by Ryan Keaveney

Here are the music nominees for the 2007 Academy Awards. Academy favorite Thomas Newman gets another ‘Best Score’ nod, with last year’s winner Gustavo Santaolalla returning to the big show with his sparse score for Babel. These are the first nominations for Javier Navarette and Alexandre Desplat. Congratulations to Milan Records, who released the Pan’s Labyrinth and The Queen soundtrack albums.

Music (Score)

Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla
The Good German – Thomas Newman
Notes On A Scandal – Philip Glass
Pan’s Labyrinth – Javier Navarette
The Queen – Alexandre Desplat

Music (Song)

An Inconvenient Truth – “I Need To Wake Up”
Dreamgirls – “Listen”
Dreamgirls – “Love You I Do”
Cars – “Our Town”
Dreamgirls – “Patience”

Full list of nominees…