2022-01-22 – 20:35 h

The prestigious website Movie Music UK, commanded by Jon Broxton, which has been doing reviews of film / TV / video games soundtracks since 1997, has published the list for the best soundtracks of 2021; the ‘Movie Music UK Awards 2021’.

 

James Newton Howard gets the ‘Composer of the Year Award’, and Spanish Óscar Martín Leanizbarrutia gets the ‘Breakthrough Composer Of The Year Award’. Special mention to Spanish composers Manel Gil-Inglada who gets a nomination at the category ‘Best Original Score For An Animated Film’ with ‘Dogtanian And The Three Muskehounds’ and Ivan Palomares who got nominated at the category ‘Best Original Score For Television’ with ‘La Cocinera De Castamar [S1]’.

 

Here is the full list of nominees and winners:

SCORE OF THE YEAR

  • COPPELIA, music by Maurizio Malagnini
  • CLARET, music by Óscar Martín Leanizbarrutia
  • THE GREEN KNIGHT, music by Daniel Hart
  • JUNGLE CRUISE, music by James Newton Howard
  • TALE OF THE SLEEPING GIANTS by Panu Aaltio

 

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

  • JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
  • PANU AALTIO
  • LORNE BALFE
  • MARCO BELTRAMI
  • DANIEL HART

 

BREAKTHROUGH COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

  • ÓSCAR MARTÍN LEANIZBARRUTIA
  • AMIE DOHERTY
  • STEFAN GREGORY
  • AMIR MOLOOKPOUR
  • BENJAMIN WOODGATES

 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

  • “Tribulation” from SCHMIGADOON, written by Cinco Paul, performed by Kristen Chenoweth
  • “Blome Swete Lilie Flour” from THE GREEN KNIGHT, written and performed by Daniel Hart
  • “No Time to Die” from NO TIME TO DIE, written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, performed by Billie Eilish
  • “This Game’s Called Murder” from THIS GAME’S CALLED MURDER, written by Bear McCreary, performed by Brendan McCreary feat. Steve Bartek, John Avila, Gil Sharone, and Ego Plum
  • “Når Snøen Smelter” from TRE NØTTER TIL ASKEPOTT, written by Astrid Smeplass and Carl-Viktor Guttormsen, performed by Astrid S.

 

SPECIAL AWARD

  • THE PHARAOHS’ GOLDEN PARADE, music by Hisham Nazih

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM

  • CLARET, music by Óscar Martín Leanizbarrutia
  • BUCKLEY’S CHANCE, music by Christopher Gordon
  • THE CURSE OF TURANDOT, music by Simon Franglen
  • THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER, music by Daniel Hart
  • TO OLIVIA, music by Debbie Wiseman

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM

  • CATWEAZLE, music by Philipp Noll
  • CRUELLA, music by Nicholas Britell
  • THE POTATO VENTURE, music by Panu Aaltio
  • SAGAN OM KARL-BERTIL JONSSONS JULAFTON, music by Gaute Storaas
  • THIS GAME’S CALLED MURDER, music by Bear McCreary

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM

  • JUNGLE CRUISE, music by James Newton Howard
  • FINDERS OF THE LOST YACHT, music by Panu Aaltio
  • THE KING’S MAN, music by Matthew Margeson and Dominic Lewis
  • LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, music by Steven Price
  • NO TIME TO DIE, music by Hans Zimmer

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCI-FI/HORROR FILM

  • COPPELIA, music by Maurizio Malagnini
  • BLACK WIDOW, music by Lorne Balfe
  • THE CLAUS FAMILY 2, music by Anne Kathrin Dern
  • THE GREEN KNIGHT, music by Daniel Hart
  • SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, music by Michael Giacchino

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FILM

  • RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, music by James Newton Howard
  • DOGTANIAN AND THE THREE MUSKEHOUNDS, music by Manel Gil-Inglada
  • RUMBLE, music by Lorne Balfe
  • SPIRIT UNTAMED, music by Amie Doherty
  • WISH DRAGON, music by Philip Klein

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY

  • TALE OF THE SLEEPING GIANTS, music by Panu Aaltio
  • JULIA, music by Rachel Portman
  • A PERFECT PLANET, music by Ilan Eshkeri
  • QINGHAI: OUR NATIONAL PARK, music by Chad Cannon
  • WOODGIRLS: A DUET FOR A DREAM, music by Amir Molookpour

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION

  • MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: REVELATION [S1], music by Bear McCreary
  • LA COCINERA DE CASTAMAR [S1], music by Ivan Palomares
  • GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT [S1], music by Kan Sawada
  • LOST IN SPACE [S3], music by Christopher Lennertz
  • SUCCESSION [S3], music by Nicholas Britell

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME

  • OLD WORLD, music by Christopher Tin
  • GHOST OF TSUSHIMA: IKI ISLAND & LEGENDS, music by Chad Cannon and Bill Hemstapat
  • GRIME, music by Alex Roe
  • RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART, music by Mark Mothersbaugh and Wataru Hokoyama
  • SYBERIA: THE WORLD BEFORE, music by Inon Zur

 

The original list, with an extensive explanation in each of the sections, can be found at the following link:

https://moviemusicuk.us/2022/01/21/movie-music-uk-awards-2021/