26/04/2012
James Newton Howard & Pino Donaggio @ 12th World Soundtrack Awards & Concert
The 12th World Soundtrack Awards To Celebrate the Music of Award-Winning Composer James Newton Howard in Concert.
Composer Pino Donaggio To Receive World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award.
The music of award-winning composer James Newton Howard will be celebrated in concert at the 12th World Soundtrack Awards, which will be held at the Kuipke Events Centre in Ghent on Saturday, October 20th. Howard is one of the most versatile and respected film music composers currently working in film. A program of his impressive music will be performed by the renowned Brussels Philharmonic and be accompanied by select film clips. The concert will be conducted by both Howard and Dirk Brossé.
In addition, composer Pino Donaggio will be receiving the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award at the event. A selection of his work will also be performed at the concert.
25/04/2012
11th composition contest for young European film music composers
Young European film music talent will have another chance to win the highly sought-after SABAM Award For Best Young European Composer. This award was created by the World Soundtrack Academy and is worth € 2 500 and the live performance of the three finalists’s compositions by the Brussels Philharmonic during the presentation of the World Soundtrack Awards on 20 October at the venue ‘t Kuipke in Ghent. This is the official closing ceremony of the 39th Ghent Film Festival (9 - 20 October 2012).
Candidates must be younger than 36 years old and must be European or have been born in Europe. Registrations will be accepted via this link until 29 June 2012.
02/04/2012
EFA Master class: the sound of the image
The EFA Master Class 2012 THE SOUND OF THE IMAGE is dedicated to the topic of sound in feature films. While the impact of the musical score is widely acknowledged, the psychological effects of sound and noises are still partly unrecognised.
THE SOUNDTRACK Summer Workshop
We are delighted to announce a new summer workshop held in collaboration between the ifs internationale filmschule köln and the School of Sound. It will take place at the ifs from 11-31 August 2012. It is especially designed for Editors, Sound Designers and Composers looking for new ways to work with each other and to improve their skills.
For The Record: Gabriel Yared
Every year, the Ghent Film Festival puts a recognised film music composer in the spotlight with its CD series For the record. Last year the Brussels Philharmonic – the Orchestra of Flanders, conducted by Dirk Brossé, recorded a new CD featuring music by the Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared (The English Patient).
Alexander Desplat third time in a row Film Composer of the Year
The World Soundtrack Academy announced tonight the winners of the World Soundtrack Awards 2011, the closing event of the 38th Ghent International Film Festival. Alexandre Desplat was chosen as Film Composer of the Year 2011. Hans Zimmer went home with the award for Best Orginal Film Score of the Year for Inception. Randy Newman received the World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written for Film with We Belong Together from the film Toy Story 3. Alex Heffes received the Discovery of the Year Award for The First Grader & The Rite . The Public Choice Award went to A.R. Rahman for the film 127 hours. Giorgio Moroder received the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award.
Walter Murch gives Film Sound Seminar in Ghent
The film music seminar, which is organised yearly by the Ghent Film Festival and University College Ghent, will be somewhat different this time round. The focus will not be on classic film music but rather on sound design. The reason behind this decision is that legendary film editor and sound designer Walter Murch will be in attendance. He has received three Oscars for his work: Best Sound for Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979), as well as Best Sound and Best Film Editing for Minghella’s The English Patient (1996). The Film Sound Seminar with Walter Murch will be held on Thursday 20 October from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. at the Ghent Film Festival (Kinepolis 8).
WSA Discovery of the Year nominees announced
The five nominees for the Discovery of the Year Award, via which the World Soundtrack Academy rewards up-and-coming talent from the previous year, have been announced. The award will be granted during the World Soundtrack Awards & Concert on 22 October at the Kuipke Events Centre in Ghent.
The Ghent Film Festival bids farewell to hit song writer Jerry Leiber
Today the Ghent Film Festival bids farewell to a friend, rock ‘n’ roll composer Jerry Leiber, who passed away from a heart attack in Los Angeles, US yesterday. Leiber joined forces with Mike Stoller to become one of the main composer duos in rock ‘n’ roll history. Leiber was no stranger to the Ghent Film Festival. In 1990 he sat on the jury for the international competition “The impact of music on film”. Other members of the jury included Mike Stoller, Mike Figgis and Fons Rademakers. In 2005 Leiber and his friend Stoller were invited to the World Soundtrack Awards to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Unfortunately Leiber couldn’t make it due to ill health, so Stoller accepted the award, also on his friend’s behalf. Jerry Leiber passed away aged 78.
World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award for disco pioneer Giorgio Moroder
The 11th World Soundtrack Awards, which will be held at the Kuipke Events Centre in Ghent on 22 October, welcome a new star in their line-up: none other than three-time Oscar winner and “father of disco” Giorgio Moroder (Midnight Express, Flashdance, Scarface). During the awards ceremony, he will be conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award for his exceptional career in film music. A selection from his work will be performed live by the Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Dirk Brossé.
