World Soundtrack Awards 2018 – Winners

Best Film Composer of the Year

• Jóhann Jóhannsson – ‘Last and First Men’; ‘Mandy’; ‘Mary Magdalene’ (co-composed with Hildur Guðnadóttir); ‘The Butcher, the Whore and the One-Eyed Man’; ‘The Mercy’
• Carter Burwell – ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’; ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
• Alexandre Desplat – ‘Endangered Species’; ‘Isle of Dogs’; ‘Suburbicon’; ‘The Shape of Water’; ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’
• Jonny Greenwood – ‘Phantom Thread’
• John Williams – ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’; ‘The Post’

 

Best TV Composer of the Year

• Ramin Djawadi – ‘Game of Thrones’ (S7); ‘The Strain’ (S4); ‘Westworld’ (S2)
• Volker Bertelmann – ‘Gunpowder’ (as Hauschka); ‘Patrick Melrose’ (as Hauschka)
• Rupert Gregson-Williams – ‘The Alienist’ (S1); ‘The Crown’ (S2, co-composed with Lorne Balfe)
• Mac Quayle – ‘9-1-1’ (S1, co-composed with Todd Haberman); ‘American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace’; ‘American Horror Story’ (S7); ‘Mr. Robot’ (S3); ‘Pose’ (S1)
• Adam Taylor – ‘Damnation’ (S1); ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ (S2)

 

Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film

• Black Panther from ‘Black Panther’ – Music & lyrics by Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, Solana I Rowe, Matt Schaeffer, Mark Anthony Spears & Anthony Tiffith. Performed by Kendrick Lamar
• Never Forget from ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ – Music by Patrick Doyle. Lyrics by Kenneth Branagh. Performed by Michelle Pfeiffer
• Remember Me from ‘Coco’- Music & lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Performed by Benjamin Bratt
• Stand up for Something from ‘Marshall’ – Lyrics by Diane Warren and Common. Music by Diane Warren. Performed by Andra Day ft. Common
• This is me from ‘The Greatest Showman’ – Music & lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul – Performed by Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

 

Best Original Score for a Belgian Production

• Rutger Reinders  – Zagros
• Valentin Hadjadj – Girl
• Raf Keunen – Le Fidèle

 

Discovery of the Year 2018

• Tamar-kali – Mudbound
• Laurent Eyquem – Nostalgia
• Hildur Guðnadóttir – Sicario: Day of the Soldado
• Valentin Hadjadj – Girl
• Amelia Warner – Mary Shelley

 

SABAM Award For The Most Original Composition By a Young International Composer

NOTE: Within this award, the contesters received a task to compose music for Isao Takahata’s animated film ‘Grave of the Fireflies’. The winner will be awarded 2500 € and a Hans Zimmer Strings sampling package offered by Spitfire Audio.

• Logan Nelson
• Bruno Ferreira
• Stefan French

 

Public Choice Award

• Laurent Eyquem – Nostalgia
• Nick Cave and Warren Ellis – Kings
• James Edward Barker – Lean on Pete
• Atli Örvarsson – Ploey – You Never Fly Alone
• John Powell – Solo: A Star Wars Story