Grammy Nominations
Compiled by Lukas Kendall
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It's Grammy time again--here are the nominations relevant to film music
for the eligibility year from October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998.
The winners will be announced during The 41st Annual Grammy Awards Show
held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 24th,
and telecast on CBS.
Category 70
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
Award to Composer(s) for an original composition (not an adaptation)
written specifically for a motion picture or for television.
Amistad, John Williams, composer [DreamWorks Records]
Bulworth, Ennio Morricone, composer [RCA Victor]
City of Angels, Gabriel Yared, composer [Track from: City Of Angels
- Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists), Warner Sunset/Reprise
Records]
Rush Hour, Lalo Schifrin, composer [Aleph Records]
Saving Private Ryan, John Williams, composer [DreamWorks Records]
Category 71
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
A Songwriter(s) award. This category is for a song (melody & lyrics)
written specifically for a motion picture or for television and commercially
released on a recording for the first time during the Eligibility Year.
Singles or Tracks only.
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing (From Armageddon); Diane Warren, songwriter
(Aerosmith) [Columbia Records]
My Heart Will Go On (From Titanic); James Horner & Will Jennings,
songwriters (Celine Dion) [550 Music/Sony Classical]
Tomorrow Never Dies (From Tomorrow Never Dies); Sheryl Crow & Mitchell
Froom, songwriters (Sheryl Crow) [A&M Records]
True To Your Heart (From Mulan) Matthew Wilder & David Zippel, songwriters
(98 Degrees And Stevie Wonder) [Walt Disney Records]
Uninvited (From City Of Angels) Alanis Morissette, songwriter (Alanis
Morissette) [Warner Sunset/Reprise Records]
In other Grammy news...
James Horner received three nominations for his song "My Heart
Will Go On" from Titanic, with lyrics by Will Jennings and performed
by Celine Dion: Record of the Year (i.e. single or track from an album)
and Song of the Year. The same recording got Dion a nomination for Best
Female Pop Vocal Performance as well. Also credited with Horner as producer
are Walter Afanasieff and Simon Franglen; and as engineers/mixers, Humberto
Gatica & David Gleeson. The song appeared on both the Titanic soundtrack
and Let's Talk About Love.
Kenny G's version of "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic)"
on Arista was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Also nominated
in that category was The Dust Brothers' version of The X-Files Theme by
Mark Snow, on The X-Files - The Album (Various Artists) [Elektra/EEG]
The Broadway cast version of The Lion King was nominated
for Best Musical Show Album: Mark Mancina, producer; (Lebo M, Mark Mancina,
Tim Rice, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor & Hans Zimmer, lyricists; Elton
John, Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin & Hans Zimmer, composers) [Walt
Disney Records]
Some familiar names graced the Best Instrumental Arrangement
category:
In the Still of the Night; Patrick Williams, arranger (Patrick Williams
And His Big Band); Track from: Sinatraland [EMI-Capitol Entertainment Properties]
Where Or When; Michel Legrand, arranger (Michel Legrand) Track from:
Happy Radio Days [Erato Records]
...and Williams was also nominated in the Best Instrumental Arrangement
Accompanying Vocal(s) Award to the Arranger:
Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) Patrick Williams, arranger (music by
Vince Gill) Track from: Breath of Heaven [MCA Records Nashville]
Finally, a Boston Pops conductor past and present each
landed nominations for Best Classical Crossover Album:
The Celtic Album (Scotland The Brave; Riverdance; Planxty Burke, Etc.)
Keith Lockhart, conductor (The Boston Pipers Society; Cherish The Ladies;
Eileen Ivers, fiddle; Joanie Madden, low whistle; Jerry O'Sullivan, Uilleann
pipes; The Boston Pops Orch.) [RCA Victor]
Gershwin Fantasy (Fantasy For Violin And Orch. On Porgy And Bess; Three
Preludes; Songs for Violin And Orch.) Joshua Bell, violin; John Williams,
conductor & piano (London Sym. Orch.) [Sony Classical]
For complete information, see www.grammy.com.
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