DJ Tech Tools’ Ean Golden demonstrates a Daft Punk AeroDynamic beat juggling performance and then breaks down his tecnique.

He’s got skills, eh?

See his post at his site, where you can download his demo files, too!

via eangolden:

Here is a routine I developed using “Aerodynamic” from daft punk and the planet rock instrumental. The 2 mp3’s used in this video are available with cue points in this post: The mapping for this controller is also available here:

Armin Van Buuren again reigns supreme, with Tiësto and David Guetta following in the #2 & #3 positions.

Here are the Top 10 DJs:

1. Armin van Buuren
2. Tiesto
3. David Guetta
4. Above & Beyond
5. Paul van Dyk
6. Deadmau5
7. Ferry Corsten
8. Markus Schulz
9. Gareth Emery
10. Sander van Doorn

Check out the full list below, and then leave a comment with your thoughts!

The Top 100 DJs For 2009

1. Armin van Buuren
2. Tiesto
3. David Guetta
4. Above & Beyond
5. Paul van Dyk
6. Deadmau5
7. Ferry Corsten
8. Markus Schulz
9. Gareth Emery
10. Sander van Doorn
11. ATB (
12. Infected Mushroom
13. Sasha
14. Axwell
15. Andy Moor
16. Bobina
17. John Digweed
18. Carl Cox
19. Cosmic Gate
20. Steve Angello
21. Roger Shah
22. Aly & Fila
23. Paul Oakenfold
24. John O’Callaghan
25. Sebastian Ingrosso
26. Benny Benassi
27. Laidback Luke
28. Richie Hawtin
29. Fedde Le Grand
30. DJ Feel
31. Lange
32. Hernan Cattaneo
33. Daft Punk
34. Eric Prydz
35. Bob Sinclar
36. Joachim Garraud
37. Kyau & Albert
38. James Zabiela
39. Umek
40. Christopher Lawrence
41. Eddie Halliwell
42. Simon Patterson
43. Offer Nissim
44. Judge Jules
45. Sean Tyas
46. Dubfire
47. Martin Solveig
48. Sven Vath
49. Richard Durand
50. Marco V
51. Kaskade
52. Tydi
53. Erick Morillo
54. Matt Darey
55. Astrix
56. Menno de Jong
57. The Thillseekers
58. Nick Warren
59. Dirty South
60. Roger Sanchez
61. Mark Knight
62. Wally Lopez
63. Leon Bolier
64. Blank & Jones
65. Justice
66. Laurent Wolf
67. Astral Projection
68. Boys Noize
69. Ronski Speed
70. Sander Kleinenberg
71. Ricardo Villalobos
72. Chuckie
73. Sharam
74. Marcel Woods
75. Lisa Lashes
76. Moonbeam
77. Rank 1
78. Sebastien Leger
79. Marcus Schossow
80. Steve Lawler
81. Skazi
82. Super8 & Tab
83. Pete Tong
84. Tocadisco
85. Sied van Riel
86. Tiga
87. Daniel Kandi
88. Mike Koglin
89. Luciano
90. Yahel
91. Myon & Shane 54
92. John B
93. Simon Posford
94. Fatboy Slim
95. Robbie Rivera
96. Antoine Clamaran
97. Nic Fanciulli
98. Gui Boratto
99. Alex M.O.R.P.H.
100. Andy C

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Before Where The Wild Things Are, though, Jonze made some of the most interesting music videos in recent memory, including videos for Daft Punk, The Beastie Boys, Fatboy Slim, The Pharcyde and UNKLE.

Here are 5 memorable Spike Jonze videos:

Daft Punk’s Da Funk

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The Beastie Boys’ Sabotage

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Fatboy Slim’s Weapon Of Choice

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The Pharcyde’s Drop

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UNKLE’s Heaven

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Based on this MTV interview with Olivia Wilde, it looks like French electronica duo Daft Punk may have a cameo in the upcoming Tron Legacy movie.

Daft Punk is doing the soundtrack for the sequel to the 1982 original, Tron, which broke new ground in computer animation.

Anybody else overly excited about the new Tron movie?

