The nominations for the 62nd Grammy Awards have been announced. Here are the nominations in the film music-related categories:
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Avengers: Endgame (Alan Silvestri)
- Chernobyl (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
- Game of Thrones: Season 8 (Ramin Djawadi)
- The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)
- Mary Poppins Returns (Marc Shaiman)
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media
- The Lion King: The Songs (Various Artists)
- Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Various Artists)
- Rocketman (Taron Egerton)
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Various Artists)
- A Star Is Born (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
- The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy (From Toy Story 4) – Randy Newman, songwriter (Chris Stapleton)
- Girl in the Movies (From Dumplin’) – Dolly Parton & Linda Perry, songwriters (Dolly Parton)
- I’ll Never Love Again (Film Version) (From A Star Is Born) – Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)
- Spirit (From The Lion King) – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Timothy McKenzie & Ilya Salmanzadeh, songwriters (Beyoncé)
- Suspirium (From Suspiria) – Thom Yorke, songwriter (Thom Yorke)
In addition, John Williams was honored with a nomination in the Best Instrumental Composition category for his Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite and received another nomination in the Best Arrangement, Instrumental and A Capella category for his arrangement of Hedwig’s Theme (with Anne-Sophie Mutter). The 62nd Grammy Awards will take place on January 26, 2020 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. For the full list of nominations, visit Grammy.com.
Here’s who the winners should be:
•Avengers: Endgame (Alan Silvestri)
•Rocketman (Taron Egerton)
•The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy (From Toy Story 4) – Randy Newman, songwriter (Chris Stapleton)
No way. This needs to go to Game of Thrones.