The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the list of its nominees for the 2013 Awards in three of five categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The names of the winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards & Concert on Saturday, October 19, the closing night of the 40th edition of Film Fest Gent
More can be found at their official page, here: http://www.worldsoundtrackacademy.com/
Film Composer of the Year
Mychael Danna
Life of Pi
Alexandre Desplat
Argo, Reality, Renoir, Rise of the Guardians, Zero Dark Thirty
Danny Elfman
Epic, Frankenweenie, Hitchcock, Oz The Great and Powerful, Promised Land, Silver Linings Playbook
James Newton Howard
After Earth, The Bourne Legacy
Thomas Newman
Side Effect, Skyfall
Best Original Film Score of the Year
Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Howard Shore
Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
The Master - Jonny Greenwood
Skyfall – Thomas Newman
Best Original Song written directly for a Film
The Bathtub
from: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’
music & lyrics by Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
performed by The Lost Bayou Ramblers
Young and Beautiful
from ‘The Great Gatsby’
music & lyrics by Lana Del Rey & Rick Nowels
performed by Lana Del Rey
Pi’s Lullaby
from ‘Life of Pi’
music & lyrics by Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
performed by Bombay Jayashri
Oblivion
from ‘Oblivion’
music & lyrics by Anthony Gonzalez and Susanne Sundfør
performed by M83 feat. Susanne Sundfør
Skyfall
from ‘Skyfall’
music & lyrics by Adele & Paul Epworth
performed by Adele
