Mychael Danna was chosen as Film Composer of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards 2013, tonight’s closing event of the 40th Ghent Film Festival. Danna also received an award for his score for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi in the Best Original Film Score of the Year 2012 category. The composer accepted his awards via a video message. In the Discovery of the Year category, Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer were awarded for their score for the indie drama Beasts of the Southern Wild, which Zeitlin also directed. In the Best Original Song written directly for a Film category, Adele and Paul Epworth received the honor for the title song for Sam Mendes’ James Bond film Skyfall. For the first time since 2002, both score and song awards matched the outcome of the respective categories at the Academy Awards.
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Randy Newman wins Grammy Award for ‘Toy Story 3’
Randy Newman has won the Grammy Award for Toy Story 3 in the Best Score Soundtrack Album category at today’s award ceremony, beating out Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland, James Horner for Avatar and Hans Zimmer for Inception and Sherlock Holmes.
The winner in the Best Compilation Soundtrack Album category is Crazy Heart, produced by Stephen Bruton and T Bone Burnett. In the Best Song for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, the award went to The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart, co-written by Stephen Bruton and T Bone Burnett.
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Alexandre Desplat wins BAFTA for ‘The King’s Speech’
Alexandre Desplat has won the Orange British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) in the Original Music category for his score for The King’s Speech. The award was presented to him by singer/songwriter Paul McCartney. Desplat’s competitors in the category were A.R. Rahman for 127 Hours, Danny Elfman for Alice in Wonderland, John Powell for How to Train Your Dragon and Hans Zimmer for Inception. The award marks Desplat’s first BAFTA after being nominated before for Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Queen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Fantastic Mr. Fox. For a backstage interview with Desplat at the Awards show, watch the video below after the jump.
BAFTA longlist for ‘Best Music’ announced
The British Academy of Television and Film Arts has announced the longlists for this year’s British Academy Film Awards, with 15 entries per category. Here are the contenders for the ‘Best Music’ category:
- 127 Hours (A.R. Rahman)
- Alice in Wonderland (Danny Elfman)
- Biutiful (Gustavo Santaollala)
- Brighton Rock (Martin Phipps)
- Despicable Me (Pharrell Williams & Heitor Pereira)
- The Ghost Writer (Alexandre Desplat)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Jacob Groth)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Alexandre Desplat)