World Soundtrack Awards Announced

  

For any lover of soundtracks, not only does the score fill the space of a theater but becomes an integral  player in the film. There’s almost an instant association between the music and the story, and  the soundtrack can make or break a movie. The World Soundtrack Awards, the  supreme international film music event of the year, has announced its nominees for 2008 in 3 major categories including Best Original Score, Film Composer of the Year and Best Original Song. The winners will be announced on Saturday, October 18th at the closing of the 35th Ghent International Film Festival.

FILM COMPOSER of the YEAR
(award can be presented in respect of one film or a body of work in the year)

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (THE GOLDEN COMPASS)
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD (CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR, MICHAEL CLAYTON, I AM LEGEND)
ALBERTO IGLESIAS (THE KITE RUNNER)
DARIO MARIANELLI (ATONEMENT)
JOHN POWELL (THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE of the YEAR

3:10 TO YUMA BY MARCO BELTRAMI
ATONEMENT BY DARIO MARIANELLI
THE KITE RUNNER BY ALBERTO IGLESIAS
THERE WILL BE BLOOD BY JONNY GREENWOOD
WALL-E BY THOMAS NEWMAN

BEST ORIGINAL SONG WRITTEN DIRECTLY FOR FILM

 · “DESPEDIDA’ from “Love in the time of cholera”
Music by: Antonio Pinto and Shakira, Lyrics by: Shakira, Performed by: Shakira

 · “DOWN TO EARTH” from Wall-E”
Music by: Thomas Newman and Peter Gabriel, Lyrics by: Peter Gabriel, Performed by: Peter Gabriel

 · “DO YOU FEEL ME” from “American Gangster”
Music and Lyrics by: Diane Warren, Performed by: Anthony Hamilton

 · “GUARANTEED” from “Into the Wild”
Music and Lyrics by: Eddie Vedder, Performed by: Eddie Vedder

 · “A HERO COMES HOME” from “Beowulf”
Music and Lyrics by: Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri, Performed by: Robin Wright Penn / Idina Menzel

Source: World Soundtrack Awards  

“Rule 3: To qualify as an eligible score, the motion picture for which the score was composed/produced has to receive its world premiere screening between 1 July, 200X and 30 June, of the following year.” Thats how Wall-E qualifies.