2.004 Grammy Nominations

The Grammy Artist Academy recently has announced the nominations for the 47th Grammy Awards, the most important award in world music. The ceremony will feature at USA by CBS channel, february 13, 2.005. One of the most nominated artists is the recently deceased Ray Charles with his duet album "Genius Loves Company" and his song with Norah Jones "Here We Go Again", is one of the favourites for the Record of the Year Award.

Like other years, a great presence of R&B musical style with artists like Alicia Keys or Usher, new singers like Joss Stone or great performers like Josh Groban, have nominations, too.

The "world of soundtracks" nominations this year are the next ones:

Best Musical Show
- "Assassins" Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- "Avenue Q" Music by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx, Lyrics by Jeff Whitly
- "The Boy from Oz" Music & Lyrics by Peter Allen
- "Wicked" Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
- "Wonderful Town" Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green

We must remember that Grammy nominations candidates are all the CD album published at USA between first october, the year before the nominations announced, and 30th of september of the nominations year. Because of that, there are soundtracks from the this and last year. These are the nominees:

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.)
- Cold Mountain
- De-Lovely
- Garden State
- Kill Bill vol. 2
- Shrek 2

Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)
- Angels in America (Thomas Newman)
- Big Fish (Danny Elfman)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jon Brion)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (John Williams)
- The Return of the King (Howard Shore)

Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)
- "Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows for Shrek 2
- "Belleville Rendez-Vous" for The Triplets of Belleville
- "Into the West" by Annie Lennox and Howard Shore for The Return of the King
- "The Scarlet Tide" by Elvis Costello and Henry Burnett for Cold Mountain
- "You Will Be My Ain True Love" by Sting, performed by Alison Krauss for Cold Mountain

In other way, Gabriel Yared has been nominated for Best Instrumental Composition, with the theme "Ada Plays" from "Cold Mountain" original soundtrack.

In this link you can see all the nominations:
47th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominee List