Movies at the Grammys: The 2016 Nominations

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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