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Ivors dished out
By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 22 May 2015
So it was the songwriting community’s big day out yesterday, and getting some glory from Ivor’s engine of award giving goodness were all and every single one of the following…
Most Performed Work: Rather Be
Written by Jack Patterson (Clean Bandit) and James Napier
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing/Salli Isaak Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Album Award: So Long, See You Tomorrow
Written by Jack Steadman
Published in the UK by Imagem Music
Best Song Musically And Lyrically: Take Me To Church
Written by Andrew Hozier-Byrne
Published in the UK by Sony/ATV Music Publishing/The Evolving Music Company
Best Contemporary Song: Rather Be
Written by Jack Patterson (Clean Bandit) and James Napier
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing/Salli Isaak Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Best Original Film Score: ’71
Composed by David Holmes
Published in the UK by Universal Music Publishing
Best Television Soundtrack: The Honourable Woman
Composed by Natalie Holt and Martin Phipps
Published in the UK by Imagem FTV and Du Vinage Publishing
Outstanding Song Collection: Albert Hammond
The Ivors Classical Music Award: Judith Weir
Outstanding Contribution to British Music: Boy George
Songwriter Of The Year: Ed Sheeran
The Ivors Inspiration Award: James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore and Nicky Wire (aka The Manic Street Preachers)
The Ivors Special Anniversary Award: Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
Lifetime Achievement: Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward (aka Black Sabbath)
Special International Award: Paul Williams
BASCA Fellowship: Annie Lennox