Most of the main film awards take place during January and February. At mfiles we take an understandable interest in the film music categories, and the Season kicks off as usual with the Golden Globes. The nominations for the 72nd Golden Globes were announced on December 11th 2014, and the winners (listed first) were presented on January 11th 2015. In the Music categories these were:
The Theory of Everything by Jóhann Jóhannsson
The Imitation Game by Alexandre Desplat
Gone Girl by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Birdman by Antonio Sanchez
Interstellar by Hans Zimmer
"Glory" by John Legend & Common from Selma
"Big Eyes" by Lana Del Rey & Daniel Heath from Big Eyes
"Mercy Is" by Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye from Noah
"Opportunity" by Greg Kurstin, Sia & Will Gluck from Annie
"Yellow Flicker Beat" by Joel Little & Lorde (Ella Yelich-O’Connor) from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Here is the official HFPA site, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who organise the Golden Globe Awards.
The BAFTA film nominations were confirmed on January 9th, and the winners were presented at the awards ceremony on Sunday February 8th. The winner (listed first) and nominations for the Film Music category are given below:
The Grand Budapest Hotel by Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar by Hans Zimmer
Birdman by Antonio Sanchez
The Theory of Everything by JóHann JóHannsson
Under The Skin by Mica Levi
BAFTA do not have a Song Category. However the BAFTA Video Game awards are a separate event which took place this year on Thursday 12th March. The winner (listed first) and nominations for the Music and Audio categories are as follows:
Alien: Isolation by Development Team
Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved by Development Team
Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare by Development Team
The Sailor’s Dream by Development Team
Mario Kart 8 by Development Team
The Banner Saga by Austin Wintory, Michael Theiler & Peret Von Sturmer
Far Cry 4 by Cliff Martinez, Tony Gronick & Jerome Angelot
Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved by Development Team
The Banner Saga by Development Team
Alien: Isolation by Development Team
Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor by Development Team
The Sailor’s Dream by Development Team
Here is the official BAFTA site, the British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
The nominations for the Music Categories of the 87th Oscars were announced on January 15th, and the winners (listed first) were presented at the oscar awards ceremony on Sunday February 22nd 2015:
The Grand Budapest Hotel by Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game by Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar by Hans Zimmer
Mr. Turner by Gary Yershon
The Theory of Everything by JóHann JóHannsson
"Glory" music and lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn from Selma
"Everything Is Awesome" music and lyric by Shawn Patterson from The Lego Movie
"Grateful" music and lyric by Diane Warren from Beyond The Lights
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" music and lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond from Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me
"Lost Stars" music and lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois from Begin Again
Here is the official Oscars site from AMPAS, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
For winners and nominations in previous years for the music-related academy awards see our Film Music Oscars page on mfiles.
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