Who still talks about Bruno? Grammy nominees such as “Encanto” and her hit song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” were nominated in three of the four categories of Music for Visual Media during Tuesday’s announcement of the nominees for the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
The anomalous Grammy eligibility period (which began on October 1, 2021) guaranteed the Disney animated film a place in this year’s awards, even though an Oscar nominated it (for a different score and song) for the 2021 awards. “Encanto” was nominated for a Grammy for its soundtrack compilation, to a score by Jermaine Franco, and to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s song “Bruno”.
Bruno faces stiff competition, however, as four of the five other nominees in the Best Song category for 2022’s latest release, including some notable artists: Taylor Swift’s “Carolina” from “Where the Crawdads Sing,” Lady’s “Hold My Hand” Gaga from “Top Gun: Maverick,” Jesse Wilson and Angelique Kidjo from “Keep Rising” from “The Woman King” and Billie Eilish and Phineas from “Nobody Like U” from Disney Pixar’s cartoon “Turning Red.” ”
“Be Alive” by Beyoncé, from another 2021 film “King Richard,” was also nominated in the Song category.
Three of the five nominees for the soundtrack are also from last year’s films. In addition to “Encanto,” Grammy voters cited Hans Zimmer’s score for “No Time to Die” and Johnny Greenwood’s “The Power of the Dog,” as well as the third season album for Nicholas Britel’s TV hit “Succession.” The only 2022 film release in the score category is Michael Giacchino’s “The Batman.”
Likewise, the Compilation Soundtrack category is a mix of old and new. This year’s soundtracks from “Elvis” (various artists) and “Top Gun: Maverick” (credited to Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga, Hans Zimmer, and Lorne Balfe) compete against last year’s “West Side Story” album and TV soundtrack, Volume Part. The second of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Season 4.
The most interesting of this year’s visual media field announcements is the opening of the “Soundtrack Recording for Video Games and Other Interactive Media” category. After years of being mostly shunned by Grammy voters, the Recording Academy is finally giving video game composers their own category.
This year’s nominees include several familiar names: Austin Wintory for “Aliens: Fireteam Elite,” Bear McCreary’s “Call of Duty: Vanguard,” and Christopher Ten’s “Old World.” Wintory previously had the distinction of being a composer of the only Grammys-nominated game score (“Journey”) and Tin winning a track arrangement from a game score (“Baba Yetu” from “Civilization IV”). McCreary is best known for his television music, including the current series The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power.
Rising star Stephanie Economou (“Jupiter TV Legacy”) is nominated for her music for the theme song “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok,” while British veteran Richard Jacques (“James Bond 007: Blood Stone”) is cited for “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.” ”
Among other Grammys, composer Danny Elfman received a nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement for the song “Headlines” from the “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” soundtrack. Two John Williams albums also earned nods: John Williams: The Berlin Concert, a collection of his film works with the Berlin Philharmonic, for Best Orchestral Performance. and “Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 and Selected Film Themes” with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for Best Engineered Album in the Classical Field.
Final round voting in these categories runs from December 14 to January 4.
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