The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 51st Annual Annie Awards this morning. Here are the music-related nominees:
Best Music – Feature
- Elemental – Thomas Newman, Ari “LAUV” Leff – Pixar Animation Studios
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin – Sony Pictures Animation
- Suzume – Kazuma Jinnouchi, RADWIMPS – CoMix Wave Films Inc. and STORY inc.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies
- The Boy and the Heron – Joe Hisaishi – Studio Ghibli / Distributed by GKIDS
Best Music – TV/Media
- Animaniacs Episode: “Talladega Mice” – Steven Bernstein & Julie Bernstein – Warner Brothers Animation/Amblin Entertainment/HULU Originals
- Babylon 5: The Road Home – Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis – Warner Bros. Animation
- Pacemaker – Christopher Lennertz – A Running Commentary
- Star Wars: Visions Episode: “Aau’s Song” – Markus Wormstorm, Nadia Darries, Dineo du Toit – Lucasfilm Ltd.
- The Smeds and The Smoos – René Aubry – Magic Light Pictures
The winners of the awards will be announced at the 51st Annual Annie Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA. For a full list of Annie Award nominations, click here.
The award should obviously go to Spider Verse, but I would not be upset if Elemental won.