Plan B, Muse, Stephen Sondheim Win Big at the 2011 Ivor Novello Awards in London

Plan B

Stephen Sondheim

John Powell accepts his award.
Photographer: Mark Allan

Dan Jones on stage at the 2011 Ivor Novello Awards.
Photographer:Mark Allan

Central London was bustling with excitement once again this year as the UK music industry gathered to honour the songs and their writers that made 2010 an amazing musical year. The annual awards show is presented by BASCA in association with PRS for Music and is now in its 56th year. This year saw ASCAP/PRS members win big. Plan B walked away with three awards and John Powell took home an award for his score to How to Train Your Dragon. An International Achievement award went to rock trio Muse and the Special International Award this year went to musical theatre giant Stephen Sondheim.

Congratulations to all of the below winning ASCAP and PRS members! ASCAP is proud to represent your music.

ALBUM AWARD

The Defamation of Strickland Banks
Writer: Benjamin Drew
Performed By: Plan B
UK Publisher: Universal Music Publishing

PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK

Song: "She Said"
Writers: Eric Appapoulay / Richard Cassell / Benjamin Drew /Tom Wright-Goss
Performed By: Plan B
UK Publishers: Sony/ATV Music Publishing / Universal Music Publishing

BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK

Any Human Heart
Composer: Dan Jones
UK Publishers: Faber Music Ltd / Universal Music Publishing

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE

How to Train Your Dragon
Composer: John Powell
UK Publisher: BMG Chrysalis

BEST ORIGINAL VIDEO GAME SCORE

Game: Napoleon: Total War
Composers: Richard Beddow / Richard Birdsall / Ian Livingstone
Developer: The Creative Assembly
UK Publisher: SEGA

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT

Muse

PRS FOR MUSIC OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO BRITISH MUSIC

Paul Rodgers

PRS FOR MUSIC SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Stephen Sondheim

SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Benjamin Drew (Plan B)