59th Grammy Awards Nominations Announced

Posted: December 6, 2016 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music News
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grammysThe nominations for the 59th Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories:

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

  • Bridge of Spies (Thomas Newman) – Hollywood Records
  • The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone) – Decca
  • The Revenant (Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto) – Milan Records
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (John Williams) – Walt Disney Records
  • Stranger Things Volume 1 (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein) – Lakeshore Records
  • Stranger Things Volume 2 (Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein) – Lakeshore Records

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media

  • Amy – Republic Records
  • Miles Ahead  – Columbia/Legacy
  • Straight Outta Compton – Capitol Records/UMe
  • Suicide Squad (Collector’s Edition) – Atlantic/WaterTower Music
  • Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1  – Atlantic/Warner Bros. Records

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

  • Can’t Stop the Feeling (From Trolls) – Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake, songwriters (Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel, Walt Dohrn, Ron Funches, Caroline Hjelt, Aino Jawo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse & Kunal Nayyar)
  • Heathens (From Suicide Squad) – Tyler Joseph, songwriter (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Just Like Fire (From Alice Through the Looking Glass) – Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback, songwriters (P!nk)
  • Purple Lamborghini (From Suicide Squad) – Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts, songwriters (Skrillex & Rick Ross)
  • Try Everything (From Zootopia) – Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen, songwriters (Shakira)
  • The Veil (From Snowden) – Peter Gabriel, songwriter (Peter Gabriel)

Thomas Newman and Ennio Morricone also received a separate nominations in the Best Instrumental Composition category for the end titles music for Bridge Of Spies and L’Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock from The Hateful Eight respectively.The 59th Grammy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 12th, 2017, at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. For the full list of nominations, visit Grammy.com.