The nominees for the 56th Ivor Novello awards - which celebrate songwriting and composing - have been revealed this morning.
Everything Everything are up for two gongs (Best Song Musically & Lyrically, and the Album Award), as is Plan B (Album Award, and Most Performed), whilst the likes of Villagers, Bombay Bicycle Club, Foals and The XX also put in appearances.
This year’s ceremony will take place on Thursday 19th May 2011 at the Grosvenor House, London.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY
Song: Becoming a Jackal
Performed By: Villagers
Song: MY KZ, UR BF
Performed By: Everything Everything
Song: Spanish Sahara
Performed By: Foals
BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG
Song: Islands
Performed By: The XX
Song: Katy on a Mission
Performed By: Kay B
Song: Pass Out
Performed By: Tinie Tempah
ALBUM AWARD
Album: Flaws
Performed By: Bombay Bicycle Club
Album: Man Alive
Performed By: Everything Everything
Album: The Defamation of Strickland Banks
Performed By: Plan B
PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK
Song: All the Lovers
Performed By: Kylie Minogue
Song: She Said
Performed By: Plan B
Song: This Ain’t A Love Song
Performed By: Scouting for Girls
BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK
Broadcast: Agatha Christie’s Marple, Series V
Composer: Dominik Scherrer
Broadcast: Any Human Heart
Composer: Dan Jones
Broadcast: Going Postal
Composer: John Lunn
BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE
Film: How To Train Your Dragon
Composer: John Powell
Film: Monsters
Composer: Jon Hopkins
Film: Unstoppable
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCORE
Game: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Composer: Nitin Sawhney
Game: James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Composer: Richard Jacques
Game: Napoleon: Total War
Composers: Richard Beddow / Richard Birdsall / Ian Livingstone
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