Check out the Film Music Days 2022
Concerts
WSA Industry Programme
Music in nature documentaries
Fri 21.10 - 10:30 - Kinepolis
How does a composer (under)score nature? Composers Bruno Coulais, Dirk Brossé and Nainita Desai discuss their experiences scoring for nature documentaries. Film (music) journalist Robin Broos will serve as a moderator.
Composer's Talk: Mark Isham
American film composer and jazz artist Mark Isham's outstanding musical voice can be heard in the memorable scores for the numerous films on which he collaborated, such as Judas and the Black Messiah (Shaka King), The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma) and Crash (Paul Haggis). Mark Isham also scored A River Runs Through It (Robert Redford) which received an Oscar nomination for Best Music and a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Composition for a Feature Film. Mark Isham will discuss his extensive career with moderator and fellow composer Ruben De Gheselle, who won last year’s Georges Delerue Award for his score for Clara Sola.
Pre-order Mark Isham: Music for Film
Each year, Film Fest Gent puts film music and composers in the spotlight with an album release. This time around, FFG is proud to present the new album Mark Isham: Music for Film.
Meet the WSA Nominees
During the WSA Film Music Days, we like to offer many opportunities to meet your favourite composers. If you want to meet the World Soundtrack Award nominees in person you can attend the Meet & Greet or the WSA Nominees Round Tables.
Creative Partnerships
The creative collaborations between composers and filmmakers often lead to the most memorable and intriguing oeuvres. Film Fest Gent highlights two exceptional collaborations: one between director David Lowery and composer Daniel Hart, and the other between composer Johnny Jewel, editor Nico Leunen (ACE) and director Fien Troch.
David Lowery & Daniel Hart
Director David Lowery and composer Daniel Hart will soon be celebrating their 15th anniversary: they worked together on Lowery's feature debut St. Nick in 2009 and became inseparable since Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013).
Johnny Jewel, Nico Leunen & Fien Troch
A conversation between Chromatics frontman Johnny Jewel (known for the soundtrack of Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive), Belgium's most in-demand editor Nico Leunen (Ad Astra, Beautiful Boy, Broken Circle Breakdown) and Belgian director Fien Troch (Kid).
Album Release & Listening Session: Evgueni Galperine
Fri 21.10 - 19:30 - MIRY Concert Hall (Biezekapelstraat 9, 9000 Gent) - free
Evgueni Galperine, who composed the score of Film Fest Gent Explore Award winner Gagarine (2020) with his brother Sacha, as well as the music for Golden Lion winner L'Evénement and the HBO miniseries Scenes of a Marriage, will present his new album Theory of Becoming at Film Fest Gent. Moreover, Galperine asked four filmmakers to make images to his music, which will be exclusively shown during the listening session of the album at Film Fest Gent. Evgueni Galperine will be personally present for an introduction and Q&A.
Korean Composers
Film Fest Ghent puts the spotlight on Korean film music. Scores for the films such as the Oscar-winning Parasite, Mother, The Handmaiden, Oldboy and the hit series Squid Game will be performed live on Thursday 20 Oct.
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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.
Discover all our WSAcademy members
The World Soundtrack Academy is an international community of composers for screen and film music industry professionals. The WSAcademy consists of regular voting members, honorary members, the Advisory Board and the Executive Board.
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