World Soundtrack Awards 2020 – Winners

Best Film Composer of the Year

• Hildur Guðnadóttir, Joker
• Alexandre Desplat, Little Women, J’accuse, Adults in the Room
• Thomas Newman, 1917
• Benjamin Wallfisch, It Chapter Two, The Invisible Man
• John Williams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

 

Best TV Composer of the Year

• Nicholas Britell, Succession (season 2)
• Lorne Balfe, His Dark Materials
• Nathan Barr, The Great, Hollywood, Carnival Row
• Carter Burwell, The Morning Show
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Watchmen

 

Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film

• ‘Stand Up’, Harriet, Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo
• ‘I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away’, Toy Story 4, Randy Newman
• ‘(I’m Gonna) Love Myself Again’, Rocketman, Elton John & Bernie Taupin
• ‘Into The Unknown’, Frozen II, Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
• ‘One Little Soldier’, Bombshell, Regina Spektor

 

Public Choice Award

• Alfonso G. Aguilar, Klaus
• Hannes De Maeyer, Torpedo
• John Powell, The Call of the Wild
• Lolita Ritmanis, Blizzard of Souls
• Joep Sporck, Kruimeltje

 

Discovery of the Year

• Bryce Dessner, The Two Popes
• Dascha Dauenhauer, Berlin Alexanderplatz
• Tom Howe, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
• Daniel Lopatin, Uncut Gems
• Christopher Willis, The Personal History of David Copperfield

 

Best Original Score for a Belgian Production

• Hannes De Maeyer, Torpedo
• Vincent Cahay, Adoration
• Mauro Pawlowski, Cleo

 

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

• Ana Kasrashvili
• Hamish Ander
• Louis Edlinger