WHAT ABOUT FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR?? On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > > > [image: World Soundtrack Academy] Tuesday 18 August 2009 > Nominees > 9th World Soundtrack Awards announced [image: Nominees 9th World > Soundtrack Awards announced] The World Soundtrack Academy has announced > the list of nominees for the three principal categories in the World > Soundtrack Awards, the pre-eminent international prizes for the recognition > of film music: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year > and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The names of the winners > will be proclaimed on Saturday, October 17 at the closing event of the Ghent > International Film Festival. > > Every year in Ghent, the World Soundtrack Awards (WSA) are presented by the > World Soundtrack Academy. The Academy, which was founded in 2001 by the > Ghent International Film Festival and a number of film music composers, now > encompassing close to 300 leading composers and representatives of the film > music business. The stated goal of the Academy is to promote music in film, > and it is achieving this with ever greater success, as can be seen by the > growing (international) interest and recognition being given to film music. > > The three principal categories are Film Composer of the Year, Best Original > Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. At a > later time, the Academy Board will also select the Discovery of the Year > 2009. In addition to the Awards presented by the Academy, film music fans > around the world can vote the best soundtrack of the past year (see > www.worldsoundtrackacademy.com). > > *The nominees the World Soundtrack Awards 2009:* > > *FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR* > > o CARTER BURWELL (Burn After Reading, Twilight) > o ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Coco Avant > Chanel, Largo Winch, Cheri) > o DANNY ELFMAN (Milk, Taking Woodstock, Notorious) > o MICHAEL GIACCHINO (Star Trek, Up, Land of the Lost) > o HANS ZIMMER (Frost/Nixon, Angels & Demons, The Dark Knight) > > *BEST ORIGINAL SCORE OF THE YEAR* > > o BURN AFTER READING by Carter Burwell > o THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON by Alexandre Desplat > o FROST/NIXON by Hans Zimmer > o THE INTERNATIONAL by Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek > o SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE by A.R. Rahman > > *BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR A FILM* > > o “GRAN TORINO” from ‘Gran Torino’ > Music & Lyrics by Jamie Cullum, Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood and Michael > Stevens > Performed by Jamie Cullum & Don Runner > > o “JAI HO” from ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ > Music by : A.R. Rahman > Lyrics by Gulzar and Tanvi Shah > Performed by A.R. Rahman, Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaksmi Iyver, > Vijay Prakash > Published by KM Musiq ltd > > o “O SAYA” from Slumdog Millionaire’ > Music & Lyrics by A.R. Rahman and Mathangi Arulpragasam > Performed by M.I.A. & A.R. Rahman > Published by KM Musiq ltd > > o “RUN & HIDE” from ‘Je l’aimais’ > Music & lyrics by Anna Chalon > Performed by Anna chalon > > o “THE WRESTLER” from ‘The Wrestler’ > Music & lyrics by Bruce Springsteen > Performed by Bruce Springsteen > Published by Bruce Springsteen > > The number of tickets for the presentation of the World Soundtrack Awards > including a reception are limited. Cost: € 75. You can order tickets from > [email protected] > > > Photos 2008 edition world soundtrack awards [image: 18/10 - World > Soundtrack Awards 2008: Film Composer of the > Year]<http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=2457&caid=165&lang=en&edition=35> > [image: > 18/10 - World Soundtrack Awards 2008: Public Choice > Award]<http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=2458&caid=165&lang=en&edition=35> > [image: > 18/10 - World Soundtrack Awards 2008: Lifetime Achievement > Award]<http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=2459&caid=165&lang=en&edition=35> > [image: > 18/10 - World Soundtrack Awards 2008: Best Original Score of the > Year]<http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=2460&caid=165&lang=en&edition=35> > [image: > 18/10 - World Soundtrack Awards 2008: Lifetime Achievement > Award]<http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=2461&caid=165&lang=en&edition=35> > [image: > 18/10 - World Soundtrack Awards 2008: SABAM Award for the best young Belgian > composer]<http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=2462&caid=165&lang=en&edition=35> > [image: > 18/10 - World Soundtrack Awards 2008: > Winners]<http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=2463&caid=165&lang=en&edition=35> > [image: > 18/10 - World Soundtrack Awards 2008: Discovery of the > Year]<http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=2464&caid=165&lang=en&edition=35> > [image: > 18/10 - World Soundtrack Awards 2008: Brussels Philharmonic olv Dirk > Brossé]<http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=2465&caid=165&lang=en&edition=35> > > More photos >> > <http://www.filmfestival.be/features2.cgi?go=detail&id=&caid=&lang=en&edition=> > [image: Port Of Ghent] <http://www.portofghent.be/>[image: > Belgacom]<http://www.belgacom.be/home/en/jsp/dynamic/homepage.jsp> [image: > CIAC Fleet] <http://www.ciacfleet.be>[image: SABAM] <http://www.sabam.be/> > [image: > De Morgen] <http://www.demorgen.be/>[image: > Filmmusic.com]<http://www.filmmusicsite.com/> [image: > Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen] <http://www.oost-vlaanderen.be/public/>[image: > Stad Gent] <http://www.gent.be/gent.htm?id=45964&ch=TEN> [image: Vlaamse > Overheid]<http://www.vlaanderen.be/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1183730847285&context=1141721623065&p=11837308> > > *36th Ghent International Film Festival* > 06-17 October 2009 - www.filmfestival.be<http://www.filmfestival.be/?lang=en> > > Powered by Filmmusicsite.com <http://www.filmmusicsite.com> > > > > -- Ashish . . .
