The Ivors celebrate, honour and reward excellence in songwriting and composing.
They are presented by BASCA and judged by the writing community and are regarded as the most important awards for UK music writers.
The 58th Ivor Novello Awards take place on Thursday 16th May at the Grosvenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel, London.
Nominations are for the year 2012.
THE 58TH IVOR NOVELLO AWARD NOMINATIONS
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
The Ivors also honour individuals with awards recognising their contribution to British music. These awards are in the gift of BASCA, approved by The Ivors Committee.
The following `Gift of BASCA’ Awards will be presented on the day:
International Achievement
Outstanding Song Collection
PRS for Music Award for Outstanding Achievement
PRS for Music Special International Award
Songwriter(s) of the Year
The Ivors Classical Music Award
The Ivors Inspiration Award
