The 52 Annual Grammy Awards was held last night and despite the show’s poor taste in nominations and awards in music, it still somehow manages to get the film categories right each year. Of course they still need to get their release dates right since the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire won the Best Compilation Soundtrack album for 2009? Still it is an award worthy album and Up did come out winning the Best Soundtrack album award (even if it is a score). Personally I would have loved to see Bruce Springsteen win for his titular track from The Wrestler and Karen O & The Kids win this year for their work on Where The Wild Things Are. With that being said, I have to ask; is any award show worthy of watching considering it is all about popularity and politics? Whatever the case here is the list of nominees and winners from last night’s film categories.
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire
Cadillac Records
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds
True Blood
Twilight
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
WINNER: Up
Michael Giacchino, composer
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
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
WINNER: Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire)
Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
All Is Love (From Where The Wild Things Are)
Karen O. & Nick Zinner, songwriters (Karen O. & The Kids)
Decode (From Twilight)
Josh Farro, Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
Once In A Lifetime (From Cadillac Records)
Ian Dench, James Dring, Amanda Ghost, Beyoncé Knowles, Scott McFarnon & Jody Street, songwriters (Beyoncé)
The Wrestler (From The Wrestler)
Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)