It’s another terrific awards season for ASCAP’s global family of film music mavens! The World Soundtrack Academy has nominated 18 ASCAP members and international affiliates for its 2018 World Soundtrack Awards, one of the most prestigious film music honors in Europe.
We are thrilled to see many of ASCAP’s best and brightest in the nominations pool, including ASCAP Henry Mancini Award laureates Carter Burwell, Patrick Doyle and John Powell; ASCAP Founders Award winner Diane Warren; ASCAP Vanguard Award honoree Kendrick Lamar, and also Stefan French, a 2015 participant in our Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis!
In addition to the seven main categories, a Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to SACEM/ASCAP affiliate Philippe Sarde. The ceremony will conclude with a concert performed by the Brussels Philharmonic, playing the oeuvre of Carter Burwell. In keeping with tradition, ASCAP composer Nicholas Britell, winner of the Discovery of the Year Award 2017 for his score to Moonlight, will close the ceremony with an exclusive performance.
Congratulations to all of our nominated composers and songwriters:
Best Film Composer of the Year
Carter Burwell
Goodbye Christopher Robin; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jonny Greenwood (PRS)
Phantom Thread
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Last and First Men; Mandy; Mary Magdalene; The Butcher, the Whore and the One-Eyed Man; The Mercy
Read our interview with Jóhannsson, which goes into his work on The Mercy
Best TV Composer of the Year
Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka
Gunpowder; Patrick Melrose
Rupert Gregson-Williams
The Alienist (S1); The Crown (S2, co-composed with Lorne Balfe)
Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film
Patrick Doyle (PRS) & Kenneth Branagh (PRS)
“Never Forget” from Murder on the Orient Express
Read Kenneth Branagh’s account of writing the song on ASCAP.com
Kendrick Lamar & Mark Anthony Spears
“Black Panther” from Black Panther
Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
“This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman
Diane Warren
“Stand up for Something” from Marshall
Best Original Score for a Belgian Production
Girl by Valentin Hadjadj (SACEM)
Discovery of the Year 2018
Valentin Hadjadj (SACEM)
Girl
Tamar-kali
Mudbound
Amelia Warner (PRS)
Mary Shelley
SABAM Award for the Most Original Composition by a Young International Composer
Stefan French (IMRO)
Logan Nelson
Public Choice Award
James Edward Barker (PRS)
Lean on Pete
John Powell
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Read the entire list of nominees here.