‘2009 World Soundtrack Awards’ Nominees Announced
The nominees in the 9th Annual World Soundtrack Awards have been named by the World Soundtrack Academy.
There are three principal categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The sci-fi and fantasy genres only received nods under the Film Composer category.
Film Composer of the Year Nominees
- Carter Burwell (Burn After Reading, Twilight)
- Alexandre Desplat (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Coco Avant Chanel, Largo Winch, Cheri)
- Danny Elfman (Milk, Taking Woodstock, Notorious)
- Michael Giacchino (Star Trek, Up, Land of the Lost)
- Hans Zimmer (Frost/Nixon, Angels & Demons, The Dark Knight)
For the complete list of nominees, go here.
The Academy also includes a Public Choice Award in which fans can vote on their favorite score for the year. If you want to participate in the public vote, go here.
At a later time, the Academy Board will also select the Discovery of the Year 2009.
The World Soundtrack Academy was founded in 2001 by the Ghent International Film Festival and a number of film music composers with the intention to promote music in film. It now includes close to 300 leading composers and representatives of the film music business.
Winners will be announced on Saturday, October 17 at the closing event of the Ghent International Film Festival.
