James Blake, Lana Del Rey, Adele nominated for Ivor Novella Awards
James Blake, Lana Del Rey and – of course – Adele have been nominated for this year’s Ivor Novella Awards.
The prize ceremony is in it’s 57th year and was originally set up to celebrate songwriting and musical arrangement.
Other artists listed this year include Florence & the Machine, PJ Harvey and Kate Bush.
The Ivor Novello Awards 2012 will take place at London’s Grosvenor House on 17 May.
The full list of nominations are as follows:
‘Best Song Musically and Lyrically’
Adele: ‘Rolling In The Deep’ (written by: Adele Adkins / Paul Epworth)
Florence + the Machine: ‘Shake It Out’ (written by: Paul Epworth, Kid Harpoon, Florence Welch)
Ed Sheeran: ‘The A Team’ (written by: Ed Sheeran)
‘Best Contemporary Song’
Nero: ‘Promises’ (written by: Joseph Ray, Daniel Stephens, Alana Watson)
James Blake: ‘The Wilhelm Scream’ (written by: James Blake, James Litherland)
Lana Del Rey: ‘Video Games’ (written by: Lana Del Rey, Justin Parker)
‘Album Award’
Adele: 21 (written by: Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth)
Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow (written by: Kate Bush)
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (written by PJ Harvey)
‘PRS for Music Most Performed Work’
Adele: ‘Rolling In The Deep’ (written by: Adele Adkins, Paul Epworth)
Adele: ‘Someone Like You’ (written by: Adele Adkins, Dan Wilson)
Take That: ‘The Flood’ (written by: Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams)
‘Best Television Soundtrack’
Leonardo (composed by: Mark Russell)
Page Eight (composed by: Paul Englishby)
The Shadow Line (composed by: Martin Phipps)
‘Best Original Film Score’
Life In A Day (composed by: Harry Gregson-Williams, Matthew Herbert)
The First Grader (composed by: Alex Heffes)
We Need To Talk About Kevin (composed by: Jonny Greenwood)
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