World Soundtrack Awards Announces Discovery of the Year Nominees
The 15th Annual World Soundtrack Awards have selected the nominees for The Discovery of the Year. The Discovery award recognizes "upcoming" composers who have scored less than six films. The amazing part of this is that most of the composers who have won or been nominated for the award have gone on to score blockbusters and/or have won Oscars, Golden Globes or BAFTA awards.
- (1888PressRelease) September 11, 2015 - The World Soundtrack Awards will celebrate its 15th anniversary with legendary film composer, Alan Silvestri, (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Forrest Gump). A suite from Silvestri's score to the upcoming film The Walk will receive a worldwide premiere at the WSA. Film Fest Gent also recorded an album with the scores of Silvestri at Flagey Studios in Brussels, conducted by Music Director of Film Fest Gent Dirk Brossé and performed by Brussels Philharmonic. Due to Film Fest Gent's focus on British cinema this year, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to composer Patrick Doyle at the World Soundtrack Awards. In addition to Doyle's honor and in line with tradition, 2014's Discovery of the Year Winner Daniel Pemberton will also be performing that evening. The 15th World Soundtrack Awards & Concert will take place on October 24, 2015 at Kuipke in Ghent. . The World Soundtrack Academy aims at supporting film music, sound design, composers, and their worldwide promotion. All info & tickets can be found on the www.worldsoundtrackawards.com.
The World Soundtrack Awards evolved as part of The Gent Film Festival and the 42nd edition will take place from 14 October until 25 October 2015 at Kinepolis Ghent, Vooruit, Studio Skoop, Sphinx, Bijloke, KASKcinema, Caermersklooster and Kuipke. Tickets and all info can be found on our website: www.filmfestival.be and www.worldsoundtrackawards.com.
Many legendary and accomplished composers received the Discovery of the Year award at the beginning of their careers. Artistic Director Patrick Duynslaegher states "If you are looking for the next generation of great composers, you just have to look at the World Soundtrack Discovery Awards where composers as Michael Giacchino, Gustavo Santaolalla, Craig Armstrong and Abel Korzeniowski were acknowledged by our Advisory Board early on in their careers.'. Last year, Daniel Pemberton was discovered by the WSA Advisory Board. This year Pemberton scored The Man From U.N.C.L.E and the critically acclaimed Steve Jobs. Pemberton stated "It was a wonderful honor to be selected as the Discovery of the Year at the last World Soundtrack Awards - to follow in the footsteps of so many great composers like Michael Giacchino, Gustavo Santaolla, and Craig Armstrong who've been given the accolade before was pretty humbling. Since then it feels like I haven't stopped and I'm ridiculously excited to hear the Brussels Philharmonic premiere pieces from my latest scores to Steve Jobs and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. at this year's concert. Plus I'm going to drink a lot of Belgium beer too. Hurrah."
The Discovery of the Year Award is aimed at encouraging emerging talent, who at the current WSA eligibility had scored no more than six theatrically released films (excluded are shorts, TV-formats & documentaries.) To qualify as an eligible score, the motion picture had to receive its world première screening between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.
NOMINATIONS
The nominees for Discovery of 2015 are:
- Alex Ebert for 'A Most Violent Year'
- Dominic Lewis for 'Spooks: The Greater Good'
- Antonio Sanchez for 'Birdman'
- Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow for 'Ex Machina'
- Zhiyi Wang for 'But Always' & 'Highway of Love
A group of 34 music professionals from the World Soundtrack Academy will also select five nominees for the Discovery of the Year. Additionally the public can also nominate their favorite score by voting for the Public Choice Award.
You can listen to the WSAwards playlist and much more on the Spotify account of Film Fest Gent. (http://bit.ly/1UI6LjA) Every year the Advisory Board of the World Soundtrack Academy chooses a 'Discovery of the Year' to celebrate emerging film composing talent.
The official competition is an important segment of the festival. The international jury will honor features with the award for Best Film and the Georges Delrue award for Best Soundtrack. In the past, international guests in the jury of the festival have been Jeanne Moreau, Mike Figgis, Christoper Lee, Michael Haneke and Jessica Woodworth. Previously the following films have been awarded for Best Film: The Selfish Giant, Tabu, Elena and Die Fremde.
Film Fest Gent is looking forward to hosting the established European film event for the 42nd time with international guests and premieres, film music concerts, and the 15th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards. More news and additional names of jurors will be announced soon.
Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat, Johann Johannsson, Patrick Doyle and John Legend among the first nominees released by the World Soundtrack Academy Nominees Announced for Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film
The nominees for Film Composer, Original Film Score, and Song of the Year are:
Film Composer of the Year
Bruno Coulais 'Song of the Sea', 'Gemma Bovary', '3 hearts' ('3 Coeurs'), 'Mune le guardien de la lune', 'Diary of a Chambermaid' ('Journal d'une femme de chambre'), 'Fly Away Solo'
Alexandre Desplat 'Unbroken', 'The Imitation Game', 'Everything Will Be Fine', 'Tale of Tales'
Michael Giacchino 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', 'Inside Out', 'Jupiter Ascending', 'Jurassic World', 'Tomorrowland'
Johann Johannsson 'The Theory of Everything', 'The 11th Hour', 'Sicario'
Hans Zimmer 'Interstellar', 'Chappie'
Best Original Film Score Of The Year
'Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)' by Antonio Sanchez
'Cinderella' by Patrick Doyle
'The Imitation Game' by Alexandre Desplat
'Interstellar' by Hans Zimmer
'The Theory of Everything' by Johann Johannsson
Best Original Song Written For A Film
The Apology Song from 'The Book of Life'
Music by Gustavo Santaolalla, lyrics by Paul Williams, performed by Diego Luna
Carry Me Home from 'Insurgent'
Music & lyrics by Joseph Trapanese & Christopher Taylor, performed by SOHN
Glory from 'Selma'
Music & lyrics by John Legend, Common and Rhymefest performed by Common & Legend
Grateful from 'Beyond the Lights'
Music & lyrics by Diane Warren, performed by Rita Ora
Tell Me from 'Lost River'
Music & lyrics by Johnny Jewel, performed by Saoirse Ronan
World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year
Discovery of the Year is an award handed out yearly at the World Soundtrack Awards to commemorate an excellent piece of musical work in the field of TV and movie soundtracks that seemed to come out of nowhere, hence the title of the award. It has been handed out since the World Soundtrack Awards' debut in 2001. The category sometimes has multiple nominees and sometimes does not.
2001 Moulin Rouge! and Kiss of the Dragon - Craig Armstrong
• Beck - "Hämndens pris" - Adam Nordén
• Ftina tsigara - Panayotis Kalantzopoulos
• The Man Who Cried - Osvaldo Golijov
• Pollock - Jeff Beal
• Wo hu cang long - Tan Dun
• 2002 The Time Machine - Klaus Badelt
• 2003 Cidade de Deus - Antonio Pinto
• 2004 21 Grams - Gustavo Santaolalla
• Chasing Liberty and Les Fils du vent - Christian Henson
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jon Brion
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon & Richard Tognetti
• La Puta y la ballena - Daniel Tarrab & Andrés Goldstein
• 2005 The Incredibles - Michael Giacchino
• Dear Wendy - Benjamin Wallfisch
• Deuda - Andrés Goldstein & Daniel Tarrab
• Layer Cake - Ilan Eshkeri
• The Syrian Bride - Cyril Morin
• 2006 Babam Ve Oglum - Evanthia Reboutsika
• Les Brigades du Tigre - Olivier Floriot
• Monster House - Douglas Pipes
• The Proposition - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• The Thief Lord - Nigel Clarke & Michael Csányi-Wills
• 2007 XXY & Inheritance - Daniel Tarrab & Andrés Goldstein
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Nicholas Hooper
• Mr. Brooks - Ramin Djawadi
• The Science of Sleep - Jean Michel Bernard
• La Tourneuse de Pages - Jerome Lemonnier
• 2008 American Gangster - Marc Streitenfeld
• Aanrijding in Moscou - Tuur Florizoone
• Before the Rains - Mark Kilian
• The Escapist - Benjamin Wallfisch
• El Orfanato - Velásquez Fernando
• 2009 The Reader - Nico Muhly
• Babylon A.D. - Atli Örvarsson
• Crying with Laughter - Lorne Balfe
• Demain dès l'aube - Jérôme Lemonnier
• Journey to the Center of the Earth - Andrew Lockington
• 2010 A Single Man - Abel Korzeniowski
• Skin - Hélène Muddiman
• The Book of Eli - Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, Leopold Ross
• District 9 - Clinton Shorter
• The Last Station - Sergey Yevtushenko
• 2011 The First Grader, The Rite - Alex Heffes
• Limitless - Paul Leonard-Morgan
• Natural Selection, Hamill - iZLER
• Hanna - Ed Simons, Tom Rowlands
• X-Men: First Class and Gulliver's Travels - Henry Jackman
• 2012 Albert Nobbs - Brian Byrne
• Immortals - Trevor Morris
• Take Shelter - David Wingo
• Lola Versus & Nobody Walks - Fall On Your Sword
• The Raven, Sleep Tight, Cold Light of Day - Lucas Vidal
• 2013 Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
• Copperhead - Laurent Eyquem
• Oblivion - Anthony Gonzalez & Joseph Trapanese
• Hammer of the Gods & Summer in February - Benjamin Wallfisch
• The Spectacular Now & The Way Way Back - Rob Simonsen
• 2014 Cuban Fury & The Counselor - Daniel Pemberton
• Calvary - Patrick Cassidy
• La Chair de Ma Chair & Zum Geburtstag - Jérôme Lemonnier
• Gravity & The World's End - Steven Price
• The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet - Denis Sanacore
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