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Awards
Ivor noms announced
By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 18 April 2013
Well, if you’re the sort of person who likes digesting nominations for prestigious songwriter awards in detail, do we have a treat for you. Yes, the nominations are out for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards, which will be presented in London on 16 May. And here they are!
Best Song Musically And Lyrically: Bat For Lashes – Laura (Natasha Khan and Justin Parker), Emeli Sandé – Next To Me (Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé), Jake Bugg – Two Fingers (Iain Archer and Jake Bugg)
Best Contemporary Song: Alt-J – Fitzpleasure (Thomas Green, Joe Newman, Gwilym Sainsbury and Augustus Unger-Hamilton), Plan B – Ill Manors (Pierre Baigorry, David Conen, Benjamin Drew, Vincent Graf-Schlippenbach, Dmitri Shostakovich and Al Shux), The Maccabees – Pelican (Sam Doyle, Rupert Jarvis, Orlando Weeks, Felix White and Hugo White)
Most Performed Work: Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (Claude Kelly, Oliver Murs and Steve Robson), Emeli Sandé – Next To Me (Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé), Coldplay – Paradise (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin and Brian Eno)
Album Award: Alt-J – An Awesome Wave, Ben Howard – Every Kingdom, Lianne La Havas – Is Your Love Big Enough?
Best Original Film Score: Anna Karenina (Dario Marianelli), Dr Seuss’ The Lorax (John Powell), Ill Manors (Benjamin Drew and Al Shux)
Best Television Soundtrack: Painted Life (John Harle), The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (John Lunn),
Upstairs Downstairs Series 2 (Carl Davis)
Awards will also be presented on the day for international and outstanding achievements, plus there is the Classical Music Award and the Inspiration Award.