2023 World Soundtrack Awards Nominations Announced

The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the nominees for the 2023 World Soundtrack Awards in the categories of Film Composer of the Year, Television Composer of the Year and Best Original Song. The winners will be announced at the 23rd World Soundtrack Awards ceremony, which will take place on October 21, 2023 at the Capitole Ghent as the closing night of the Film Fest Gent. Nicola Piovani and Laurence Rosenthal have previously been announced to receive Lifetime Achievement Awards and. The rest of the nominations will be revealed in September.

Here are the nominations:

Film Composer of the Year

Volker Bertelmann
Krigsseileren (War Sailor), All Quiet on the Western Front, Veden vartija (Memory of Water)

Carter Burwell
The Banshees of Inisherin, Catherine Called Birdy, To Catch a Killer

Alexandre Desplat
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, The Lost King, Tirailleurs (Father & Soldier), Asteroid City, A Cooler Climate

Hildur Guðnadóttir
Women Talking, Tár

Daniel Pemberton
See How They Run, Enola Holmes 2, Amsterdam, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

John Williams
The Fabelmans, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Television Composer of the Year

Chris Bacon & Danny Elfman
Wednesday

Nicholas Britell
Andor, Succession Season 4

Bear McCreary
The Serpent Queen, The Witcher: Blood Origin, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Gustavo Santaolalla & David Fleming
The Last of Us

Cristobal Tapia de Veer & Kim Neundorf
The White Lotus Season 2

Best Original Song

Carolina from Where the Crawdads Sing, written & performed by Taylor Swift
Ciao Papa from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, written by Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro, Roeban Katz, performed by Alexandre Desplat, Dominique “Solrey” Lemonnier, Gregory Mann
Keep Rising from The Woman King, written by Jessy Wilson, Jeremy Lutito, Angélique Kidjo, performed by Jessy Wilson, Angélique Kidjo
Lift Me Up from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, written by Temilade Openiyi, Robyn Fenty, Ludwig Göransson and Ryan Coogler, performed by Rihanna
Your Personal Trash Man Can from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 5, written by Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore, performed by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Cast