WSA Winners 2023
The World Soundtrack Awards are presented on Saturday 21.10. However, River Boy (Narayana) Johnson became the first person to receive a WSA Game Music Award during our PRESS PLAY: Music in Games concert.

WSA Game Music Award
River Boy (Narayana Johnson)

WSA Industry Award
Robert Townson

Film Composer of the Year
Volker Bertelmann for 'War Sailor', 'Memory of Water' & 'All Quiet on the Western Front'

Television Composer of the Year
Nicholas Britell for 'Succession' S4 & 'Andor' S1

Best Original Song
“Your Personal Trash Man Can” from The Marvelous Mrs Maisel S05 - written by Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore & performed by Phillip Attmore, Jake Corcoran, RJ Higton, Tommy Sutter, and Cast,

Discovery of the Year
Simon Franglen for 'Avatar: The Way of Water'

Public Choice Award
Amelia Warner for 'Mr Malcolm's List'

Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer
Alex Sievern

Best Original Score for a Belgian Production
Dirk Brossé voor 'Onze natuur'

Lifetime Achievement Award
Nicola Piovani

Lifetime Achievement Award
Laurence Rosenthal
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These were the WSA Film Music Days 2023

Composer's Talk: Borislav Slavov
Thursday 19 October

Student Matchmaking
Thursday 19 October

Composer's Talk: Stephanie Economou
Thursday 19 October

WSA Nominees Roundtable: WSA Game Music Award
Thursday 19 October

PRESS PLAY: Music in Games
Thursday 19 October

Third Character Pitch
Friday 20 October

Capacity Triangle panel: Streamers in Europe
Friday 20 October

Music Supervisors: Gatekeepers or Opportunity Makers?
Friday 20 October

Join the conversation, Change the game.
Friday 20 October

Creative Partnership: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Eiko Ishibashi
Friday 20 October

WSA Dinner
Friday 20 October

WSA Meet & Greet
Saturday 21 October

WSA Nominees Roundtables
Saturday 21 October

Score: The Podast - Colin Stetson
Saturday 21 October

World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert
Saturday 21 October
WSAcademy Members
Get to know our World Soundtrack Academy members. The World Soundtrack Academy is an international community of composers for screen and film music industry professionals.
Eloi Ragot
Eloi Ragot is a Film Composer and Multi-instrumentalist with a unique approach to creating intense, sensorial and immersive soundtracks. His work includes the original music to international series such as the internationally acclaimed Belgian noir series La Trêve, the crime thriller series Keizersvrouwen, Belgium’s latest supernatural thriller Unseen (Invisible) as well as the upcoming German-Japanese football-centered thriller The Window.
Selma Mutal
Born in Lima (Peru) to Dutch parents, Selma Mutal studied composition at the National Conservatory of Amsterdam and Film Scoring at the 'École Normale de Musique' in Paris. She also studied piano improvisation with renowned improviser Misha Mengelberg.
Pauchi Sasaki
Film scorer and interdisciplinary artist. Her approach integrates musical composition with the creation of multimedia performances, the application of new technologies, and the development of self-designed instruments.
Ruben De Gheselle
The 30-year-old film composer Ruben De Gheselle, known for his intimate, hypnotic and sometimes dark scores, is active on various international productions including some recent titles such as the Cannes nominated - and Costa Rican entry for the Academy Awards - Clara Sola (dir. Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (2021) and A Cops & Robbers Story (dir. Ilinca Calugareanu) (2020) which premiered at DOC NYC.
Screen International's special issues on the World Soundtrack Awards

Odes to Joy
Screen International's yearly publication about the World Soundtrack Awards and Film Fest Gent celebrating achievement in music across film, television and gaming.

Screen International
Screen International is one of the main outlets for the international film industry. They create a yearly WSA Special Edition supplement. Order your copy for free.

Live and loud
Screen International devoted a special supplement to the nominees and guests of honour of the 21st edition.