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Gavin and Maurice’s score for Jim Sheridan’s ‘In America’ has been nominated for an Ivor Novello award. The awards ceremony will take place in London in May this year.
The IVORS are internationally respected as the premier award ceremony to reflect the talent of British songwriters and composers and their contribution as the creative source of the music industry’s prosperity. The event is presented by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters in association with the Performing Right Society.

“Time Enough For Tears” has been nominated in the best Original Song category of the 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards. The film In America was also nominated for best Screenplay. The awards ceremony takes place in Los Angeles on January 25, 2004. (source: GF)

“Time Enough For Tears”, written by Bono/Friday/Seezer and available on the In America soundtrack, has been nominated in Best Song Category of the BFCA Critics’ Choice Awards. The film In America received a total of seven nominations.

The ‘In America’ soundtrack will be released on Warners in the U.K. and Ireland on November 21st. In the U.S.A. the album is on Atlantic Records, out on November 25th.
Track listing:
1. Time Enough For Tears
2. Some things you should wish for
3. All our troubles have flown away
4. Mr American Dream I
5. Fe Fi Fo Fum
6. Painting an Angel
7. Mr American Dream II
8. Hell’s Kitchen Suite
9. Happy Holiday
10. I’m an alien
11. Bad Blood
12. The whole world has had a bad day
13. Mateo goes home
14. The third wish (In America finale)
15. All our troubles have flown away finale
All tracks written by Friday/Seezer and performed by the Friday/Seezer Ensemble, except Time Enough For Tears which is Bono/Friday/Seezer, sung by Andrea Corr.
The ‘In America’ website has gone live at Fox Searchlight.

‘In America’ by Irish director Jim Sheridan has won the Grand Price for Best Film at the 30th International Filmfestival Flanders-Ghent, Belgium. Producer Arthur Lappin accepted the EUR25,000 award. (Yahoo report)

Gavin and Maurice wrote the film’s score.

The release date for Jim Sheridan’s In America has been put back till November 26. You can watch a trailer including Gavin and Maurice’s music on Fox Searchlight’s site. The song for the film, written by Friday, Seezer and Bono and sung by Andrea Corr has been recorded. Gavin and Maurice will be working with Sheridan within the next few weeks to add the song to the film.