52nd Annual Grammy Award Nominations Announced

The Grammy Award nominations were announced - the following are the film related ones that I could find on the list.

Here is the list for: Field 20 - Film/TV/Visual Media:

Category 81 - Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

Cadillac Records

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds

Slumdog Millionaire

True Blood

Twilight

Category 82 - Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Disc 1) - Alexandre Desplat, composer

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince - Nicholas Hooper, composer

Milk - Danny Elfman, composer

Star Trek - Michael Giacchino, composer

Up - Michael Giacchino, composer

Category 83 - Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

The Climb (From Hannah Montana: The Movie)

Decode (From Twilight)

Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire)

Once In A Lifetime (From Cadillac Records)

The Wrestler (From The Wrestler)

I also want to highlight that Michael Giacchino’s score for Up also received two other noms in the category ‘Field 21 - Composing/Arranging’. They are listed below:

Category 84 - Best Instrumental Composition

Married Life (From Up) - Michael Giacchino

Track from: Up - Soundtrack - [Walt Disney Records]

Category 85 - Best Instrumental Arrangement

Up With End Credits (From Up) - Michael Giacchino

Track from: Up - Soundtrack - [Walt Disney Records]

[For those of you who might not be aware, the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards are for recordings released from October 1st, 2008, through to August 31st, 2009, the ‘eligibility year’.]

Of the categories I listed, I would guess Slumdog Millionaire taking Best Compilation Soundtrack. While I have my favourites, it could be a complete toss up for Best Score Soundtrack - I’ll have to think about that one... And for Best Song I’d like to see it go to The Wrestler perhaps, although Jai Ho has a strong shot at it. As for the other two noms I mentioned, I would love them to go to Mr. Giacchino for Up. The Up soundtrack - unfortunately denied a proper CD release, is one of my favourites of the year.

Winners will be announced on January 31st, 2010.

-E. Corrado