The 20th annual World Soundtrack Awards saw composers Nicholas Britell and Hildur Guðnadóttir take home prizes for their musical works featured in HBO’s Succession and Todd Philip’s Joker, respectively.
Britell, whose Succession theme song took home an Emmy award in 2019, received the World Sountrack Award’s TV composer of the Year Award. Guðnadóttir, who landed her first Oscar nomination and win for her Joker score this year, was awarded the award ceremony’s Film Composer of the Year prize.
The annual awards ceremony, which crowned winners for a number of categories including Best Original Song and Discovery of the Year, honored Oscar-winning composer Gabriel Yared with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Previous Lifetime Achievement Award honorees include Elmer Bernstein, David Shire and Frédéric Devreese.
“”I am thrilled and very honoured to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. I have been a...
Britell, whose Succession theme song took home an Emmy award in 2019, received the World Sountrack Award’s TV composer of the Year Award. Guðnadóttir, who landed her first Oscar nomination and win for her Joker score this year, was awarded the award ceremony’s Film Composer of the Year prize.
The annual awards ceremony, which crowned winners for a number of categories including Best Original Song and Discovery of the Year, honored Oscar-winning composer Gabriel Yared with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Previous Lifetime Achievement Award honorees include Elmer Bernstein, David Shire and Frédéric Devreese.
“”I am thrilled and very honoured to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. I have been a...
- 10/24/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Hildur Guðnadóttir and Nicholas Britell took top honors at the 20th World Soundtrack Awards on Saturday during the Ghent Film Festival.
Iceland-born, Berlin-based Guðnadóttir was named Film Composer of the Year for her Oscar-winning score for “Joker.” She won last year’s TV Composer of the Year for her Emmy-winning score for the HBO series “Chernobyl.”
American composer Britell was named TV Composer of the Year for his music for the second season of HBO’s “Succession.” He was last year’s Wsa award winner for Film Composer of the Year for “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Vice,” so Britell and Guðnadóttir essentially switch places from last year’s honors.
Wsa Discovery Of the Year went to American-born, Paris-based composer Bryce Dessner for his music for “The Two Popes.” The Wsa Public Choice Award, chosen by fans from around the world, went to Madrid-born, Los Angeles-based Alfonso G. Aguilar...
Iceland-born, Berlin-based Guðnadóttir was named Film Composer of the Year for her Oscar-winning score for “Joker.” She won last year’s TV Composer of the Year for her Emmy-winning score for the HBO series “Chernobyl.”
American composer Britell was named TV Composer of the Year for his music for the second season of HBO’s “Succession.” He was last year’s Wsa award winner for Film Composer of the Year for “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Vice,” so Britell and Guðnadóttir essentially switch places from last year’s honors.
Wsa Discovery Of the Year went to American-born, Paris-based composer Bryce Dessner for his music for “The Two Popes.” The Wsa Public Choice Award, chosen by fans from around the world, went to Madrid-born, Los Angeles-based Alfonso G. Aguilar...
- 10/24/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
The composers of ‘Little Women’, ‘Joker’ and ‘It Chapter Two’ scores also nominated.
The World Soundtrack Awards has unveiled the nominations for its 20th edition, which is set is to go ahead as a physical event as well as being streamed live and online for the first time.
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The nominees for the coveted Film Composer of the Year award include Alexandre Desplat (Little Women), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), Thomas Newman (1917), Benjamin Wallfisch (It Chapter Two) and John Williams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).
The contenders were all Oscar-nominated earlier this year, with the...
The World Soundtrack Awards has unveiled the nominations for its 20th edition, which is set is to go ahead as a physical event as well as being streamed live and online for the first time.
Scroll down for full list of nominees
The nominees for the coveted Film Composer of the Year award include Alexandre Desplat (Little Women), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker), Thomas Newman (1917), Benjamin Wallfisch (It Chapter Two) and John Williams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker).
The contenders were all Oscar-nominated earlier this year, with the...
- 9/12/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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