The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2021 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories of Film Composer of the Year, TV Composer of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the 21st World Soundtrack Awards ceremony, which will take place in the Opera of Ghent on, October 23, 2021. Max Richter has previously been announced as guest of honor and Eleni Karaindrou will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award 2021. The rest of the nominations will be revealed in early September.
Here are the nominations:
Nainita Desai
American Murder: The Family Next Door, Persona: The Dark Truth behind Personality Tests, The Reason I Jump
James Newton Howard
News of the World, Raya and the Last Dragon
Emile Mosseri
Kajillionaire, Minari
Daniel Pemberton
Enola Holmes, Rising Phoenix, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
Soul
TV Composer of the Year
Christophe Beck
WandaVision
Nicholas Britell
The Underground Railroad
Ludwig Göransson
The Mandalorian (Season 2)
Natalie Holt
Loki (Season 1)
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Hacks (Season 1), The Queen’s Gambit
Best Original Song
Call me Cruella, from Disney’s Cruella – written by Nicholas Britell, Florence Welch, Steph Jones, Jordan Powers & Taura Stinson
Fight for You, from Judas and the Black Messiah – written by H.E.R., Dernst Emile II & Tiara Thomas.
Hear My Voice, from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – written by Daniel Pemberton & Celeste Waite
Húsavík (My Hometown), from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – written by Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson & Fat Max Gsus
Loyal Brave True, from Disney’s Mulan – written by Jamie Hartman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Rosi Golan & Billy Crabtree
Rain Song, from Minari – written by Emile Mosseri
