Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Academy have announced the second wave of nominees for the 2024 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories Discovery of the Year, Public Choice Award, WSA Game Music Award, Best Original Score for a Belgian Production and Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer. The winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & concert on October 16 at the Ghent International Film Festival. Also check our previous news article for the previously announced nominees.

Here are the new nominations:

Discovery of the Year:

Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg – In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things
Carlos Rafael Rivera – Ezra
Caroline Shaw – Julie Keeps Quiet (Julie zwijgt)
Anthony Wills – Saltburn

Public Choice Award:

Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer
In the Land of Saints and Sinners – Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg
La Guerra dei Nonni – Umberto Scipione
Saltburn – Anthony Willis
Young Woman and the Sea – Amelia Warner

WSA Game Music Award:

Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure – Maclaine Diemer, Bryan Atkinson, Bobby Brader, Jarryd Elias, Jaimee Jimin Park, Michael Paraskevas, Bobby Rose
Jagged Alliance 3 – George Strezov
Slay the Princess – Brandon Boone
Tales of Kenzera: Zau – Nainita Desai
The Outlast Trials – Tom Salta

Best Original Score for a Belgian Production:

Skunk – Amenra
When it Melts – Bjorn Eriksson
Wil – Geert Hellings

Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer:

– Alex Mansour
– Georg Mausolf
– Florian van der Reijden