Making KORG DS-10 sing a Daft Punk song

via Denkitribe:

You can make any analog modeling synthesizer sing with pseudo formant synthesis. Funny singing? I think it’s like a speech synthesizer in 70’s.Thanks goes to Yonao for suggesting this idea.

This is the Daft Punk DJ Hero trailer.

Daft Punk, a featured artist in the upcoming Xbox 360 and PS3 DJ Hero, has created 11 mixes for the game, including:

• Daft Punk “Around the World” vs. Young MC “Bust A Move”
• Daft Punk “Da Funk” vs. N.A.S.A. “Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB and Fatlip”
• Daft Punk “Da Funk” vs. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust”
• Daft Punk “Robot Rock” vs. Hashim “Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)”–Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts
• Daft Punk “Robot Rock” vs. Queen “We Will Rock You”
• Daft Punk “Short Circuit” vs. Boogie Down Productions “Jack Of Spades”
• Daft Punk “Technologic” vs. Gary Numan “Cars”
• Daft Punk “Television Rules The Nation” vs. No Doubt “Hella Good”

via gamedaily

From 1977, French robotic space pop group The Droids do The Force, a bit of Star Wars inspired robo disco.

Yves Hayat (synthesizers and sequencers) formed Droids along with Richard Lornac on key board and Jean Paul Batailley on drums and tablas.

via magicwaves:

more french robotic space rock, this time from 1976…

We’ve mentioned previously that Daft Punk was scoring the new Tron movie Tron: Legacy, due out in 2011. Here’s a preview of the look and sound of the film, from Comic-Con 2009.

This is unconfirmed info, but Daft Punk is rumored to have written 24 new songs for the film. The Comic-Con rumormill also has it that Daft Punk will be touring their TRON: LEGACY soundtrack. Director Joseph Kosinski was asked if Daft Punk would tour their soundtrack and he replied that there would “definitely be Daft Punk Tron-themed events on the horizon.”

Anybody ready for this, right now?

via davecobb

At Flynn’s Arcade at the viral event for TRON: LEGACY at Comic-Con 2009, a secret door opened up and led down a hallway to reveal a full-size model of the SPECTACULAR new lightcycle design.

Also notice the music in the background — possibly part of the new Daft Punk score?

Shot and uploaded live during the event using an iPhone 3GS.

And here’s the HD Tron: Legacy preview, too!

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Description:

• Download the application and enjoy Daft Punk style.
• Leave running your favorite loop, open daftTouch and start creating new mixes.
• Shake your iPhone/iPod to play extra sample

Coming:

• Record and share your creations
• Use your own samples
• More accelerometer gesture interaction

Each blog chose one track from the album and then found a producer to remix the song.

The album will be available starting May 20th via the participating blogs:

1. Human After All —> Chosen by Disco Demons 2. The Prime Time Of Your Life —> Chosen by Data Sapiens
3. Robot Rock —> Chosen by The Cold Cut 4. Steam Machine —> Chosen by Cream Team 5. Make Love —> Chosen by Sheena Beaston
6. The Brainwasher —> Chosen by Danger! Danger!
7. On/Off —> Chosen by The Lemur Blog
8. Television Rules The Nation —> Chosen by Noise Porn 9. Technologic —> Chosen by Pretty Much Amazing
10. Emotion —> Chosen by Binary

This Daft Punk Piano Medley, by the Napkin Holder, may drive you to ritual hari kari if you don’t like light lounge piano covers of French electro pop – so consider yourself warned.

via theNapkinHolder:

Harder, Better Faster Stronger,
Da Funk(1:10)
Human After All(1:50)
Robot Rock(2:35)
One More Time(2:53)
Aerodynamic(3:42)
Digital Love(4:41)
Crescendoll(5:46)
Television Rules the Nation(6:06)
Around the World(6:38)
HBFS(7:42)

This short video is a 8-bit pixelated take on Daft Punk’s Around The World.

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This video is part of my exam, a commercial series for a fictional music channel for handheld devices.

via Torley

LittleBigPlanet meets Daft Punk in this video.

via apc

Earlier in the day, we brought you the Jonzun Crew – what Daft Punk would have looked like in 1983.

Little did we know that Torley would dig up a proto-Daft Punk from 6 years earlier!

