quietly Haunting Indie CD Ever Since."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411083359/https://books.google.com/books?id=JGUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA66&dq=lesley%20gore%20bridget%20fonda%20%22my%20secret%20love%22&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q=lesley%20gore%20bridget%20fonda%20%22my%20secret%20love%22 |date=April 11, 2016 }} ''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'', January 17, 2006. "Gore could have been out more prominently in the mid-'90s in connection with the movie ''Grace of My Heart'', which included a subplot about a Gore-like teen idol (played by Bridget Fonda) who was gay. Gore worked on the character's song—'My Secret Love'—until she was comfortable having her name on it as a co-writer, but she felt wary that she'd been brought in too late for a real collaboration, and when she wasn't even invited to the premiere, Gore was convinced the filmmakers had used her primarily for publicity. 'It turned into the opposite of what I would have wanted,' she says."</ref><ref>Childs, T. Mike. ''The Rocklopedia Fakebandica'' ([[St. Martin's Griffin]], 2014), {{ISBN|978-1466873018}}, p. 167. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6DZkAwAAQBAJ&dq=lesley+gore+bridget+fonda+%22my+secret+love%22&pg=PA167 Excerpts available] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405164045/https://books.google.com/books?id=6DZkAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA167&dq=lesley%20gore%20bridget%20fonda%20%22my%20secret%20love%22&pg=PA167#v=onepage&q=lesley%20gore%20bridget%20fonda%20%22my%20secret%20love%22 |date=April 5, 2016 }} at [[Google Books]].</ref>

In 2005, Gore recorded ''[[Ever Since (Lesley Gore album)|Ever Since]]'' (her first album of new material since ''Love Me By Name'' in 1976), with producer/songwriter [[Blake Morgan]], with the label [[Engine Company Records]]. The album received favorable reviews from ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]'', and other national press.<ref name="MSN"/> The album also included a revised version of "[[You Don't Own Me]]", about which the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' wrote: "In Lesley Gore's new version of 'You Don't Own Me'—cut more than 40 years after its initial recording—she lends a pop classic new life."<ref name="nydailynews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/s-party-early-60s-legend-lesley-gore-cuts-studio-album-30-years-article-1.646772 |title=IT'S HER PARTY... Early '60s legend Lesley Gore cuts her first studio album in 30 years |publisher=NY Daily News |date=July 24, 2005 |access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref> Gore commented: "Without the loud backing track, I could wring more meaning from the lyric". And: "It's a song that takes on new meaning every time you sing it."<ref name="nydailynews.com" />