1st Annual Front Row Soundtrack Award Nominations

I've been putting together soundtrack award lists for years, but I have never actually published them on here. So here they are, my nominations for the best individual achievements in film scoring for the calendar year 2007:

SCORE OF THE YEAR

• THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD composed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• ATONEMENT composed by Dario Marianelli
• LUST, CAUTION composed by Alexandre Desplat
• NOMAD: THE WARRIOR composed by Carlo Siliotto
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD composed by Jonny Greenwood

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (The Golden Compass, Lust, Caution, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium)
• PATRICK DOYLE (As You Like It, The Last Legion, Sleuth)
• JAMES NEWTON HOWARD (Charlie Wilson’s War, The Great Debaters, I Am Legend, The Lookout, Michael Clayton, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep)
• MARK ISHAM (Freedom Writers, Gracie, Next, In the Valley of Elah, Lions for Lambs, The Mist, Reservation Road)
• AARON ZIGMAN (Bridge to Terabithia, Good Luck Chuck, The Jane Austin Book Club, Martian Child, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, Pride, Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SCORE)

• ALIEN
• GODZILLA
• THE KITE RUNNER
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
• MONSIGNOR

ALBUM OF THE YEAR (SONG OR COMPILATION)

• CONTROL
• I’M NOT THERE
• INTO THE WILD
• ONCE
• SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

TRACK OF THE YEAR

• “Elegy for Dunkirk” ATONEMENT
• “August’s Rhapsody,” AUGUST RUSH
• “Opening,” ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
• "Kazakh Victory,” NOMAD: THE WARRIOR
• “Up is Down,” PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END

SONG OF THE YEAR

• Impact Repertory Theatre of Harlem, “Raise it Up” AUGUST RUSH
• Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz, “That’s How You Know” ENCHANTED
• Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, “Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)” HAIRSPRAY
• Jerry Hannan, “Society” INTO THE WILD
• Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, “Falling Slowly” ONCE

EMOTIONAL TRACK

• “The 3:10 to Yuma,” 3:10 TO YUMA
• “Song for Bob,” THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
• “Elegy for Dunkirk” ATONEMENT
• “Wong Chia Chi’s Theme,” LUST, CAUTION
• “The Flight of Magorium,” MR. MAGORIUM’S WONDER EMPORIUM
• "Ratatouille Main Theme," RATATOUILLE
  

ACTION TRACK

• “Beowulf Slays the Beast,” BEOWULF
• “Storm,” ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
• “Battle for Asylia,” LAIR
• “Kazakh Victory” NOMAD: THE WARRIOR
• “I Don’t Think Now is the Best Time,” PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
• “Swimming,” THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP

COMEDY TRACK

• “Nathaniel and Pip,” ENCHANTED
• “Professor Umbridge,” HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
• “Triscadecaphobia,” MR. MAGORIUM’S WONDER EMPORIUM
• “Theme: Persepolis,” PERSEPOLIS
• “Collette Shows Him Le Ropes,” RATATOUILLE

ART DIRECTION & DESIGN

• 3:10 TO YUMA
• I’M NOT THERE
• THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS
• SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - DELUXE EDITION
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Winners will be announced at a later date along with a list of the top ten scores of 2007.