The nominees for the 60th Grammy Awards have been announced. The awards will be presented at New York’s Madison Square Garden on January 28 and televised on CBS.
Neil Degrasse Tyson, Carrie Fisher, and the music from sff productions like Arrival, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Game of Thrones, Hidden Figures and Moana are all up for the award.
Here are the categories with nominees of genre interest:
SPOKEN WORD FIELD
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling):
- Astrophysics For People In A Hurry — Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Born To Run — Bruce Springsteen
- Confessions Of A Serial Songwriter — Shelly Peiken
- Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (Bernie Sanders) — Bernie Sanders And Mark Ruffalo
- The Princess Diarist — Carrie Fisher
MUSIC FOR VISUAL MEDIA FIELD
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media:
- Baby Driver — (Various Artists)
- Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 — (Various Artists)
- Hidden Figures: The Album — (Various Artists)
- La La Land — (Various Artists)
- Moana: The Songs — (Various Artists)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media:
- Arrival — Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer
- Dunkirk — Hans Zimmer, composer
- Game Of Thrones: Season 7 — Ramin Djawadi, composer
- Hidden Figures — Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams & Hans Zimmer, composers
- La La Land — Justin Hurwitz, composer
PACKAGE FIELD
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package:
- Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque In Upper Volta — Tim Breen, art director (Various Artists)
- Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (1984 – 2014) — Tom Hingston, art director (Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds)
- May 1977: Get Shown The Light — Masaki Koike, art director (Grateful Dead)
- The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition — Lawrence Azerrad, Timothy Daly & David Pescovitz, art directors (Various Artists)
- Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares — Tim Breen, Benjamin Marra & Ken Shipley, art directors (Various Artists)
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Didn’t know that Arrival had a soundtrack out. I’ll definitely give it a try and report back.