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Vote for the Public Choice Award!

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News 07 Jul 2021
Who will follow in the footsteps of Alfonso G. Aguilar (Klaus), John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World) and Carter Burwell (Carol) as winner of the Public Choice Award? You decide! Help your favourite film score win the Public Choice Award.

Do you instantly know which score deserves all the awards this year? Cast your vote! You can vote via your personal MyFFG account. Voting is possible until 15 August 2021 (11:59 pm CEST). Mid-September, the 5 nominated scores will be announced and the 5 nominated composers will be invited to join us during the World Soundtrack Awards Concert on Saturday 23 October, the closing night of the 48th edition of Film Fest Gent 2021.

The longlist for the Public Choice Award was established by the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA).

Discover the scores on the longlist:

  • A Quiet Place Part II - Marco Beltrami
  • Ammonite - Dustin O’Halloran & Volker Bertelmann
  • An American Pickle - Michael Giacchino & Nami Melumad
  • Antebellum - Nate Wonder & Roman Giannarthur
  • Army of the Dead - Thomas Holkenborg
  • Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar - Christopher Lennertz, Dara Taylor
  • Below Zero - Zacarias M. de la Riva
  • Breaking News in Yuba County - Jeff Beal
  • Camellia Sisters - Christopher Wong, Ian Rees & Garrett Crosby
  • Chaos Walking - Marco Beltrami & Brandon Roberts
  • Clouds - Brian Tyler
  • Come Away - John Debney
  • Coming 2 America - Jermaine Stegall
  • Cruella - Nicholas Britell
  • David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet - Steven Price
  • Den største forbrytelsen/Betrayed - Johan Söderqvist
  • El Verano Que Vivimos - Federico Jusid
  • Emily and the Magical Journey - Joe Kraemer
  • Enola Holmes - Daniel Pemberton
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga - Atli Örvarsson
  • Explota Explota - Roque Baños
  • Fanny Lye Deliver'd - Thomas Clay
  • Fearless - Anne-Kathrin Dern
  • Finding 'Ohana - Joseph Trapanese
  • Flora & Ulysses - Jake Monaco
  • Godmothered - Rachel Portman
  • Godzilla vs. Kong - Tom Holkenborg
  • Hillbilly Elegy - Hans Zimmer & David Fleming
  • His House - Roque Baños
  • Honeydew - John Mehrmann
  • I Liviatani (Cattive Attitudini) - Susan Di Bona & Salvatore Sangiovanni
  • Il grande passo - Pino Donaggio
  • Jakob's Wife - Tara Busch
  • Jim Knopf und die Wilde 13 - Ralf Wengenmayr & Marvin Miller
  • Jinge Jangle: A Christmas Journey - John Debney
  • Judas and the Black Messiah - Mark Isham & Craig Harris
  • Jungleland - Lorne Balfe
  • Justice Society: World War II - Kevin Riepl
  • L'aventure des Marguerite - Jerome Rebotier
  • Love and Monsters - Marco Beltrami & Brandon Roberts
  • Manipulated - Scott Glasgow
  • Mank - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
  • Minari - Emile Mosseri
  • Mortal Kombat - Benjamin Wallfisch
  • Mulan - Harry Gregson-Williams
  • My Octopus Teacher - Kevin Smuts
  • News of the World - James Newton Howard
  • Nobody - David Buckley
  • One Night in Miami - Terence Blanchard
  • Origenes Secretos - Federico Jusid
  • Over the Moon - Steven Price
  • Paper Lives - Ömer Özgür
  • Pieces of a Woman - Howard Shore
  • Promising Young Woman - Anthony Willis
  • Raya and the Last Dragon - James Newton Howard
  • Rebecca - Clint Mansell
  • Rising Phoenix - Daniel Pemberton
  • Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final - Naoki Sato
  • SAS: Red Notice - Benji Merrison
  • Silver Skates - Guy Farley
  • Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
  • Sound of Metal - Abraham Marder & Nicolas Becker
  • Spirit Untamed - Amie Doherty
  • Standy by Me Doraemon 2 - Naoki Sato
  • Tenet - Ludwig Göransson
  • The Claus Family - Anne-Kathrin Dern
  • The Courier - Abel Korzeniowski
  • The Dig - Stefan Gregory
  • The Empty Man - Christopher Young & Lustmord
  • The Glorias - Elliot Goldenthal
  • The Last Vermeer - Johan Söderqvist
  • The Last Warrior: Root of Evil - George Kallis
  • The Life Ahead - Gabriel Yared
  • The Little Things - Thomas Newman
  • The Mauritanian - Tom Hodge
  • The Midnight Sky - Alexandre Desplat
  • The Mitchells vs. The Machines - Mark Mothersbaugh
  • The One and Only Ivan - Craig Armstrong
  • The Reason I Jump - Nainita Desai
  • The Reckoning - Christopher Drake
  • The Secret Garden - Dario Marianelli
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Daniel Pemberton
  • The United States vs. Billie Holiday - Kris Bowers
  • The United Way - George Fenton
  • The Water Man - Peter Baert
  • The Witches - Alan Silvestri
  • The Woman in the Window - Danny Elfman
  • Things Heard & Seen - Peter Raeburn
  • Those Who Wish Me Dead - Brian Tyler
  • Thunder Force - Fil Eisler
  • To Olivia - Debbie Wiseman
  • Tom & Jerry - Christopher Lennertz
  • Twist - Neil Athale
  • Two by Two: Overboard! - Eimear Noone & Craig Stuart Garfinkle
  • Unbelievable!!!!! - Gerald Fried
  • Wild Mountain Thyme - Amelia Warner
  • Wolfwalkers - Bruno Coulais
  • Wonder Woman 1984 - Hans Zimmer
  • Wrath of Man - Christopher Benstead
  • Zack Snyder's Justice League - Thomas Holkenborg
Great Greek Composers

Do you want to discover more film music? Check out our annual film music concert, which celebrates Great Greek Composers this year. Enjoy film music from Eleni Karaindrou, Mikis Theodorakis, Evanthia Reboutsika et al. on 22 October 2021 at Opera Ghent.

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