BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - FILM
Michael Giacchino - "Up" (Disney/Pixar)
Helene Muddiman - "Skin" (Elysian Films)
Clinton Shorter - "District 9" (Tristar Pictures)
Alexandre Displat - "Julie & Julia" (Columbia Pictures)
Assaf Rinde - "Kill Zone" (Carberg Studio)
Michael Dobbins - "Tremens" (Cross Culture Productions)
Christopher Young - "Creation" (BBC Films)
Shawn Clement - "Quantum Quest" (Jupiter 9 Productions)
Jim Dooley - "Obsessed" (Screen Gems)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - TV
Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin - "Heroes" (NBC)
Nathan Barr - "True Blood" (HBO)
Shawn Patterson - "Titan Maximum" (Adult Swim)
Dan Licht - "Dexter" (Showtime)
Danny Lux - "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Chris Lennertz - "Supernatural" (WB)
Jeff Beal - "Ugly Betty" (ABC)
The Transcenders - "Gossip Girl" (WB)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - VIDEO GAME
Inon Zur - "Dragon Age: Origins" (BioWare/EA)
Tom Salta - "HAWX" (Ubisoft)
Stephen Rippy - "Halo Wars" (Ensemble Studios)
Joris de Man - "Killzone 2" (Guerrilla Games)
Jim Dooley / Amon Tobin / Mel Wesson / JD Mayer- "Infamous" (Sucker Punch Productions)
Winifred Phillips / Winnie Waldron - "Spore Hero" (EA)
Jesper Kyd - "Assassins Creed 2" (Ubisoft)
Martin O'Donnell - "Halo 3: ODST" (Bungie)
Greg Edmonson - "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" (Naughty Dog)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - FILM
"Hold Your Dreams" (Fame) - Written by Matthew James Murphy / Performed by Fame Cast
"Funky Poets" (Off the Ledge)  Written by Dave Whitton and David Walker / Performed by Eggshell Egoz
"The Climb" (Hannah Montana: The Movie) Written by Jessi Alexander and Jon Mabe / Performed by Miley Cyrus
"When You Find Me" (Adam) Written by Kevin Griffin and Joshua Radin / performed by Joshua Radin
"Calling" (The Other End of the Line) - Written by Jason L. Napier and Dony J. West / Performed by Sink to See
"Trust Me"  (The Informant) Music by Marvin Hamlisch / Words by Marilyn and Allen Bergman / Performed Steve Tyrell

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - TV
"Take Me Home" (True Blood) Written & performed by Lisbeth Scott and Nathan Barr
"Without You" (The Hills) Written and performed by Shawn Hlookoff
"Walking" (The Biggest Loser) Written & performed by Anthony Snape
"Lie to Me" (Lie to Me) Written by Stacy Wilde & David Bellochio / Performed by Stacy Wilde

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - VIDEO GAME
"I Am the One" (Dragon Age: Origins) Written by Inon Zur and Aubrey Ashburn / Performed by Aubrey Ashburn
"Road to Shambhala" (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves) Written & performed by Carmen Rizzo

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT
"2 Scoops" (Canada Credit) Written by Peter Holmes / Performed by Michelle Harding
"Everywhere" (Chase Bank) Written by Michelle Branch & John Shanks / Performed by Michelle Branch

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Steve Rushton - "Ready to RocK"
Tina Guo - "Queen Bee"
Temposhark - "Blame"
Nylon Pink - "Lipstick"
Del Castillo - "Anybody Wanna?"
Cia Gomes featuring Jamy Bagheri - "The Violin's Cry"
Adero Neely - "Animated"
Static Revenger - "Satellite"
Logan - "When I get Down"
The Sippy Cups - "The Day After Holloween"
Cooper Boone - "Country Living"