This is Space, performing Magic Fly in 1977. More Space madness below!

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Space were fronted by French musician Didier Marouani, who penned Magic Fly back in 1977. It went on to reach the top spot of many European countries and found itself at No.2 in the UK top 40 in September of that year.

Get beyond the dated video and lack of mastering loudness, and this is Daft Punk 25 years before Daft Punk.

Makes me want to go crate-digging!

Let me know if you can beat Torley’s find with some even earlier electro funkster robots!

Seeing this video from 1983 of the Jonzun Crew, doing Pack Jam, is a bit of Deja Vu.

Anyone else see hints of the future Daft Punk?

via Onomano

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter surprised the crowd at Los Angeles’s Cinespace yesterday by jumping on the decks, unmasked – and “everybody jizzed in their pants“.

In my book, though, Daft Punk unmasked is right up there Kiss unmasked and Darth Vader unmasked.

Put the mask back on, already!

Do we really want to know that the robot dude looks like Serge Gainsbourg or somebody?

Leave a comment with your thoughts!

• harder;
• better;
• faster; and
• stronger

than other iphone apps.

Better yet – it’s free-er, which means there’s no reason not to download it and have a couple of minutes of Daft fun.

Description:

If you always wanted to feel like Daft Punk, here’s a tool that will make you lose minutes, hours or days having fun doing your own version of “Harder Better Faster Stronger”. This is the OFFICIAL iDaft for iPhone, a port from the popular iDaft flash version at najle.com/idaft. Do not be fooled by imitators! This is the only and very best version of iDaft for the iPhone!

This video reveals some of the secrets of French house music artists – including samples taken from Barry Manilow, ELO & Chris De Burgh.

Artists include:
Together
Cassius
Thomas Falke
Dave Armstrong
Modjo
Daft Punk
Alan Braxe
Thomas Bangalter
Stardust

Worth checking out even if you’re not a fan of house… cool to see how artists make their house beats!

via marikun:

NOTE: The track “Wake Up” was not made by DP. It was actually by DJ Lazarus. Cool sample anyway!

via Beatportal

Billboard reports that Daft Punk has been signed to score the soundtrack for Tron 2 (TR2N):

Daft Punk, the French electronica duo known for their robot personas, have been tapped by Walt Disney Pictures to compose the score for “TR2N”, an update of the studio’s 1982 science fiction classic “Tron”, Billboard has confirmed.

The film, currently in production, is tentatively scheduled for a 2011 release.

The “TR2N” score marks Daft Punk’s first foray into the studio since 2005’s “Human After All.”

The musicians, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter split their time between Paris and Los Angeles, where they have have assembled a new recording studio for the TR2N project.

“We’re always trying to do something that hasn’t been done, or ultimately, that we aren’t doing ourselves yet,” notes Banglater.

The original Tron featured an original electronic score by synth pioneer Wendy Carlos.

What do you think about Daft Punk doing the score for Tron 2? Do you think that they are up to the task? Should they have gone back to Wendy Carlos to score the sequel?

The winners of the 51st Grammy Awards have been announced, and Daft Punk & Justice are among the winners:

• Best Dance Recording: “Harder Better Faster Stronger,” Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers; track from “Alive 2007″ (Virgin Records)
• Best Electronic Dance Album: “Alive 2007,” Daft Punk (Virgin Records)
• Best Remixed Recording: “Electric Feel (Justice Remix),” Justice, remixers (MGMT), Track from: “Oracular Spectacular” (Columbia)

More winners listed below.

