Skepta, Villagers, Jamie xx, and more nominated for Ivor Novello Awards
Skepta, Villagers, Jamie xx, and more have been nominated for Ivor Novello Awards this year.
Skepta's "Shutdown" has been shortlisted for Best Contemporary Song alongside works by Snakehips and Roots Manuva. At the end of 2015 we made the track our Song Of The Year.
Wolf Alice, Years & Years, and Gaz Coombes are also up for awards.
Faris Badwan and Rachel Zeffira - aka Cat's Eyes - have been given a nod in the Best Original Film Score category alongside John Powell (Pan) and Ben Salisbury and Portishead's Geoff Barrow (Ex_Machina).
The nominations seek to "recognise the songwriters and composers... along with their UK music publisher" and will be judged by the "the UK songwriting and composing community."
The 61st Ivor Novello Awards will take place at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, on 19 May.
Check out the nominations below:
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
Ed Sheeran - "Bloodstream"
Wolf Alice - "Bros"
Jamie - Lawson - "Wasn’t Expecting That"
Best Contemporary Song
Snakehips (ft. Tinashe and Chance The Rapper) - "All My Friends"
Roots Manuva - "Cargo"
Skepta - "Shutdown"
PRS for Music Most Performed Work
James Bay - "Hold Back The River"
Jess Glynne - "Hold My Hand"
Years & Years - "King"
Album Award
Villagers - Darling Arithmetic
Jamie xx - In Colour
Gaz Coombes - Matador
Best Original Film Score
Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury - Ex_Machina
John Powell - Pan
Faris Badwan and Rachel Zeffira - The Duke of Burgundy
Best Television Soundtrack
Stuart Earl - And Then There Were None
Edmund Butt - From Darkness
Keefus Ciancia and David Holmes - London Spy
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