Well, here’s a nice holiday surprise for Spike Jonze and company. The omnipresent evil that is Miley Cyrus has had her Grammy nomination for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media disqualified after it was nominated because it wasn’t specifically written for the movie. Apparently Cyrus’ industry reps in a rare showing of integrity, quietly pulled her song, “The Climb” for “Hannah Montana: The Movie” when they realized the error.
So, the song with the next highest amount of votes, “All Is Love” by Karen O, has been ushered into the vacant nomination spot. Jonze dropped the news on his blog and we couldn’t be happier. Karen O’s strikingly original soundtrack drew from a variety of inspirations including the Langley Schools Music Project, Cat Stevens’ songs for “Harold & Maude” and Simon & Garfunkel’s work for “The Graduate.” The result was a great soundtrack that perfectly captured the dark edges and bursts of joy that mark Jonze’s fantastic “Where The Wild Things Are.” Have a listen to “All Is Love” below:
In the Best Song category, Karen O’s competition is pretty slight, and though we’re rooting for her, we’d be happy if Bruce Springsteen’s “The Wrestler,” overlooked by the Academy last year, gets some recognition.
Here are the full film related Grammy nominees. Tarantino heads will be happy to see the soundtrack to “Inglourious Basterds” has been nominated for Best Compilation, and we’re always glad to see Alexandre Desplat getting recognition, even though his Best Score nominated work for “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button” isn’t his strongest:
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
· Cadillac Records (Various Artists) [Music World Music/Columbia]
· Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (Various Artists) [A Band Apart/Warner Bros.]
· Slumdog Millionaire (Various Artists) [N.E.E.T./Interscope Records]
· True Blood (Various Artists) [Elektra]
· Twilight (Various Artists) [Summit Ent./Chop Shop/Atlantic]
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
· The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Disc 1), Alexandre Desplat, composer [Concord Records]
· Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, Nicholas Hooper, composer [New Line Records]
· Milk, Danny Elfman, composer [Decca]
· Star Trek, Michael Giacchino, composer [Varèse Sarabande]
· Up, Michael Giacchino, composer [Walt Disney Records]
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
· All Is Love (From Where The Wild Things Are), Karen O. & Nick Zinner, songwriters (Karen O. & The Kids)
· Decode (From Twilight) Josh Farro, Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
· Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire) Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
· Once In A Lifetime (From Cadillac Records) Ian Dench, James Dring, Amanda Ghost, Beyoncé Knowles, Scott McFarnon & Jody Street, songwriters (Beyoncé)
· The Wrestler (From The Wrestler), Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)