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'{{Short description|Prize given by the World Soundtrack Academy}} The [[World Soundtrack Awards|World Soundtrack Award]] for '''Soundtrack Composer of the Year''' (a.k.a. "Film Composer of the Year") is one of the three main prizes given by the [[World Soundtrack Academy]] to honour the best movie [[soundtrack]]s and the people who work on them. ==Winners and nominees== * '''2001''' '''[[John Williams]]''' (''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'') ** [[Rachel Portman]] (''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]'', ''[[The Legend of Bagger Vance]]'') ** [[Yann Tiersen]] (''[[Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain]]'') ** [[Hans Zimmer]] (''[[Hannibal (2001 film)|Hannibal]]'', ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', ''[[The Pledge (film)|The Pledge]]'', ''[[An Everlasting Piece]]'') ** [[Carter Burwell]] (''[[A Knight's Tale]]'', ''[[Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2]]'', ''[[Before Night Falls (film)|Before Night Falls]]'') * '''2002''' '''[[Patrick Doyle]]''' (''[[Gosford Park]]'') ** [[James Horner]] (''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]'') ** [[Hans Zimmer]] (''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'') ** [[Howard Shore]] (''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'') ** [[Randy Newman]] (''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'') * '''2003''' '''[[Elliot Goldenthal]]''' (''[[Frida (soundtrack)|Frida]]'') ** [[Terence Blanchard]] (''[[25th Hour]]'') ** [[Elmer Bernstein]] (''[[Far From Heaven]]'') ** [[Howard Shore]] (''[[Gangs of New York]]'') ** [[Philip Glass]] (''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'') * '''2004''' '''[[Gabriel Yared]]''' (''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'') ** Christian Henson (''Les Fils du Vent'') ** [[John Williams]] (''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'') ** [[Alberto Iglesias]] (''[[La Mala educación]]'') ** Daniel Tarrab & Andrés Goldstein (''La Puta y la Ballena'') ** [[Harry Gregson-Williams]] (''[[Shrek 2]]'') * '''2005''' '''[[Angelo Badalamenti]]''' (''[[Un long dimanche de fiançailles]]'') ** [[Howard Shore]] (''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'') ** [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]] (''[[The Bourne Supremacy (film)|The Bourne Supremacy]]'') ** [[Thomas Newman]] (''[[Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'') ** [[John Williams]] (''[[War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds]]'') * '''2006''' '''[[Alberto Iglesias]]''' (''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]'') ** [[Danny Elfman]] (''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'') ** [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]] (''[[Ice Age: The Meltdown]]'') ** [[James Newton Howard]] (''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'') ** [[Dario Marianelli]] (''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|Pride & Prejudice]]'') * '''2007''' '''[[Alexandre Desplat]]''' (''[[The Queen (2006 film)|The Queen]]'', ''[[The Painted Veil (2006 film)|The Painted Veil]]'') ** [[Harry Gregson-Williams]] (''[[Déjà Vu (2006 film)|Déjà Vu]]'', ''[[Shrek the Third]]'', ''[[The Number 23]]'', ''[[Flushed Away]]'') ** [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]] (''[[Happy Feet]]'') ** [[Mychael Danna]] (''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'', ''[[Breach (2007 film)|Breach]]'', ''[[The Nativity Story]]'', ''[[Fracture (2007 film)|Fracture]]'') ** [[Philip Glass]] (''[[Notes on a Scandal (film)|Notes on a Scandal]]'') * '''2008''' '''[[James Newton Howard]]''' (''[[Charlie Wilson's War (film)|Charlie Wilson's War]]'', ''[[Michael Clayton (film)|Michael Clayton]]'', ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'') ** [[Dario Marianelli]] (''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]'') ** [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]] (''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'') ** [[Alexandre Desplat]] (''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]'') ** [[Alberto Iglesias]] (''[[The Kite Runner (film)|The Kite Runner]]'') * '''2009''' '''[[Alexandre Desplat]]''' (''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'', ''[[Coco avant Chanel]]'', ''[[Largo Winch (film)|Largo Winch]]'', ''[[Chéri (2009 