After revealing the nominations for Film Composer of the Year, Television Composer of the Year and Best Original Song a month ago, Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Academy announce a second and final wave of nominations for the World Soundtrack Awards 2024, in the categories Discovery of the Year, Public Choice Award, WSA Game Music Award, Best Original Score for a Belgian Production and the Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer. Whereas the first wave featured mainly seasoned composers like Laura Karpman and James Newton Howard, the second wave shines a spotlight on new talent.
Discovery of the Year Award
- In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg
- Poor Things | Jerskin Fendrix
- Ezra | Carlos Rafael Rivera
- Julie Keeps Quiet (Julie zwijgt) | Caroline Shaw
- Saltburn | Anthony Wills
Public Choice Award
- Dune: Part Two | Hans Zimmer
- In the Land of Saints and Sinners | Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg
- La Guerra dei Nonni | Umberto Scipione
- Saltburn | Anthony Willis
- Young Woman and the Sea | Amelia Warner
WSA Game Music Award
- Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure | Maclaine Diemer, Bryan Atkinson, Bobby Brader, Jarryd Elias, Jaimee Jimin Park, Michael Paraskevas, Bobby Rose
- Jagged Alliance 3 | George Strezov
- Slay the Princess | Brandon Boone
- Tales of Kenzera: Zau | Nainita Desai
- The Outlast Trials | Tom Salta
Best Original Score for a Belgian Production
- Skunk | Amenra
- When it Melts | Bjorn Eriksson
- Wil | Geert Hellings
Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer
- Alex Mansour
- Georg Mausolf
- Florian van der Reijden
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 S02
- James Newton Howard | All the Light We Cannot See S01
- Martin Phipps | The Crown S06
- Carlos Rafael Rivera | Griselda; Lessons in Chemistry; Monsieur Spade
- Jeff Russo | Fargo S05; Ripley S01
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