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Nicolet High School alum Justin Hurwitz got two golden gramophones Sunday to go with his two golden men.

Nearly a year after winning the Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song for the musical "La La Land," the composer won two Grammys for his work, for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, and for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.

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In the Best Song Written for Visual Media category, Hurwitz lost to one of his Oscar competitors last year, Lin-Manuel Miranda, who won Sunday for "How Far I'll Go" from "Moana." Hurwitz also lost in the Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals Category, to Randy Newman for "Putin."

Born in Santa Barbara, Calif., Hurwitz's family moved to Fox Point when he was in eighth grade, where he was a piano student at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. He graduated from Nicolet in 2003.

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Hurwitz's awards were handed out Sunday afternoon ahead of CBS' primetime broadcast portion of the ceremony, taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York.

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There were six Grammy nominees with Wisconsin ties Sunday, but as of late Sunday afternoon, Hurwitz was the only winner.

First-time Grammy nominee and Milwaukee native Danny Gokey lost in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category to Zach Williams.

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Synthpop duo Sylvan Esso, featuring Milwaukee music scene veteran Nicholas Sanborn, lost to Kraftwerk in the Best Dance/Electronic Album category.

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The late Carrie Fisher won Best Spoken Word Album; Kenosha native Mark Ruffalo was nominated in the category for his narration for Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Our Revolution: A Future To Believe In."

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Blanton Alspaugh, winner of the Producer of the Year, Classical Grammy in 2013 in part for his work with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Florentine Opera Company, lost in the same category to David Frost Sunday. Alspaugh was in consideration in part for the MSO and Florentine's recording of "Aldridge: Sister Carrie."

And Greenfield-born songwriter and producer Joe London lost out in the Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album, for his contributions to Bomba Estereo's "Ayo." Residente won the award for its self-titled album.

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London has one more shot at an award during the CBS broadcast Sunday, for Best Country Album, for co-writing and co-producing songs on Thomas Rhett's "Life Changes."

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