U2, Arcade Fire, Karen O receive Oscar nominations

U2, Arcade Fire and Karen O are among the nominees at this year’s Oscars.

U2’s “Ordinary Love” (from Mandela: The Long Walk To Freedom) is nominated in the Best Original Song category, alongside Karen O and Spike Jonze for “The Moon Song” from Her and Pharrell Williams’ “Happy”, from Despicable Me 2.

Meanwhile, Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett have been nominated in the Original Score category for the soundtrack to Spike Jonze’s Her.

You can read the list of movie nominations https://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/and-the-2014-oscar-nominations-are.

ORIGINAL SONG

‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ – Alone Yet Not Alone

‘Happy’ – Despicable Me 2

‘Let It Go’ – Frozen

‘The Moon Song’ – Her

‘Ordinary Love’ – Mandela: The Long Walk To Freedom

ORIGINAL SCORE

Philomena – Alexandre Desplat

The Book Thief – John Williams

Gravity – Steven Price

Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

Her – William Butler, Owen Pallett