51st Grammy Award Winners

• Pop Collaboration With Vocals: “Rich Woman,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, track from “Raising Sand” (Rounder)
• Song of the Year: “Viva La Vida,” Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, songwriters (Coldplay), track from “Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends” (Capitol Records; Publishers: Universal Music-MGB Songs)
• Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals: “Stay,” Sugarland, track from “Enjoy the Ride” (Mercury Records)
• R&B Album: “Jennifer Hudson,” Jennifer Hudson (Arista Records)
• Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin
• Producer of the Year, Classical: David Frost
• Female Pop Vocal Performance: “Chasing Pavements,” Adele, track from “19″ (Columbia/XL)Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Still Unforgettable,” Natalie Cole (DMI Records)
• Pop Vocal Album: “Rockferry,” Duffy (Mercury)
• Pop Instrumental Performance: “I Dreamed There Was No War,” Eagles, track from “Long Road Out of Eden” (Eagles Recording Company)
• Pop Instrumental Album: “Jingle All the Way,” Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (Rounder)
• Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Viva La Vida,” Coldplay, track from “Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends” (Capitol Records)
• Alternative Music Album: “In Rainbows,” Radiohead (TBD Records)
• Solo Rock Vocal Performance: “Gravity,” John Mayer, track from “Where The Light Is: Live in Los Angeles” (Columbia)
• Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Sex on Fire,” Kings of Leon (RCA Records)
• Hard Rock Performance: “Wax Simulacra,” The Mars Volta (Universal Motown)
• Metal Performance: “My Apocalypse,” Metallica, track from “Death Magnetic” (Warner Bros.)
• Rock Instrumental Performance: “Peaches En Regalia,” Zappa Plays Zappa featuring Steve Vai and Napoleon Murphy Brock (Strobosonic/Razor & Tie Entertainment)
• Rock Song: “Girls in Their Summer Clothes,” Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen), track from “Magic” (Columbia; Publisher: Bruce Springsteen)
• Rap Solo Performance: “A Milli,” Lil Wayne, track from “Tha Carter III” (Cash Money/Universal Motown)
• Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: “Swagga Like Us,” Jay-Z and T.I. featuring Kanye West and Lil Wayne (Roc-A-Fella/Grand Hustle/Atlantic)
• Rap/Sung Collaboration: “American Boy,” Estelle featuring Kanye West, track from “Shine” (Homeschool/Atlantic)
• Rap Song: “Lollipop,” Dwayne Carter, Darius Harrison, James Scheffer, Stephen Garrett and Rex Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne featuring Static Major), track from “Tha Carter III” (Cash Money/Universal Motown; Publishers: Young Money Publishing/Warner-Chappell Music, Herbalicious Music/Blackfountain Music/EMI-April Music, JimiPub Music/EMI Blackwood, Three Nails and A Crown Publishing/Roynet Music)
• Country Song: “Stay,” Jennifer Nettles, songwriter (Sugarland), track from “Enjoy the Ride” (Mercury Records; Publisher: Jennifer Nettles Publishing)
• Country Album: “Troubadour,” George Strait (MCA Nashville)
• Female Country Vocal Performance: “Last Name,” Carrie Underwood, track from “Carnival Ride” (19/Arista/Arista Nashville)
• Male Country Vocal Performance: “Letter to Me,” Brad Paisley, track from “5th Gear” (Arista Nashville)
• Country Collaboration with Vocals: “Killing the Blues,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, track from “Raising Sand” (Rounder)
• Country Instrumental Performance: “Cluster Pluck,” Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner (Arista Nashville)
• R&B Song: “Miss Independent,” Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Smith, songwriters (Ne-Yo), track from “Year of the Gentleman” (Def Jam/Compound; Publishers: Pen in the Ground Publishing, Universal Music-Z Tunes)
• Contemporary R&B Album: “Growing Pains,” Mary J. Blige (Geffen)
• Female R&B Vocal Solo: “Superwoman,” Alicia Keys, track from “As I Am” (J Records)
• Male R&B Vocal Solo: “Miss Independent,” Ne-Yo, track from “Year of the Gentleman” (Def Jam/Compound)
• R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: “Stay With Me (By the Sea),” Al Green featuring John Legend, track from “Lay It Down” (Blue Note Records)
• Traditional R&B Vocal Performance: “You’ve Got the Love I Need,” Al Green featuring Anthony Hamilton, track from “Lay It Down” (Blue Note Records)
• Urban/Alternative Performance: “Be OK,” Chrisette Michele featuring will.i.am, track from “I Am” (Def Jam)
• Dance Recording: “Harder Better Faster Stronger,” Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, producers; Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixers; track from “Alive 2007″ (Virgin Records)
• Electronic Dance Album: “Alive 2007,” Daft Punk (Virgin Records)
