The nominations for the 2016 Grammy awards were revealed today, and movies have a reason to be excited too. Soundtracks and scores have categories like everyone else, and here are the movie-related nominees:
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Empire: Season 1
Fifty Shades of Grey
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Pitch Perfect 2
Selma
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Oscar nomination = *
Golden Globe nomination = ^
Golden Globe winner = +
Antonio Sanchez (Birdman) ^
Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game) *^
Hans Zimmer (Interstellar) *^
Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything) *+
Justin Hurwitz (Whiplash)
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“Earned It” (Fifty Shades of Grey) – The Weeknd
“Glory” (Selma) – Common & John Legend – Oscar and Golden Globe winner
“Love Me Like You Do” (Fifty Shades of Grey) – Ellie Goulding
“See You Again” (Furious 7) – Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
“Til It Happens To You” (The Hunting Ground) – Lady Gaga
“See You Again” from Furious 7 also received nominations for Song of the Year and Best Pop/Duo Performance.
“Love Me Like You Do” from Fifty Shades of Grey also received a nomination for Best Pop Solo Performance.
“Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey also received nominations for Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song.
Finally, “Glory” from Selma was also nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song.
And for anybody curious:
Record of the Year
“Really Love” – D’Angelo And The Vanguard
“Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
“Thinking Out Loud” – Ed Sheeran
“Blank Space” – Taylor Swift
“Can’t Feel My Face” – The Weeknd
Album of the Year
Sound & Color – Alabama Shakes
To Pimp a Butterfly – Kendrick Lamar
Traveller – Chris Stapleton
1989 – Taylor Swift
Beauty Behind the Madness – The Weeknd
Song of the Year
“Alright” – Kendrick Lamar
“Blank Space” – Taylor Swift
“Girl Crush” – Little Big Town
“See You Again” – Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
“Thinking Out Loud” – Ed Sheeran
The 58th Annual Grammy Awards will take place on February 16, 2016. A host has yet to be named.
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