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World Soundtrack Awards Presented at Flanders International Film Festival

In October 2006, the World Soundtrack Awards were presented during the 33rd Flanders International Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium. ASCAP's Nancy Knutsen, a founding member of the World Soundtrack Academy Advisory Board, once again attended the festivities and accepted an award on behalf of Randy Newman, who won Best Original Song Written for Film for "Our Town" from Cars. Composer Alberto Iglesias (SGAE) received two prestigious awards: Soundtrack Composer of the Year and Best Original Soundtrack of the Year for The Constant Gardner. Greek composer Evanthia Reboutsika (AEPI) was named 2006 Discovery of the Year for My Father & My Son.

Among ASCAP's 2006 composer and songwriter nominees were James Newton Howard for King Kong; Dario Marianelli (PRS) for Pride and Prejudice; John Powell for Ice Age: The Meltdown; Bernie Taupin for "A Love that Will Never Grow Old" from Brokeback Mountain; Imogen Heap (PRS) for "Can't Take It In" from The Chronicles of Narnia; Jarvis Cocker (PRS) and Patrick Doyle (PRS) for "Magic Works" from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Kabelo 'Kaybee' Ikaneng (SAMRO) and Zola (SAMRO) for "Mdlwembe" from Tsotsi; Nigel Clarke (PRS) and Michael CsaniI-Wills (PRS) for The Thief Lord, and Douglas Pipes for Monster House.

The awards ceremony was followed by a concert in which the Flemish Radio Orchestra, under the direction of Dirk Brossé, performed the film music of ASCAP composers John Powell (Ice Age: The Meltdown, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Bourne Identity) and Michael Giacchino (The Incredibles, Lost), who was named Discovery of the Year at last year's event.


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