Composers Dario Marianelli (“Atonement”), Thomas Newman (“Wall-E”) and Alberto Iglesias (“The Kite Runner”) may lead the World Soundtrack Award nominations with two nods each, but it’s one overlooked musician included in the race we’re rather excited about.
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood was shut out of the Oscars due to unfortunate technicalities, but his magnificently eerie “There Will Be Blood” score for Paul Thomas Anderson’s oil epic starring Daniel Day-Lewis has earned him a nomination at the WSAs.
In the song category, throaty Seattle rocker Eddie Vedder earned a nomination for his “Into The Wild” songs for Sean Penn, as did Diane Warren (“American Gangster”), Peter Gabriel’s winning song for “Wall-E,” and Shakira (“Love in the Time of Cholera”).
We’re also glad to hear Marco Beltrami’s ” 3:10 to Yuma” score was nominated as that was pretty underrated and fantastic as well. Last year Clint Mansell was the big winner at the WSA’s. The Darren Aronofsky musical collaborator won the prize for best original soundtrack as well as the Public Choice Award for his original ‘Fountain’ score (that was performed by Mogwai and the Kronos Quartet).
The nominees:
Film composer of the year
Alexandre Desplat, “The Golden Compass”
James Newton Howard, “Charlie Wilson’s War,” “Michael Clayton,” “I Am Legend”
Alberto Iglesias, “The Kite Runner”
Dario Marianelli, “Atonement”
John Powell, “The Bourne Ultimatum”
Best original score of the year
“3:10 to Yuma” by Marco Beltrami
“Atonement” by Dario Marianelli
“The Kite Runner” by Alberto Iglesias
“There Will Be Blood” by Jonny Greenwood
“WALL-E” by Thomas Newman
Best original song written directly for film
“Despdida” from “Love in the Time of Cholera,” music by Antonio Pinto and Shakira, lyrics by Shakira, performed by Shakira
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E,” music by Thomas Newman and Peter Gabriel, lyrics by Peter Gabriel, performed by Peter Gabriel
“Do You Feel Me” from “American Gangster,” music and lyrics by Diane Warren, performed by Anthony Hamilton
“Guaranteed” from “Into the Wild,” music and lyrics by Eddie Vedder, performed by Eddie Vedder
“A Hero Comes Home” from “Beowulf,” music and lyrics by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri, performed by Robin Wright Penn / Idina Menzel