2012 Grammy Nominations Announced

The nominations for 54th Grammy Awards have been announced, and it looks like a few cartoons are on the list for best song and compilation album!

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Visual Media

• Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1 - Elektra
• Burlesque - Christina Aguilera – RCA Records
• Glee: The Music – Volume 4 - Columbia Records
• Tangled - Walt Disney Records
• True Blood: Volume 3 - WaterTower Music

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

• Born to Be Somebody (From Never Say Never) –Diane Warren, songwriter (Justin Bieber), Track from: Never Say Never The Remixes, [Island/Raymond Braun/School Boy]

• Christmastime is Killing UP (From Family Guy) – Ron Jones, Seth MacFarlane & Danny Smith, songwriters (Danny Smith, Ron Jones & Seth MacFarlane), [Fox Music]

• I See the Light (From Tangled)– Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi), Track from: Tangled, [Walt Disney Records; Publishers: Wonderland Music/Walt Disney Music]

• So Long (From Winnie the Pooh)– Zooey Deschanel, songwriter (Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward), Track from: Winnie The Pooh, [Walt Disney Records; Publisher: Walt Disney Music]

• Where the River Goes (From Footlloose) – Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Drew Pearson & Anne Preven, songwriters (Zac Brown), Track from: Footloose, [Atlantic/Warner Music Nashville; Publishers: Weimerhound Publishing,Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, CYP Two Publishing, Lil Dub Music/Angelika Music]

• You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me (From Burlesque) – Diane Warren, songwriter (Cher), Track from: Burlesque, [RCA Records; Publisher: Realsongs]

Cartoons were shut out of the best score category though.

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Black Swan (Clint Mansell) – Sony Classical/Fox Music
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow – Part 2 (Alexandre Desplat) – WaterTower Music
• The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat) – Decca
• The Shrine (Ryan Shore) – Screamworks
• Tron Legacy (Daft Punk) – Walt Disney Records

According to Film Music Reporter:

Among the Best Score Soundtrack contenders, Mansell and Shore received their first Grammy nominations, while Desplat was nominated before two years ago for his soundtrack for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Two-time Grammy winners Daft Punk have received their first nomination for their work in film music.

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!

You can find the complete category list at Grammy.com