• Bluegrass Album: “Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947,” Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records)
• Traditional Blues Album: “One Kind Favor,” B.B. King (Geffen Records)
• Contemporary Blues Album: “City That Care Forgot,” Dr. John and The Lower 911 (429 Records)
• New Age Album: “Peace Time,” Jack DeJohnette (Golden Beams/Kindred Rhythm)
• Contemporary Jazz Album: “Randy in Brasil,” Randy Brecker (MAMA Records)
• Jazz Vocal Album: “Loverly,” Cassandra Wilson (Blue Note)
• Jazz Instrumental Solo: “BE-BOP,” Terence Blanchard, soloist; track from “Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival” (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars) (Monterey Jazz Festival Records)
• Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group: “The New Crystal Silence,” Chick Corea and Gary Burton (Concord Records)
• Large Jazz Ensemble Album: “Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard,” The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (Planet Arts Recordings)
• Latin Jazz Album: “Song for Chico,” Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (Zoho)
• Latin Pop Album: “La Vida … Es Un Ratico,” Juanes (Universal Music Latino)
• Latin Rock or Alternative Album: “45,” Jaguares (EMI Music)
• Latin Urban Album: “Los Extraterrestres,” Wisin y Yandel (Machete Music)
• Tropical Latin Album: “Senor Bachata,” Jose Feliciano (Universal Music Latino)
• Regional Mexican Album: “Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas: Musica Ranchera,” Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) in a tie with “Canciones de Amor,” Mariachi Divas (Shea Records/East Side Records)
• Tejano Album: “Viva La Revolucion,” Ruben Ramos and The Mexican Revolution (Revolution Records)
• Norteno Album: “Raices,” Los Tigres Del Norte (Fonovisa)
• Banda Album: “No Es De Madera” Joan Sebastian (Musart/Balboa Records)
• Traditional Folk Album: “At 89,” Pete Seeger (Appleseed Recordings)
• Contemporary Folk/Americana Album: “Raising Sand,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder Records)
• Native American Music Album: “Come to Me Great Mystery: Native American Healing Songs,” (Various Artists) Tom Wasinger, producer (Silver Wave Records)
• Hawaiian Music Album: “Ikena,” Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho (Daniel Ho Creations)
• Zydeco or Cajun Music Album: “Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,” BeauSoleil and Michael Doucet (MunckMix)
• Engineering Album, Classical: “Traditions and Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago,” David Frost, Tom Lazarus and Christopher Willis, engineers (Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Alan Gilbert, Silk Road Ensemble, Wu Man, Yo-Yo Ma and Chicago Symphony Orchestra) (CSO Resound)
• Reggae Album: “Jah Is Real,” Burning Spear (Burning Music Production)
• Traditional World Music Album: “Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu,” Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Heads Up International)
• Contemporary World Music Album: “Global Drum Project,” Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo (Shout! Factory)
• Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Juno,” (various artists) Peter Afterman, Jason Reitman and Margaret Yen, producers (Fox Music/Rhino)
• Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Television or Other Visual Media: “The Dark Knight,” James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer, composers (Warner Sunset/Warner Bros.)
• Polka Album: “Let the Whole World Sing,” Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra (Rounder)
• Gospel Performance: “Get Up,” Mary Mary; track from “The Sound” (Columbia)
• Gospel Song: “Help Me Believe,” Kirk Franklin, songwriter (Kirk Franklin); track from “The Fight of My Life” (Fo Yo Soul Ent./Zomba Gospel; Publishers: Universal Music-Z Songs/Kerrion Publishing)
• Rock or Rap Gospel Album: “Alive and Transported,” TobyMac (ForeFront Records EMI CMG)
• Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: “Thy Kingdom Come,” CeCe Winans (PureSprings Gospel/EMI Gospel)
• Southern, Country, Bluegrass Gospel: “Lovin’ Life,” Gaither Vocal Band (Gaither Music Group)
• Traditional Gospel Album: “Down in New Orleans,” The Blind Boys of Alabama (Time Life)
• Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: “The Fight of My Life,” Kirk Franklin (Fo Yo Soul Entertainment/Zomba Gospel)
• Classical Album: “Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny,” James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Worle; Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra) (EuroArts)
• Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: “Down to Earth,” (”WALL-E”) Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, songwriters (Peter Gabriel) (Walt Disney Records/Pixar; Publishers: Walt Disney Music, Wonderland Music/Pixar Talking Pictures/Pixar Music)
