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27/10/2011
For The Record: Gabriel Yared
Every year, the Ghent Film Festival puts a recognised film music composer in the spotlight with its CD series For the record. Last year the Brussels Philharmonic – the Orchestra of Flanders, conducted by Dirk Brossé, recorded a new CD featuring music by the Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared (The English Patient).
22/10/2011
Alexander Desplat third time in a row Film Composer of the Year
The World Soundtrack Academy announced tonight the winners of the World Soundtrack Awards 2011, the closing event of the 38th Ghent International Film Festival. Alexandre Desplat was chosen as Film Composer of the Year 2011. Hans Zimmer went home with the award for Best Orginal Film Score of the Year for Inception. Randy Newman received the World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written for Film with We Belong Together from the film Toy Story 3. Alex Heffes received the Discovery of the Year Award for The First Grader & The Rite . The Public Choice Award went to A.R. Rahman for the film 127 hours. Giorgio Moroder received the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award.
14/09/2011
Walter Murch gives Film Sound Seminar in Ghent
The film music seminar, which is organised yearly by the Ghent Film Festival and University College Ghent, will be somewhat different this time round. The focus will not be on classic film music but rather on sound design. The reason behind this decision is that legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch will be in attendance. He has received three Oscars for his work: Best Sound for Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979), as well as Best Sound and Best Film Editing for Minghella’s The English Patient (1996). The Film Sound Seminar with Walter Murch will be held on Thursday 20 October from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. at the Ghent Film Festival (Kinepolis 8).
07/09/2011
WSA Discovery of the Year nominees announced
The five nominees for the Discovery of the Year Award, via which the World Soundtrack Academy rewards up-and-coming talent from the previous year, have been announced. The award will be granted during the World Soundtrack Awards & Concert on 22 October at the Kuipke Events Centre in Ghent.
23/08/2011
The Ghent Film Festival bids farewell to hit song writer Jerry Leiber
Today the Ghent Film Festival bids farewell to a friend, rock ‘n’ roll composer Jerry Leiber, who passed away from a heart attack in Los Angeles, US yesterday. Leiber joined forces with Mike Stoller to become one of the main composer duos in rock ‘n’ roll history. Leiber was no stranger to the Ghent Film Festival. In 1990 he sat on the jury for the international competition “The impact of music on film”. Other members of the jury included Mike Stoller, Mike Figgis and Fons Rademakers. In 2005 Leiber and his friend Stoller were invited to the World Soundtrack Awards to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Unfortunately Leiber couldn’t make it due to ill health, so Stoller accepted the award, also on his friend’s behalf. Jerry Leiber passed away aged 78.
