The International Film Music Critics Association is delighted to announce its continued partnership with Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards.
As has been the case since 2016, the IFMCA was again asked to create the shortlist for the WSA Public Choice Award, the winner of which will be revealed at the 22nd World Soundtrack Awards Gala, taking place in Ghent, Belgium, on the October 22nd.
The IFMCA uses data from the preceding year’s IFMCA Awards vote, combined with other information, to create the 100-entry long list of titles for consideration. This year’s long list is as follows:
- 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible – Nainita Desai
- A Boy Called Christmas – Dario Marianelli
- Being The Ricardos – Daniel Pemberton
- Belle – Yûta Bandoh, Ludvig Forssell, Taisei Iwasaki
- Benedetta – Anne Dudley
- Black Widow – Lorne Balfe
- Buckley’s Chance – Christopher Gordon
- C’est Magnifique! – Guillaume Roussel
- Candyman – Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
- Charlotte – Michelino Bisceglia
- Claret – Óscar Martín Leanizbarrutia
- Coppelia – Maurizio Malagnini
- Cyrano – Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner
- Death On The Nile – Patrick Doyle
- Délicieux – Christophe Julien
- Diabolik – Aldo De Scalzi, Pivio Pischiutta
- Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness – Danny Elfman
- Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (D’Artacán Y Los Tres Mosqueperros) – Manel Gil-Inglada
- Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell
- Downton Abbey: A New Era – John Lunn
- Dune – Hans Zimmer
- El Buen Patrón – Zeltia Montes
- Encanto – Germaine Franco
- Eternals – Ramin Djawadi
- Everything Everywhere All At Once – Son Lux
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore – James Newton Howard
- Fear Street: Part One – 1994 – Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp
- Fear Street: Part Two – 1978 – Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts
- Fear Street: Part Three – 1666 – Marco Beltrami, Anna Drubich, Marcus Trumpp
- Freaks Out – Michele Braga, Gabriele Mainetti
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife – Rob Simonsen
- Greed – Oscar Fogelström
- Gunpowder Milkshake – Frank Ilfman
- Help, I Shrunk My Friends – Anne-Kathrin Dern
- Hostile Territory – John Koutselinis
- Immenhof: Das Grosse Versprechen – Hannes De Maeyer
- Julia – Rachel Portman
- Jungle Cruise – James Newton Howard
- Jurassic World: Dominion – Michael Giacchino
- Kimi – Cliff Martinez
- King Richard – Kris Bowers
- Las Niñas De Cristal/Dancing On Glass – Ivan Palomares
- Last Night In Soho – Steven Price
- Le Dernier Piano (Broken Keys) – Gabriel Yared
- Le Temps Des Secrets – Philippe Rombi
- Leonora Addio – Nicola Piovani
- Luca – Dan Romer
- Madres Paralelas/Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias
- Maika – Christopher Wong, Garrett Crosby, Ian Rees
- Masquerade Night – Naoki Satô
- Mia And Me: The Hero Of Centopia – Christoph Zirngibl
- Mistrz/The Champion Of Auschwitz – Bartosz Chajdecki
- My Country My Parents – Gordy Haab
- Nightmare Alley – Nathan Johnson
- Ninjas Down The Street (De Piraten Van Hiernaast: De Ninja’s Van De Overkant) – Matthijs Kieboom
- No Time To Die – Hans Zimmer
- Notre-Dame Brûle – Simon Franglen
- Occhiali Neri – Arnaud Rebotini
- Pertsa & Kilu/Finders Of The Lost Yacht – Panu Aaltio
- Peruna/The Potato Venture – Panu Aaltio
- Petra De San José – Óscar Martín Leanizbarrutia
- Pleasure – Karl Frid
- Plunder Quest – Massimo Sammi
- Redeeming Love – Brian Tyler, Breton Vivian
- Rumble – Lorne Balfe
- Sagan Om Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton – Gaute Storaas
- Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings – Joel P. West
- Spencer – Jonny Greenwood
- Spider-Man: No Way Home – Michael Giacchino
- Ténor – Laurent Perez Del Mar
- The Bad Guys – Daniel Pemberton
- The Batman – Michael Giacchino
- The Claus Family 2 (De Familie Claus 2) – Anne-Kathrin Dern
- The Curse of Turandot – Simon Franglen
- The Drover’s Wife – Salliana Seven Campbell
- The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain – Arthur Sharpe
- The French Dispatch – Alexandre Desplat
- The Green Knight – Daniel Hart
- The Harder They Fall – Jeymes Samuel
- The Ice Age Adventures Of Buck Wild – Batu Sener
- The King’s Daughter – Joseph Metcalfe, Grant Kirkhope, John Coda
- The King’s Man – Matthew Margeson, Dominic Lewis
- The Last Duel – Harry Gregson-Williams
- The Last Letter From Your Lover – Daniel Hart
- The Last Warrior: Emissary Of Darkness – George Kallis
- The Matrix Resurrections – Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek
- The Northman – Robin Carolan, Sebastian Gainsborough
- The Outfit – Alexandre Desplat
- The Power Of The Dog – Jonny Greenwood
- The Road Dance – Carlos José Alvarez
- The Sound Of Violet – Conrad Pope
- The Starling – Benjamin Wallfisch
- The Tomorrow War – Lorne Balfe
- The Tragedy Of Macbeth – Carter Burwell
- This Game’s Called Murder – Bear McCreary
- Top Gun: Maverick – Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer, Lady Gaga, Harold Faltermeyer
- Tre Nøtter Til Askepott – Gaute Storaas
- Tunturin Tarina/Tale Of The Sleeping Giants – Panu Aaltio
- Turning Red – Ludwig Göransson
- Woodgirls: A Duet For A Dream – Amin Molookpour
All members of the public may vote for the WSA Public Choice Award via the website at https://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/news/vote-for-the-public-choice-award-2022-2.
The World Soundtrack Awards are presented annually to mark and celebrate outstanding achievements in scoring music for motion pictures. It is part of the annual Film Fest Gent, which has been held in the city of Ghent, Belgium, since 2000, and this year takes place between October 20th and October 22nd.