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2024 World Soundtrack Awards Nominees in Main Music Categories: Ludwig Göransson, ‘Barbie’ & More

Written by on August 7, 2024

Ludwig Göransson, who won an Oscar in March for best original score for Oppenheimer, and Billie Eilish & Finneas, who won an Oscar for best original song for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie, could add to their considerable award collections at the 24th World Soundtrack Awards (WSA), which will be held on Wednesday Oct. 16 in Ghent, Belgium.

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The awards are organized by Film Fest Gent, Belgium’s biggest international film festival.

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Two other 2024 Oscar nominees for best original score, Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things) and Laura Karpman (American Fiction), are nominated for film composer of the year. Fendrix’s entry here also includes Kinds of Kindness, director Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to Poor Things. Karpman’s entry here also includes her score for the 2023 film The Marvels and her Emmy-nominated score for Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed.

Veteran composer Elliot Goldenthal is set to receive the WSA lifetime achievement award for his contribution to film and television music. Goldenthal won an Oscar for best original score in 2003 for Frida and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy the following year – outstanding music composition for a miniseries, movie or a special (dramatic underscore) for Dance in America: Lar Lubovitch’s Othello (Great Performances).

A second wave of nominations will be announced on Sept. 13. In the following weeks, the WSAcademy will cast their vote for this year’s winners.

Here’s a complete list of nominees in the top music categories.

Film composer of the year

    Jerskin Fendrix |Kinds of Kindness; Poor Things

    Ludwig Göransson |Oppenheimer

    Laura Karpman |American Fiction; The Marvels; Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

    Anthony Willis |Saltburn

    Hans Zimmer |Dune: Part Two; The Creator

Television composer of the year

    Nick Chuba, Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross | Shōgun

    Natalie Holt | Loki

    James Newton Howard | All the Light We Cannot See

    Martin Phipps | The Crown

    Carlos Rafael Rivera | Griselda; Lessons in Chemistry; Monsieur Spade

    Jeff Russo | Fargo; Ripley

Best original song

    “Dance the Night” from Barbie | written by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa | performed by: Dua Lipa

    “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie | written by Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson | performed by: Ryan Gosling

    “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony | written by Dan Wilson, Jon Batiste | performed by: Jon Batiste

    “Road to Freedom” from Rustin | written and performed by Lenny Kravitz

    “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon | written by Scott George | performed by Osage Tribal Singers

    “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie | written by Finneas O’Connell, Billie Eilish | performed by Billie Eilish

    “You’ve Never Had Chocolate Like This” from Wonka | written by Neil Hannon, Paul King, Simon Farnaby | performed by Timothée Chalamet, The Cast of Wonka

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