• Musical Show Album: “In the Heights,” Kurt Deutsch, Alex Lacamoire, Andres Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss and Bill Sherman, producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Others) (Razor & Tie Entertainment/Ghostlight Records)
• Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Story Telling): “An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore),” Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood (Simon & Schuster Audio)
• Musical Album for Children: “Here Come the 123s,” They Might Be Giants (Disney Sound)
• Spoken Word Album Children: “Yes to Running! Bill Harley Live,” Bill Harley (Round River Records)
• Comedy Album: “It’s Bad for Ya,” George Carlin (Eardrum Records)
• Instrumental Composition: “The Adventures of Mutt,” (from “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” John Williams, composer (John Williams), track from “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” soundtrack (Concord Records)
• Instrumental Arrangement: “Define Dancing,” (from “WALL-E”) Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, arrangers (Thomas Newman), track from “WALL-E” soundtrack (Walt Disney Records)
• Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): “Here’s That Rainy Day,” Nan Schwartz, arranger (Natalie Cole), track from “Still Unforgettable” (DMI Records)
• Engineered Album, Non-Classical: “Consolers of the Lonely,” Joe Chiccarelli, Vance Powell and Jack White III, engineers (The Raconteurs) (Third Man/Warner Bros.)
• Remixed Recording: “Electric Feel (Justice Remix),” Justice, remixers (MGMT), Track from: “Oracular Spectacular” (Columbia)
• Surround Sound Album: “Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain; Prelude to Khovanshchina,” Michael Bishop, surround mix engineer; Michael Bishop, surround mastering engineer; Robert Woods, surround producer (Paavo Jarvi and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) (Telarc)
• Opera Recording: “Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny,” James Conlon, conductor; Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald; Fred Vogler, producer (Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich and Robert Worle; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra; Los Angeles Opera Chorus) (EuroArts)
• Orchestral Performance: “Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4,” Bernard Haitink, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) (CSO Resound)
• Choral Performance: “Symphony of Psalms,” Sir Simon Rattle, conductor; Simon Halsey, chorus master (Berliner Philharmoniker; Rundfunkchor Berlin) track from “Stravinsky: Symphonies” (EMI Classics)
• Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (With Orchestra): “Schoenberg/Sibelius: Violin Concertos,” Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Hilary Hahn (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra) (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Instrumental Soloist Performance (Without Orchestra): “Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky, and Lutoslawski,” Gloria Cheng (Telarc)
• Chamber Music Performance: “Carter, Elliott: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5,” Pacifica Quartet (Naxos)
• Small Ensemble Performance: “Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary,” Charles Bruffy, conductor; Phoenix Chorale (Chandos)
• Classical Vocal Performance: “Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,” Hila Plitmann (JoAnn Falletta; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) (Naxos)
• Classical Contemporary Composition: “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,” John Corigliano (JoAnn Falletta); track from: “Corigliano: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan” (Naxos)
• Classical Crossover Album: “Simple Gifts,” The King’s Singers (Signum Records)
• Short Form Music Video: “Pork and Beans,” Weezer, Mathew Cullen, video director; Bernard Rahill, video producder (DGC/Interscope)
• Long Form Music Video: “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Peter Bogdanovich, video director; Skot Bright, video producer (Warner Bros.)
• Recording Package: “Death Magnetic,” Bruce Duckworth, Sarah Moffat and David Turner, art directors (Metallica) (Warner Bros.)
• Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: “In Rainbows,” Stanley Donwood, Mel Maxwell and Christiaan Munro, art directors (Radiohead)
• Album Notes: “Kind of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition,” Francis Davis, album notes writer (Miles Davis) (Columbia/Legacy Recordings)
• Historical Album: “Art of Field Recording Volume I: Fifty Years of Traditional American Music Documented by Art Rosenbaum,” Steven Lance Ledbetter and Art Rosenbaum, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineering (Various Artists) (Dust-to-Digital)