The Georges Delerue Award for Best Music, or Georges Delerue Prize / Prix Georges Delerue, is an award for the best film score. It is named after the French composer Georges Delerue, and was first awarded at the 1985 Film Fest Gent festival. Past winners include: Benny Andersson, Ry Cooder, Bruno Coulais, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Kamen, Astor Piazzolla, Rachel Portman, Howard Shore, Toru Takemitsu, and Vangelis.

Awards edit

Each year, two prizes are awarded of €10,000 and €15,000. Winners are sometimes declared using the following categories:

  • Best Musical Documentary (shortened to 'BMD' in the table below)[1]
  • Best Use of Existing Music (shortened to 'BUEM' in the table below)[1]
  • Best Original Music (shortened to 'BOM' in the table below)[1]
  • Best Application of Music (shortened to 'BAM' in the table below)[1]
  • Best Use of Music in Film (shortened to 'BUMF' in the table below)[1]

Award winners edit

Year Award Winner(s) Nationality
of Winner(s)
(At Time of Award)
Film Ref.
1985 BMD Daniel Schmid   Switzerland Il bacio di Tosca [1]
BUEM Jean-Luc Godard   France Détective [1]
1986 BOM Ry Cooder   United States Crossroads [1]
BAM Pirjo Honkasalo,
Pekka Lehto
  Finland Da Capo [1]
1987 Winner Benoît Lamy   Belgium Life Is Beautiful [1]
1988 Winner Astor Piazzolla   Argentina Sur [1]
1989 Winner Tôru Takemitsu   Japan Black Rain [1]
BUMF Michael Haneke   Austria The Seventh Continent [1]
1990 Winner Michael Kamen   United States The Krays [1]
1991 Winner Rachid Bouchareb   Algeria Cheb [1]
1992 Winner David Robbins   United States Bob Roberts [1]
1993 Winner Hou Hsiao-hsien   Taiwan The Puppetmaster [1]
1994 Winner Frédéric Devreese   Belgium La Partie d'échecs [1]
1995 Winner Tôn-Thất Tiết   France Cyclo [1]
1996 Winner Bruno Coulais   France Microcosmos [1]
1997 Winner Vangelis   Greece Kavafis [1]
1998 Winner Simon Fisher Turner   United Kingdom Claire Dolan [1]
1999 Winner Rachel Portman   United Kingdom Ratcatcher [1]
2000 Winner Tan Dun   China Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [1]
2001 Winner Vladimír Godár   Slovakia Landscape [1]
2002 Winner Howard Shore   Canada Spider [1]
2003 Winner Zygmunt Konieczny   Poland Pornografia [1]
2004 Winner Miguel Miranda, José Tobar   Chile Machuca [1]
2005 Winner Stephen Warbeck   United Kingdom Proof [1]
2006 Winner Tony Gatlif,
Delphine Mantoulet
  France Transylvania [1]
2007 Winner Benny Andersson   Sweden You, the Living [2]
2008 Winner Tolib Shakhidi   Tajikistan Two-legged Horse [3]
2009 Winner Nathan Larson   United States A Rational Solution [4]
2010 Winner Hong-jip Kim   South Korea The Housemaid [5]
2011 Winners Evgueni & Sacha Galperine   Russia The Invader [6]
2012 Winner Olivier Assayas   France Something in the Air [7]
2013 Winner Lim Giong   Taiwan A Touch of Sin [8]
2014 Winner Boris Debackere   Belgium Violet [9]
2015 Winner Johnnie Burn   United Kingdom The Lobster [10][11]
2016 Winner Johnny Jewel   United States Home [12]
2017 Winner Dan Romer   United States A Ciambra [13]
2018 Winner Stuart A. Staples   United Kingdom High Life [14]
2019 Winners Mica Levi (soundtrack) and Lena Esquenazi (sound design)   United Kingdom,
  Cuba
Monos [15]
2020 Winners Cristian Lolea & Miroslav Toth (soundtrack)   Romania,
  Slovakia
Servants [16]
2021 Winner Ruben De Gheselle (soundtrack)   Belgium Clara Sola [17]
2022 Winners Tobias Koch & Jannik Giger (soundtrack)   Switzerland Drii Winter [18]
2023 Winner Jerskin Fendrix (score)   United Kingdom Poor Things [19]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Gand : Les vainqueurs du Prix G.Delerue". georges-delerue.com. 20 October 2007. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Prix Georges Delerue : Ghent 2007". georges-delerue.com. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Two-legged Horse". makhmalbaf.com. 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  4. ^ "A Rational Solution". zagrebfilmfestival.com. 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Huishulp heeft beste muziek (Housemaid has best music)". standaard.be. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Invader, Blue Bird awarded in Ghent". flandersimage.com. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Filmfestival Gent 2012". cinemaan.be. 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Filmfestival Gent 2013". cinemaan.be. 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  9. ^ Scheib, Ronnie (13 April 2015). "Film Review: Violet". variety.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Johnnie Burn". altcine.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  11. ^ "'Ixcanul' by Jayro Bustamante wins Grand Prix for Best Film at the 42nd Film Fest Gent". filmfestival.be. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  12. ^ "'A Quiet Passion' by Terence Davies and 'Home' by Fien Troch win at the 43rd Film Fest Gent international competition". filmfestival.be. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  13. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  14. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  15. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  16. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  17. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  18. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  19. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

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