The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the nominations for the 40th Annual Annie Awards. Here are the music-related nominees:
Music in a Feature Production
- Alexandre Desplat – Rise of the Guardians – DreamWorks Animation
- Bruce Retief – Adventures in Zambezia – Saltzman Communications
- Henry Jackman – Wreck-It-Ralph – Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda – Secret of the Wings – DisneyToon Studios
- John Powell, Adam Schlesinger, Ester Dean – Ice Age: Continental Drift – Blue Sky Studios
- John Powell, Cinco Paul – Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – Illumination Entertainment
- Mark Mothersbaugh – Hotel Transylvania – Sony Pictures Animation
- Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews, Alex Mandel – Brave – Pixar Animation Studios
Music in a Television Production
- Adam Berry – Penquins of Madagascar: Private and the Winky Factory – Nickelodeon Animation Studios
- Alf Clausen – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXIII – Gracie Films in Association with 20th Century Fox TV
- Frederik Wiedmann – Green Lantern The Animated Series: Into the Abyss – Warner Bros. Animation
- Guy Moon – T.U.F.F. Puppy: Really Big Mission – Nickelodeon Animations Studios
- John Paesano – Dragons: Riders of Berk: How to Pick Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation
- Michael Rubin – Bubble Guppies: Bubble Puppy’s Fin-tastic Fairytale! – Nickelodeon Animation Studios
The winners of the awards will be announced at the 40th Annual Annie Awards ceremony on February 2, 2013, at UCLA’s Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, CA. For a full list of Annie Award nominations, click here.
Nice to see Mothersbaugh’s fine (and sadly unreleased) “Hotel Transylvania” score get some recognition. Pity that Shapiro’s “The Pirates!” and Elfman’s “Frankenweenie” weren’t similarly recognized.