World Soundtrack Awards 2021: Daniel Pemberton, Nicholas Britell, Benji Merrison + More Take Home Wins!
October 26, 2021
Soundtracks, Scores and More Staff
Photo: Jeroen Willems.
The World Soundtrack Awards held its ceremony last weekend and here are the winners: Congratulations goes out to Daniel Pemberton, who was honored with the Composer of the Year Award for his work on The Trial of the Chicago 7, Enola Holmes, and Rising Phoenix. Also in the winner’s circle this year are Nicholas Britell, who won Best Original Song for “Call me Cruella,” (shared with Florence Welch, Steph Jones, Jordan Powers and Taura Stinson), and Composer Benji Merrison (SAS: Rise of the Black Swan) on his Public Choice Award win!
View the full winner’s list and acceptance speeches below or read the full recap at WSA online! Congratulations to all the winners and nominees this year!
Film Composer of the Year
Daniel Pemberton, Enola Holmes, Rising Phoenix, The Trial of the Chicago 7
๐ฅ ๐ต๐๐ถ๐น๐บ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ goes to the composer @danielpemberton
๐ #WSAwards pic.twitter.com/ED2rCEAAKVโ World Soundtrack Awards (@WSAwards) October 23, 2021
Television Composer of the Year
Carlos Rafael Rivera, Hacks (Season 1), The Queen’s Gambit
๐บ ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ @composer313 won over the WSAcademy with his compositions for โThe Queenโs Gambitโ and โHacks (S1)โ and takes home the ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ Award!
๐ #WSAwards pic.twitter.com/vhKbRjxBcJ
โ World Soundtrack Awards (@WSAwards) October 23, 2021
Best Original Song
โCall me Cruellaโ from Disneyโs Cruella, Nicholas Britell, Florence Welch, Steph Jones, Jordan Powers & Taura Stinson
๐ค๐ต #BESTORIGINALSONG AWARD GOES TOโฆ. โCALL ME CRUELLAโ @NicholasBritell @florencemachine Steph Jones @itsjordanpowers, @taurastinson
There were 6 songs in the running this year & the award goes to โCall me Cruellaโ from Disney’s #Cruella#WSAwards pic.twitter.com/fabCOB8oJSโ World Soundtrack Awards (@WSAwards) October 23, 2021
Discovery of the Year
Nainita Desai, The Reason I Jump
๐ฅ๐ต #DISCOVERYOFTHEYEAR ISโฆ @nainitadesai with her score for the documentary film @ReasonIJumpFilm !
๐ #WSAwards pic.twitter.com/reLB8BNHfV
โ World Soundtrack Awards (@WSAwards) October 23, 2021
Public Choice Award
SAS: Red Notice, Benji Merrison
โค๏ธ๐ต The ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ goes to the score of โ@sasrednoticefilm (SAS: Rise of the Black Swan)โ composed by @benjimerrison. The score was well received by the audience and garnered the largest number of votes from film fans.#WSAwards pic.twitter.com/k9SAC30Egd
โ World Soundtrack Awards (@WSAwards) October 23, 2021
Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer
Dougal Kemp
๐๐ต @SABAM_Official AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY A YOUNG COMPOSER GOES TOโฆ. Dougal Kemp#WSAwards pic.twitter.com/KYDjETnbVd
โ World Soundtrack Awards (@WSAwards) October 23, 2021
Lifetime Achievement Award
Eleni Karaindrou
Subscribe and Follow:๐๐ฌ๐ท #LIFETIMEACHIEVEMENTAWARD
The oeuvre of the Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou takes centre stage tonight! After her performance on piano together with the @brusselsphilharmonic, conducted Dirk Brossรฉ, Karaindrou received the Lifetime Achievement Award. #WSAwards pic.twitter.com/KTtteQ0exJโ World Soundtrack Awards (@WSAwards) October 23, 2021
