08/03/2010
Giacchino wins his first Oscar for 'Up'
Michael Giacchino won his first Academy Award last night. The Oscar for ‘Best Original Score’ went to his widely acclaimed score for the Pixar hit Up, a score that previously has been awarded the Golden Globe, the BAFTA and a Grammy among many other honours. Giacchino spoke about the dream coming true in his acceptance speech, saying to the “kid out there who do not have a support system” that “if you want to be creative, go out there and do it. It is not a waste of time.” In 2004 Giacchino was named 'Discovery Of The Year' at The World Soundtrack Awards for his score for another Pixar movie The Incredibles.
04/03/2010
IFMCA awards Michael Giacchino's UP for Best Score 2009
Michael Giacchino wins the 2009 Score of the Year award from the International Film Music Critics Association for his inventive and nostalgic score for the Disney Pixar film, UP, which also wins Best Original Score for an Animated Feature. Giacchino receives a total of four awards, including Composer of the Year, in part for also writing the Best Original Score to a Fantasy/Science Fiction Feature winner for the JJ Abrams STAR TREK reboot. Giacchino won the Association’s first Score of the Year award in 2004 for THE INCREDIBLES, another Pixar film. For this music he also received the award for Discovery of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent.
18/12/2009
63 Songs Set To Compete For Oscar
Sixty-three songs have been deemed eligible for contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. The most notable exclusion was Mary J. Blige’s “I Can See in Color,” from “Precious,” which many saw as having a fair chance at a nomination.
EUROPEAN FILM 2009
Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) was the big winner at this year’s European Film Awards, taking awards for European film, director and screenwriter of the year. Every year, the various activities of the European Film Academy culminate in the ceremony of the European Film Awards. In a total of 15 categories, the European Film Awards annually honour the greatest achievements in European cinema. The 2009 Awards Ceremony took place in Germany’s Ruhr Metropolis.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2009
At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the 22nd European Film Awards. At the same time, the new EFA-website with lots of information about the Awards went online at www.europeanfilmawards.eu.
The more than 2,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners which will be presented during the Awards Ceremony on 12 December in Bochum. World Soundtrack Awards' composer of the year, Alexandre Desplat, is nominated for his score for 'Coco Avant Chanel'.
Alexandre Desplat Film Composer of the Year & Best Film Score of the Year
The World Soundtrack Academy announced tonight the winners of the World Soundtrack Awards 2009, the closing event of the 36th Ghent International Film Festival. The 9th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards was once again a highlight for film music professionals and fans. Two time Oscar nominee, Alexandre Desplat, was chosen as Film Composer of the Year 2009 and also took home the award for Best Original Film Score of the Year (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). Double Oscar winner, A.R. Rahman, won Best Original Song Written for Film for Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire). Nico Muhly was the World Soundtrack Academy’s new discovery of the year with the score for The Reader and three time Oscar winner Marvin Hamlisch was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Film Festival brings the School of Sound from London to Ghent
In April 2011 the International Ghent Film Festival will be organising the School of Sound for the first time in Ghent. The School of Sound is a series of international master classes on the theme of film music and until now it has always taken place in London. The founders Diane Freeman and Larry Sider chose Ghent because of the good organisational structure of the festival, the atmosphere in the city, the presence of the University and the Colleges and the strong reputation of the festival as an international centre for film music. The School of Sound attracts 300 participants each year.
Top Composer To Attend World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony
The World Soundtrack Academy is happy to welcome an impressive amount of top composers at the 9th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony and Concert on October 17 in Ghent. Among them Alexandre Desplat and AR Rahman.
For the record: Angelo Badalamenti
The Ghent Film Festival is continuing its film music series ‘For the Record’ with a compilation of the best film music by Angelo Badalamenti played by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brossé.
Tickets World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony now available
Tickets for the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony and Concert are now available. All tickets (€75/€55) are reception afterwards included, in presence of the composers. Please mail to daniella@filmfestival.be for more info.
