Bat For Lashes, Alt-J, Ben Howard & more nominated for Ivor Novello Awards 2013

The renowned Ivor Novello Awards have announced their full nominations list for 2013′s outing.

The ceremony, which heralds songwriting talent and “excellence in music writing”, have listed Bat For Lashes, Alt-J, Ben Howard, Emeli Sande and Jake Bugg among this year’s nominees across a number of categories.

The Maccabees also get a look-in, up for ‘Best Contemporary Song’, while Lianne La Havas is nominated for the coverted ‘Album Award’ – won last year by PJ Harvey.

The full list of nominations is as below. The 58th Awards ceremony takes place on 16 May.

BEST SONG MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY

LAURA
Written by Natasha Khan and Justin Parker
Performed by Bat for Lashes
Published in the UK by BMG Chrysalis and Sony/ATV Music Publishing

NEXT TO ME
Written by Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé
Performed by Emeli Sandé
Published in the UK by Naughty Words Ltd – Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Stellar Songs Ltd – EMI Music Publishing

TWO FINGERS
Written by Iain Archer and Jake Bugg
Performed by Jake Bugg
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing and Soul Kitchen Music

BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG

FITZPLEASURE
Written by Thomas Green, Joe Newman, Gwilym Sainsbury and Augustus Unger-Hamilton
Performed by alt-J
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing

ILL MANORS
Written by Pierre Baigorry, David Conen, Benjamin Drew, Vincent Graf-Schlippenbach, Dmitri Shostakovich and Al Shux
Performed by Plan B
Published in the UK by BMG Chrysalis, Warner/Chappell Music, Universal Music Publishing and Boosey & Hawkes, an Imagem Company

PELICAN
Written by Sam Doyle, Rupert Jarvis, Orlando Weeks, Felix White and Hugo White
Performed by The Maccabees
Published in the UK by BMG Chrysalis

PRS for MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK

DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT
Written by Claude Kelly, Oliver Murs and Steve Robson
Performed by Olly Murs
Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell Music, Universal Music Publishing – Salli Isaak Music and Imagem Music

NEXT TO ME
Written by Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze, Anup Paul and Emeli Sandé
Performed by Emeli Sandé
Published in the UK by Naughty Words Ltd – Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Stellar Songs Ltd – EMI Music Publishing

PARADISE
Written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin and Brian Eno
Performed by Coldplay
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing and Opal Ltd

ALBUM AWARD

AN AWESOME WAVE
Written by Thomas Green, Joe Newman, Gwilym Sainsbury and Augustus Unger-Hamilton
Performed by alt-J
Published in the UK by Kobalt Music Publishing

EVERY KINGDOM
Written by Ben Howard
Performed by Ben Howard
Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell Music

IS YOUR LOVE BIG ENOUGH?
Written by Lianne Barnes and Matthew Hales
Performed by Lianne La Havas
Published in the UK by Warner/Chappell Music and Kobalt Music Publishing

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE

ANNA KARENINA
Composed by Dario Marianelli
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

DR SEUSS’ THE LORAX
Composed by John Powell
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing

ILL MANORS
Composed by Benjamin Drew and Al Shux
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing and BMG Chrysalis

BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK

LUCIAN FREUD: PAINTED LIFE
Composed by John Harle
Published in the UK by Chester Music

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
Composed by John Lunn
Published in the UK by Du Vinage Publishing Ltd

UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS SERIES 2
Composed by Carl Davis
Published in the UK by BBC Worldwide (administered by Universal Music Publishing) and Faber Music