Nominees for World Soundtrack Awards 2026: Find out who's vying for the win!

The Ghent Film Festival and the World Soundtrack Academy have announced a preliminary list of nominees for the World Soundtrack Awards. The main categories - best film composer, television composer and best original song - feature outstanding names of cinema and television.

Among the filmmakers, the largest number of nominations were received by Alexander Desplat (4 films: Frankenstein, Jurassic World: Resurgence, Eagles of the Republic and Dear, I'm Dwindling), Daniel Pemberton (4 works: Project End of the World, Here's a Drama!, Bad Boys 2 and Lords of the Universe), and Hildur Goodnadottir (3 films: Bride!, 28 Years Later: Temple of Bones and Gedda), as well as Johnny Greenwood ("Battle after Battle of the Battle of the Universe") and Max Richter ("Greender"). Hamlet). The television categories featured Jeff Russo (Alien: Earth, Cape Fear, and the second season of The Citadel), David Fleming (Widows' Bay), Finneas O'Connell (Second Season of The Muddle), Martin Phipps and Benji Merrison (The Robbery), and Dave Porter (One of the Many).

Best Original Song: "Golden" from the animated film "K-Pop Demon Hunters" (Huntrix), "House" from "Wuthering Heights" (Charlie XCX & Jon Kayle), "No Place Like Home" from the musical "Evil: Forever" (Stephan Schwarz - Cynthia Erivo), "Stolen Tale" from "Gedda" (Hildur Goodnadottir & Nii DaCo - Mariam Valentinsta) and "Train Dreams" from "Train Trains" (Train Trains) Nick Cave and Brises De Desseneros.

The 26th World Soundtrack Awards and concert will take place on October 10 at the De Bijloque Music Centre in Ghent, during Film Fest Gent.