The 58th Ivor Novello Award nominees unveiled

Plan B, Emeli Sandé and alt-J have received two nominations each for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards.

Anita Awbi
  • By Anita Awbi
  • 17 Apr 2013
  • min read
BASCA has just revealed that Plan B, aka songwriter Ben Drew, has been nominated in the Best Contemporary Song and Best Original Film Score categories for the Ill Manors soundtrack and its lead song.

alt-J’s track Fitzpleasure is up for Best Contemporary Song while the four-piece’s debut album An Awesome Wave features in the Album Award category. Emeli Sandé, together with co-writers Hugo Chegwin, Harry Craze and Anup Paul, appear in the Best Song Musically and Lyrically, and the PRS for Music Most Performed Work categories for their song Next To Me.

Meanwhile, Natasha Khan and Justin Parker, Ben Howard, Jake Bugg, John Powell and Lianne La Havas also received nominations.

The Ivor Novello Awards celebrate, honour and reward excellence in songwriting and composing. They are presented and judged by the writing community and considered amongst the most important awards for music creators.

The 58th Ivor Novello Awards will take place on Thursday 16 May 2013 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

Full list of nominees:

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