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Film Fest Gent proudly presents Laurence Rosenthal: Music for Film and Television, the film festival’s 2023 album with all-new studio recordings of selected scores by Laurence Rosenthal, performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Film Fest Gent music director Dirk Brossé.

The WSA Film Music Days offer a peek behind the scenes of the film music world. Filled with panel discussions, interviews, and masterclasses, these talks are a great way to get to know the faces behind the scores we all love. Discover the creative process of award-winning composers like Nainita Desai and Antony Willis in an intimate setting, or take a deep dive in the oeuvre of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Elliot Goldenthal and The Crown-composer Martin Phipps.

For its 50th anniversary edition, and in line with its musical DNA, Film Fest Gent releases a new format: FFG Sessions. Aiming to further promote film music as an art form, these concert sessions bring together experienced composers for screen and young musicians for an intimate live performance. For the first FFG Session, Japanese composer Eiko Ishibashi worked with students from KASK & Conservatory in Ghent.

At Film Fest Gents concert PRESS PLAY: Music in Games, part of the WSA Film Music Days, Australian composer and multi-instrumentalist River Boy (Narayana Johnson) received the first WSA Game Music Award with his score for Cult of the Lamb. Moreover, the concert was entirely dedicated to video game music, a historic first in the film festival's 50-year history. All other WSA winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards on Saturday 21 October.

At the 50th edition of Film Fest Gent, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, one of Japan's greatest directors of the 21st century, was honoured with a Joseph Plateau Honorary Award, a prize that recognises the filmmaker's piercingly beautiful oeuvre, including ten features that are all showcases of his eloquent style. Hamaguchi received the award after a Creative Partnership Talk with composer Eiko Ishibashi at the WSA Film Music Days.

Volker Bertelmann has won the Film Composer of the Year Award at the 23rd World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert on Saturday 21 October at Capitole Ghent. He had been nominated in this category once before, and has now returned victorious. Nicholas Britell received the Television Composer of the Year Award. It is the second time in a row he has won this award, the third time he has won in this category and his sixth WSAward overall. “Your Personal Trash Man Can” from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5 was presented with the Best Original Song Award and became the first song from a series to win the prize.

Want to revisit those precious moments of sheer joy or learning? Relive WSA2023 through our video gallery, including performances at the concerts and all Talks & Masterclasses.

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

Film Fest Gent has released a new FFG Session, this time with the British composer and violinist Natalie Holt, in which she plays her music from 'Loki' and 'Fever Dream' together with students from KASK & Conservatory in Ghent. In line with its musical DNA FFG has launched this new format in 2023 aiming to further promote film music as an art form. These Film Fest Gent concert sessions bring together experienced composers for screen and young musicians for an intimate live performance.

The latest FFG Session features acclaimed American composer and violinist Daniel Hart, who is most famous for his ongoing creative partnership with director David Lowery. Together with students from KASK & Conservatory in Ghent and fellow composer Natalie Holt who joined the session, Hart performed music from A Ghost Story (2017) and The Green Knight (2021).