film)|Cheri]]'') ** [[Carter Burwell]] (''[[Burn After Reading]]'', ''[[Twilight (2008 film)|Twilight]]'') ** [[Danny Elfman]] (''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]'', ''[[Taking Woodstock]]'', ''[[Notorious (2009 film)|Notorious]]'') ** [[Michael Giacchino]] (''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'', ''[[Land of the Lost (film)|Land of the Lost]]'') ** [[Hans Zimmer]] (''[[Frost/Nixon (film)|Frost/Nixon]]'', ''[[Angels & Demons (film)|Angels & Demons]]'', ''[[The Dark Knight]]'') * '''2010''' '''[[Alexandre Desplat]]''' (''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'', ''[[The Twilight Saga: New Moon]]'', ''[[Julie & Julia]]'', ''[[The Ghost Writer (film)|The Ghost Writer]]'') ** [[Hans Zimmer]] (''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', ''[[It's Complicated (film)|It's Complicated]]'') ** [[Danny Elfman]] (''[[Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', ''[[The Wolfman (2010 film)|The Wolfman]]'') ** [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]] (''[[Green Zone (film)|Green Zone]]'', ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (2010 film)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'', ''[[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]'', ''[[Knight and Day]]'') ** [[Carter Burwell]] (''[[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]'', ''[[A Serious Man]]'', ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]'', ''[[Howl (2010 film)|Howl]]'', ''[[The Kids Are All Right (film)|The Kids Are All Right]]'') * '''2011''' '''[[Alexandre Desplat]]''' (''[[A Better Life]]'', ''[[Largo Winch II|The Burma Conspiracy]]'', ''[[The King's Speech]]'', ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'', ''[[The Well-Digger's Daughter (2011 film)|The Well Digger's Daughter]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'') ** [[Clint Mansell]] (''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]'', ''[[Faster (2010 film)|Faster]]'', ''[[Last Night (2010 film)|Last Night]]'') ** [[Hans Zimmer]] (''[[Inception]]'', ''[[How Do You Know]]'', ''[[Megamind]]'', ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'', ''[[The Dilemma]]'', ''[[Rango (2011 film)|Rango]]'', ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'') ** [[Patrick Doyle]] (''[[La Ligne droite]]'', ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'', ''[[Jig (film)|Jig]]'') ** [[John Powell (composer)|John Powell]] (''[[Mars Needs Moms]]'', ''[[Rio (2011 film)|Rio]]'', ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'') * '''2012''' '''[[Alberto Iglesias]]''' (''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'', ''[[The Skin I Live In]]'', ''[[The Monk (2011 film)|The Monk]]'') **[[Alexandre Desplat]] (''[[A Better Life]]'', ''[[Carnage (2011 film)|Carnage]]'', ''[[Rust and Bone]]'', ''[[Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close]]'', ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'', ''[[The Ides of March (2011 film)|The Ides of March]]'') ** [[Cliff Martinez]] (''[[Contagion (2011 film)|Contagion]]'', ''[[Drive (2011 film)|Drive]]'') ** [[Howard Shore]] (''[[A Dangerous Method]]'', ''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]'', ''[[Hugo (2011 film)|Hugo]]'') ** [[John Williams]] (''[[The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn]]'', ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]'') * '''2013''' '''[[Mychael Danna]]''' (''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'') ** [[Alexandre Desplat]] (''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'', ''[[Reality (2012 film)|Reality]]'', ''[[Renoir (film)|Renoir]]'', ''[[Rise of the Guardians]]'', ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'') ** [[Danny Elfman]] (''[[Epic (2013 film)|Epic]]'', ''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]'', ''[[Hitchcock (film)|Hitchcock]]'', ''[[Oz the Great and Powerful]]'', ''[[Promised Land (2012 film)|Promised Land]]'', ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]'') ** [[James Newton Howard]] (''[[After Earth]]'', ''[[The Bourne Legacy (film)|The Bourne Legacy]]'') ** [[Thomas Newman]] (''[[Side Effects (2013 film)|Side Effects]]'', ''[[Skyfall]]'') * '''2014''' '''[[Alexandre Desplat]]''' (''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'', ''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]'', ''[[Marius (2013 film)|Marius]]'', ''[[The Monuments Men]]'', ''[[Philomena (film)|Philomena]]'', ''[[Venus in Fur (film)|Venus in Fur]]'', ''[[Zulu (2013 film)|Zulu]]'') ** [[Marco Beltrami]] (''[[Carrie (2013 film)|Carrie]]'', ''[[A Good Day to Die Hard]]'', ''[[The Homesman]]'', ''[[Snowpiercer]]'', ''[[Warm Bodies (film)|Warm Bodies]]'', ''[[World War Z (film)|World War Z]]'', ''[[The Wolverine (film)|The Wolverine]]'') ** [[Steven Price (composer)|Steven Price]] (''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'', ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]'') ** [[Gabriel Yared]] (''[[A Promise (2013 film)|A Promise]]'', ''[[In Secret (film)|In Secret]]'', ''[[The Prophet (2014 film)|The Prophet]]'', ''[[Tom at the Farm]]'') ** [[Hans Zimmer]] (''[[12 Years A Slave (film)|12 Years A Slave]]'', ''[[The Lone Ranger (2013 film)|The Lone Ranger]]'', ''[[Man of Steel (film)|Man of Steel]]'', ''[[Rush (2013 film)|Rush]]'') * '''2015''' '''[[Michael Giacchino]]''' (''[[Dawn of the Planet of the Apes]]'', ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'', ''[[Jupiter Ascending]]'', ''[[Jurassic World]]'', ''[[Tomorrowland (film)|Tomorrowland]]'')<ref>{{cite web|last1=[[World Soundtrack Awards]]|title=Winners of the 15th World Soundtrack Awards|url=http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/en/music-blog/winners-of-the-15th-world-soundtrack-awards/24-10-2015/2087|publisher=[[World Soundtrack Academy]]|date=October 24, 2015|access-date=October 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= World Soundtrack Awards 2015 Nominations Announced|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2015/08/18/world-soundtrack-awards-2015-nominations-announced/|website=Film Music Reporter|date=August 18, 2015|access-date=October 21, 2016}}</ref> ** [[Bruno Coulais]] (''[[Song of the Sea (2014 film)|Song of the Sea]]'', ''[[Gemma Bovery (film)|Gemma Bovery]]'', ''[[Three Hearts (film)|Three Hearts]]'', ''[[Mune: Guardian of the Moon]]'', ''[[Diary of a Chambermaid (2015 film)|Diary of a Chambermaid]]'', ''[[Fly Away Solo]]'') ** [[Alexandre Desplat]] (''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]'', ''[[The Imitation Game]]'', ''[[Every Thing Will Be Fine]]'', ''[[Tale of Tales (2015 film)|Tale of Tales]]'') ** [[Jóhann Jóhannsson]] (''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]'', ''The 11th Hour'', ''[[Sicario (2015 film)|Sicario]]'') ** [[Hans Zimmer]] (''[[Interstellar (film)|Interstellar]]'', ''[[Chappie (film)|Chappie]]'') * '''2016''' '''[[Carter Burwell]]''' (''[[Anomalisa]]'', ''[[Hail, Caesar!]]'', ''[[Legend (2015 film)|Legend]]'', ''[[The Family Fang (film)|The Family Fang]]'', ''[[The Finest Hours (2016 film)|The Finest Hours]]'', ''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]'')<ref>{{cite web|last1=[[World Soundtrack Awards]]|title=Winners of the 16th World Soundtrack Awards|url=http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/en/music-blog/winners-of-the-16th-world-soundtrack-awards/19-10-2016/2148|publisher=[[World Soundtrack Academy]]|date=October 19, 2016|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= World Soundtrack Awards Composer of the Year Nominations Announced|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/08/17/world-soundtrack-awards-composer-of-the-year-nominations-announced/|website=Film Music Reporter|date=August 17, 2016|access-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> ** [[Ennio Morricone]] (''[[Come What May (2015 film)|Come What May]]'', ''[[The Correspondence]]'', ''[[The Hateful Eight]]'') ** [[Thomas Newman]] (''[[Bridge of Spies (film)|Bridge of Spies]]'', ''[[Finding Dory]]'', ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]'') ** [[Daniel Pemberton]] (''[[From the Land of the Moon (film)|From the Land of the Moon]]'', ''[[Steve Jobs (film)|Steve Jobs]]'', ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (film)|The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'') ** [[John Williams]] (''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'', ''[[The BFG (2016 film)|The BFG]]'') * '''2017''' '''[[Jóhann Jóhannsson]]''' (''[[Arrival (film)|Arrival]]'') ** [[Nicholas Britell]] (''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'') ** [[Justin Hurwitz]] (''[[La La Land (film)|La La Land]]'') ** [[Mica Levi]] (''[[Jackie (2016 film)|Jackie]]'', ''[[Marjorie Prime]]'') ** [[Dustin O’Halloran]] (''[[Lion (2016 film)|Lion]]'' co-composed by [[Hauschka]], ''[[Iris (2016 