The first round of nominees, in the categories of Film Composer of the Year, Television Composer of the Year and Best Original Song for the World Soundtrack Awards were announced today with composers Nicholas Britell, Daniel Pemberton and Emile Mosseri receiving double nods, for their television and film scores as well as their original songs from Cruella and Minari, respectively.
The 21st World Soundtrack Awards will take place on October 23, 2021 in the Opera of Ghent, will feature Max Richter as guest of honour. Eleni Karaindrou will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 during the Award Ceremony which traditionally closes Film Fest Ghent.
As announced earlier this spring, documentary scores are now also eligible in all film score categories. Best known for her acclaimed work on documentaries such as For Sama, Nainita Desai is nominated for Film Composer of the Year for her scores for the documentaries American Murder: The Family Next Door, Persona: The Dark Truth behind Personality Tests and The Reason I Jump. James Newton Howard, a former guest of honour at the WSAwards and Film Composer of the Year 2008, is nominated for his scores for News of the World and Raya and the Last Dragon. Oscar nominee Emile Mosseri joins the competition with Kajillionaire, which figured in Film Fest Ghent’s Official Competition last year, and Minari. Daniel Pemberton, Film Composer of the Year at the 2020 IFMCA Awards, is also acknowledged for his body of work this year, including Enola Holmes, Rising Phoenix and The Trial of the Chicago 7. No stranger to the WSA, Pemberton won the WSA Discovery of the Year 2014 and has already been nominated twice before for Film Composer of the Year. Finally, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste, already Oscar winners for Best Original Score with Soul, are now in the running for the WSA Film Composer of the Year award as well. Last year, the duo Reznor and Ross were nominated in the Television Composer of the Year category.
This year’s best scores for television series are acknowledged as well. Christophe Beck is nominated for his work on WandaVision and Nicholas Britell figures among the nominees with The Underground Railroad. Britell has been a consistent winner at the World Soundtrack Awards, having previously won Discovery of the Year 2017, Film Composer of the Year 2019 and Television Composer of the Year 2020. Ludwig Göransson’s work for The Mandalorian (Season 2) received a nomination as well. Newcomers such as Natalie Holt for Loki (Season 1) and Carlos Rafael Rivera for Hacks (Season 1) and The Queen’s Gambit complete the list of nominees.
Among the songs competing for Best Original Song (this year six songs instead of five due to an ex aequo) are “Call me Cruella” (from Disney’s Cruella) written by Nicholas Britell, Florence Welch, Steph Jones, Jordan Powers and Taura Stinson, and Oscar-winning “Fight for You” (from Judas and the Black Messiah) written by H.E.R., Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas. The Oscar-nominated “Hear My Voice” (from The Trial of the Chicago 7) written by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite and “Húsavík (My Hometown)” (from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga) written by Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson and Fat Max Gsus are also in the running. Finally, “Loyal Brave True” (from Disney’s Mulan) written by Jamie Hartman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Rosi Golan and Billy Crabtree and “Rain Song” (from Minari) written by Emile Mosseri have a chance of becoming the WSA Best Original Song 2021.
The second round of nominees, in the categories Discovery of the Year, Public Choice Award and Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer, will be announced in the beginning of September.
Film Composer of the Year
Television Composer of the Year
Best Original Song
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