Plan B & Everything Everything Lead Ivors Nods

Plan Band Manchester rockers Everything Everything lead the nominations for this year'sIvor Novello Awards for songwriting.

Plan B, real nameScouting For Girls and Tinie Tempah have also been named in the Best Contemporary Song category.

Lily Allen dominated last year's Ivors, where she won a hat-trick of gongs, including the coveted Songwriter of the Year prize.

This year's ceremony is due to take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Thursday 19th May.

Full List of Ivor Novello Award Nominations:

Best Song Musically and Lyrically
 
Song: Becoming a Jackal
Songwriter: Conor O’Brien
Performed by: Villagers
UK Publisher: Domino Publishing Company

Song: MY KZ, UR BF
Songwriters:  Jonathan Higgs / Jeremy Pritchard / Alexander Robertshaw / Michael Spearman
Performed by: Everything Everything
UK Publisher: Universal Music Publishing

Song: Spanish Sahara
Songwriters: Jack Bevan / Edwin Congreave / Walter Gervers / Yannis Philippakis / James Smith
Performed by: Foals
UK Publisher:  Universal Music Publishing

Best Contemporary Song
 
Song: Islands  
Songwriters: Romy Madley Croft / Baria Qureshi / Oliver Sim / James Smith
Performed by: The XX
UK Publisher: Universal Music Publishing
 
Song: Katy on a Mission
Songwriters: Benga / Katy B / Geeneus
Performed by: Katy B
UK Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
 
Song: Pass Out                                               
Songwriters: Timothy McKenzie / Patrick Okogwu / Marc Williams
Performed by: Tinie Tempah
UK Publisher: EMI Music Publishing / Stellar Songs Ltd
 
Album Award
 
Album: Flaws     
Songwriter: Jack Steadman
Performed by: Bombay Bicycle Club
UK Publisher: Imagem Music
 
Album: Man Alive            
Songwriters: Jonathan Higgs / Jeremy Pritchard / Alexander Robertshaw / Michael Spearman
Performed by: Everything Everything
UK Publisher: Universal Music Publishing
               
Album: The Defamation of Strickland Banks            
Songwriter: Benjamin Drew
Performed by: Plan B
UK Publisher: Universal Music Publishing
 
 
PRS for Music Most Performed Work
 
Song: All the Lovers      
Songwriters: Jim Eliot / Mima Stilwell
Performed by: Kylie Minogue
UK Publisher:  Sony/ATV Music Publishing
 
Song: She Said
Songwriters: Eric Appapoulay / Richard Cassell / Benjamin Drew / Tom Wright-Goss
Performed by: Plan B
UK Publishers: Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing
 
Song: This Ain’t A Love Song                                                     
Songwriter: Roy Stride
Performed by: Scouting for Girls
UK Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
 
Best Television Soundtrack
 
Broadcast: Agatha Christie’s Marple, Series V                  
Composer: Dominik Scherrer
UK Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
 
Broadcast: Any Human Heart                             
Composer: Dan Jones            
UK Publishers: Faber Music Ltd / Universal Music Publishing
                                               
Broadcast: Going Postal                        
Composer: John Lunn            
UK Publisher: SATV Publishing

Best Original Film Score
 
Film: How To Train Your Dragon
Composer: John Powell
UK Publisher: BMG Chrysalis
 
Film:  Monsters
Composer: Jon Hopkins
UK Publishers: Domino Publishing Company / Vertigo Music Publishing Ltd
 
Film: Unstoppable
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
UK Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
 
Best Original Video Game Score
 
Game: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Composer: Nitin Sawhney
Developer: Ninja Theory
UK Publisher: Namco Bandai Games SAS
 
Game: James Bond 007: Blood Stone
Composer: Richard Jacques
Developer: Bizarre Creations
UK Publisher: Activision
 
Game: Napoleon: Total War
Composers: Richard Beddow / Richard Birdsall / Ian Livingstone
Developer: The Creative Assembly
UK Publisher: SEGA