World Soundtrack Awards 2022

Jonny Greenwood, Billie Eilish and Nicholas Britell among winners at 22nd World Soundtrack Award.

Eiko Ishibashi wins Discovery of the Year for 'Drive My Car'

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Jonny Greenwood, Nicholas Britell and Billie Eilish among the winners at 22nd World Soundtrack Awards

Jonny Greenwood has won the Film Composer of the Year Award at the 22nd World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert on Saturday 22 October at Music Centre ...

This was WSA2022

To everyone who was a part of this unforgettable edition of the World Soundtrack Awards: we are eternally grateful to have had you here and we hope you enjoyed the experience as much as we did. Enjoy our aftermovie!

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WSA2022: Watch the acceptance speeches

Television Composer of the Year

Nicholas Britell ('Succession' S3)

Film Composer of the Year

Jonny Greenwood ('Spencer', 'Power of the Dog')

Best Original Song

"No Time to Die" written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connor, performed by Billie Eilish ('No Time to Die')

Discovery of the Year

Eiko Ishibashi ('Drive My Car')

Public Choice Award

Joseph Metcalfe, John Coda and Grant Kirkhope ('The King's Daughter')

Best Original Score for a Belgian Production

The Penelopes ('SpaceBoy')

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SABAM Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer

Giacomo Rita

Lifetime Achievement Award

Bruno Coulais

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

WSAcademy Members