'I Need to Wake Up' from An Inconvenient Truth 
      Performed by: Melissa Etheridge, Lyrics by: Melissa Etheridge
  
'You Know My Name' from Casino Royale Winner
      Composed by: David Arnold, Performed by: Chris Cornell, Lyrics by: Chris Cornell and David Arnold
  
'When You Taught Me How to Dance' from Miss Potter 
      Performed by: Katie Melua, Lyrics by: Mike Batt, Nigel Westlake and Richard Maltby Jr.
  
'Falling Slowly', Once 
      Composed by: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
  
'Le Festin' from Ratatouille 
      Composed by: Michael Giacchino, Performed by: Camille, Lyrics by: Michael Giacchino
Little Miss Sunshine, Mychael Danna featuring DeVotchKa 
Notes on a Scandal, Philip Glass 
Shrek The Third, Harry Gregson-Williams 
The Fountain, Clint Mansell Winner
Zodiac, David Shire 
Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix, Nicholas Hooper 
Mr Brooks, Ramin Djawadi 
Science of the Sleep, Jean Michel Bernard 
The Page Turner/La Tourneuse de Pages, Jerome Lemonnier 
XXY, Daniel Tarrab and Andres Goldstein Winner
      Also for Inheritance
Lifetime Achievement, Mikis Theodorakis Winner
The Fountain, Clint Mansell Winner
Deja Vu, Harry Gregson-Williams 
      Also for Shrek the Third, The Number 23, Flushed Away
Happy Feet, John Powell 
Little Miss Sunshine, Mychael Danna 
      Also for Breach, The Nativity Story, Fracture
Notes on a Scandal, Philip Glass 
The Queen, Alexandre Desplat Winner
      Also for The Painted Veil