The Awards season has started as usual with the Golden Globes. The winners (listed first in bold) and nominees in the music categories for 2009 films, announced on January 17th 2010:
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The Informant! by Marvin Hamlisch
Avatar by James Horner
A Single Man by Abel Korzeniowski
Where The Wild Things Are by Karen O and Carter Burwell
"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett from Crazy Heart
"Cinema Italiano" by Maury Yeston from Nine
"I See You" by James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell from Avatar
"I Want To Come Home" by Paul McCartney from Everybody's Fine
"Winter" by U2 and Bono from Brothers
Here is the official HFPA site, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who organise the Golden Globe Awards.
The BAFTA nominations were confirmed on January 21st, and the winners were presented at the awards ceremony on Sunday February 21st 2010.
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Avatar by James Horner
Crazy Heart by T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton
Fantastic Mr Fox Alexandre Desplat
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll by Chaz Jankel
Congratulations also to Robert Stromberg, who is the brother of composer and conductor William Stromberg, for his shared BAFTA win for Production Design on Avatar.
Here is the official BAFTA site, the British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
The Oscar nominees were announced on February 2nd and the winners presented at the oscar awards ceremony on Sunday March 7th 2010:
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Avatar by James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer
"The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett from Crazy Heart
"Almost There" by Randy Newman from The Princess and The Frog
"Down in New Orleans" by Randy Newman from The Princess and The Frog
"Loin de Paname" by Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas from Paris 36
"Take It All" by Maury Yeston from Nine
Here is the official Oscars site from AMPAS, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
For previous winners and nominations for the music-related academy awards see our Film Music Oscars page on mfiles.