God, how can music critics (and some of us are former music crits) stand the Grammys? They’re like 5,000 years behind the time and the eligibility period is completely out of wack. Last night of course was the 52 Annual Grammy Awards which we were happy to basically ignore, just looking at the Film and TV categories and who was awarded and it’s clear the Grammy academy is still living in 2009. “Slumdog Millionaire” wins the Best Compilation Soundtrack album? Wasn’t that like a decade ago? Glad to see the Grammys are so damn relevant.
At least “Up” came out within the last twelve months cause Michael Giacchino won the Best Soundtrack album award. Those who were hoping that the Grammys would redeem the Oscars by giving Bruce Springsteen an award for his titular track from “The Wrestler” — keep dreaming. “Slumdog Millionaire’s” “Jai Ho” by A.R. Rahman and others took that award (sorry Karen O & The Kids, who were also bested). Giacchino actually took two awards as he won the Best Instrumental Composition award as well for “Married Life,” essentially known as the theme from the beloved Pixar film.
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
* WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire
* Cadillac Records
* Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds
* True Blood
* Twilight
Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
*WINNER: Up
Michael Giacchino, composer
* The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Disc 1)
Alexandre Desplat, composer
* Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
Nicholas Hooper, composer
* Milk
Danny Elfman, composer
* Star Trek
Michael Giacchino, composer
Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
*WINNER: Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire)
Gulzar, A.R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah, songwriters (A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash)
* 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)
* 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)
Though it’s not technically a movie or soundtrack related award, Beyoncé won the Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for “At Last,” the song from “Cadillac Records” made famous by Etta James (that movie was totally forgettable).
Thank god we didn’t stay up to watch that snoozefest.