film)|Iris]]'' co-composed by [[Adam Wiltzie]]) * '''2018''' '''[[Jóhann Jóhannsson]]''' (''Last and First Man'', ''[[Mandy (2018 film)|Mandy]]'', ''[[Mary Magdalene (2018 film)|Mary Magdalene]]'', ''[[The Mercy]]'') ** [[John Williams]] (''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'', ''[[The Post (film)|The Post]]'') ** [[Jonny Greenwood]] (''[[Phantom Thread]]'') ** [[Alexandre Desplat]] (''Endangered Species'', ''[[Isle of Dogs (film)|Isle of Dogs]]'', ''[[Suburbicon]]'', ''[[The Shape of Water]]'', ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]'') ** [[Carter Burwell]] (''[[Goodbye Christopher Robin]]'', ''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]'') * '''2019''' '''[[Nicholas Britell]]''' (''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (film)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]'', ''[[Vice (2018 film)|Vice]]'') ** [[Daniel Pemberton]] (''[[Yesterday (2019 film)|Yesterday]]'', ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'', ''[[Scarborough (2018 film)|Scarborough]]'') ** [[John Powell (film composer)|John Powell]] (''[[How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World]]'') ** [[Alan Silvestri]] (''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'', ''[[Welcome to Marwen]]'') ** [[Benjamin Wallfisch]] (''[[Hellboy (2019 film)|Hellboy]]'', ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]'', ''[[Serenity (2019 film)|Serenity]]'', ''[[King of Thieves (2018 film)|King of Thieves]]'', ''[[The Vanishing (2018 film)|The Vanishing]]'') * '''2020''' '''[[Hildur Guðnadóttir]]''' (''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]'') ** [[Alexandre Desplat]] (''[[Little Women (2019 film)|Little Women]]'', ''[[An Officer and a Spy (film)|An Officer and a Spy]]'', ''[[Adults in the Room]]'') ** [[Thomas Newman]] (''[[1917 (2019 film)|1917]]'') ** [[Benjamin Wallfisch]] (''[[It Chapter Two]]'', ''[[The Invisible Man (2020 film)|The Invisible Man]]'') ** [[John Williams]] (''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]]'') * '''2021''' '''[[Daniel Pemberton]]''' (''[[Enola Holmes (film)|Enola Holmes]], [[Rising Phoenix]], [[The Trial of the Chicago 7]]'') ** [[James Newton Howard|James Newton Howard]] (''[[News of the World (film)|News of the World]], [[Raya and the Last Dragon]]'') ** [[Emile Mosseri]] (''[[Kajillionaire]], [[Minari (film)|Minari]]'') ** [[Nainita Desai]] (''[[American Murder: The Family Next Door]], Persona: The Dark Truth, Behind Personality Tests, The Reason I Jump'') ** [[Trent Reznor]], [[Atticus Ross]] & [[Jon Batiste]] (''[[Soul (2020 film)|Soul]]'') * '''2022''' '''[[Jonny Greenwood]]''' (''[[The Power of the Dog (film)|The Power of the Dog]], [[Spencer (film)|Spencer]]) ** [[Germaine Franco]] (''[[Encanto]]'') ** [[Daniel Hart (musician)|Daniel Hart]] (''[[The Green Knight (film)|The Green Knight]], [[The Last Letter from Your Lover]]'') ** [[Alberto Iglesias]] (''[[Parallel Mothers]]'') ** [[Daniel Pemberton]] (''[[The Rescue (2021 film)|The Rescue]], [[Being the Ricardos]], [[The Bad Guys (film)|The Bad Guys]], [[Brian and Charles]]'') ** [[Hans Zimmer]] (''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]], [[No Time to Die]], [[The Survivor (2021 film)|The Survivor]]'') * '''2023''' [[Hauschka|'''Volker Bertelmann''']] (''[[War Sailor]], [[All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]], [[Memory of Water (2022 film)|Memory of Water]]'') ** [[Carter Burwell]] (''[[The Banshees of Inisherin]], [[Catherine Called Birdy (film)|Catherine Called Birdy]], [[To Catch a Killer (2023 film)|To Catch a Killer]]'') ** [[Alexandre Desplat]] (''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]], [[The Lost King]], Tirailleurs (Father & Soldier), [[Asteroid City]], [[A Cooler Climate]]'') ** [[Hildur Guðnadóttir]] (''[[Women Talking (film)|Women Talking]], [[Tár]]'') ** [[Daniel Pemberton]] (''[[See How They Run (2022 film)|See How They Run]], [[Enola Holmes 2]], [[Amsterdam (2022 film)|Amsterdam]], [[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]'') ** [[John Williams]] (''[[The Fabelmans]], [[Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny]]'') ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/en Official website] * [https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/World_Soundtrack_Awards/ World Soundtrack Awards at IMDb] {{WSA – Soundtrack Composer of the Year}} {{WSA Chron}} [[Category:World Soundtrack Awards]]'