The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the first wave of nominees for the 2016 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories Film Composer of the Year, Best TV Composer and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on Wednesday, October 19, the closing night of the Ghent International Film Festival. Here are the nominations:
Film Composer of the Year
Carter Burwell
Anomalisa, Hail Caesar!, Legend, The Family Fang, The Finest Hours
Daniel Pemberton
Mal de pierres, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Ennio Morricone
En mai fais ce qu’il te plaît, La Corrispondenza, The Hateful Eight
John Williams
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens, The BFG
Thomas Newman
Bridge of Spies, Finding Dory, Spectre
Best TV Composer:
Jeff Beal
House of Cards
Sean Callery
Bones, Elementary, Homeland, Jessica Jones, Minority Report
Ramin Djawadi
Game of Thrones, Person of Interest, The Strain
Bear McCreary
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Sails, Damien, Da Vinci’s Demons, Outlander, The Walking Dead
Mac Quayle
The People v. O.J.: American Crime Story, American Horror Story, Mr. Robot
Best Original Song written directly for a Film
Better When I’m Dancin’
from: ‘The Peanuts Movie’
Music & Lyrics by Meghan Trainor & Thaddeus Dixon
Performed by Meghan Trainor
Hypnosis
from ‘Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet’
Music & lyrics by Damien Rice
Performed by Damien Rice
None of Them Are You
from ‘Anomalisa’
Music & lyrics by Carter Burwell & Charlie Kaufman
Performed by Tom Noonan
True Love Avenue
from ‘Jenny’s Wedding’
Music & lyrics by Brian Byrne & Kasey Jones
Performed by Kristina Train
Writing’s on the Wall
from ‘Spectre’
Music & lyrics by Sam Smith & James Napier
Performed by Sam Smith
Which period does this cover? August 2015 – 2016?