Georges Delerue Award Explained

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

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

Year	Award	Winner(s)	Nationality of Winner(s) (At Time of Award)	Film	Ref.
1985				Il bacio di Tosca
				Détective
1986				Crossroads
		,		Da Capo
1987	Winner			Life Is Beautiful
1988	Winner			Sur
1989	Winner			Black Rain
				The Seventh Continent
1990	Winner			The Krays
1991	Winner			Cheb
1992	Winner			Bob Roberts
1993	Winner			The Puppetmaster
1994	Winner			La Partie d'échecs
1995	Winner			Cyclo
1996	Winner			Microcosmos
1997	Winner			Kavafis
1998	Winner			Claire Dolan
1999	Winner			Ratcatcher
2000	Winner			Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001	Winner			Landscape
2002	Winner			Spider
2003	Winner			Pornografia
2004	Winner	Miguel Miranda, José Tobar		Machuca
2005	Winner			Proof
2006	Winner	, Delphine Mantoulet		Transylvania
2007	Winner			You, the Living	^[2]
2008	Winner			Two-legged Horse	^[3]
2009	Winner			A Rational Solution	^[4]
2010	Winner	Hong-jip Kim		The Housemaid	^[5]
2011	Winners	Evgueni & Sacha Galperine		The Invader	^[6]
2012	Winner			Something in the Air	^[7]
2013	Winner			A Touch of Sin	^[8]
2014	Winner	Boris Debackere		Violet	^[9]
2015	Winner	Johnnie Burn		The Lobster	^[10] ^[11]
2016	Winner			Home	^[12]
2017	Winner			A Ciambra	^[13]
2018	Winner			High Life	^[14]
2019	Winners	Mica Levi (soundtrack) and Lena Esquenazi (sound design)		Monos	^[15]
2020	Winners	Cristian Lolea & Miroslav Toth (soundtrack)		Servants	^[16]
2021	Winner	Ruben De Gheselle (soundtrack)		Clara Sola	^[17]
2022	Winners	Tobias Koch & Jannik Giger (soundtrack)		Drii Winter	^[18]
2023	Winner	Jerskin Fendrix (score)		Poor Things	^[19]

External links

• Film Fest Gent, 2016
• Ghent International Film Festival IMDb
• Gand: Prix Georges Delerue

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gand : Les vainqueurs du Prix G.Delerue . georges-delerue.com . 20 October 2007 . 19 November 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161119182628/http://www.georges-delerue.com/blog-news/index.php/Parutions/2007/04 . 19 November 2016 . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Prix Georges Delerue : Ghent 2007 . georges-delerue.com . 13 February 2008 . 10 December 2016.
3. Web site: Two-legged Horse . makhmalbaf.com . 2008 . 10 December 2016.
4. Web site: A Rational Solution . zagrebfilmfestival.com . 2009 . 10 December 2016.
5. Web site: Huishulp heeft beste muziek (Housemaid has best music) . standaard.be . 20 October 2010 . 10 December 2016.
6. Web site: Invader, Blue Bird awarded in Ghent . flandersimage.com . 21 October 2011 . 10 December 2016.
7. Web site: Filmfestival Gent 2012 . cinemaan.be . 2012 . 10 December 2016.
8. Web site: Filmfestival Gent 2013 . cinemaan.be . 2013 . 10 December 2016.
9. Web site: Ronnie . Scheib . Film Review: Violet . variety.com . 13 April 2015 . 4 December 2016.
10. Web site: Johnnie Burn . altcine.com . 4 December 2016.
11. Web site: 'Ixcanul' by Jayro Bustamante wins Grand Prix for Best Film at the 42nd Film Fest Gent . filmfestival.be . 20 October 2015 . 10 December 2016.
12. Web site: '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 . 10 December 2016 . 25 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111355/http://www.filmfestival.be/en/news/a-quiet-passion-by-terence-davies-and-home-by-fien-troch-win-at-the-43rd-film-fest-gent-internatinal-competition/21-10-2016/3091 . dead .
13. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 20 October 2017 . 26 May 2020.
14. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 22 October 2018 . 26 May 2020.
15. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 16 October 2019 . 26 May 2020.
16. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 2020 . 23 October 2023.
17. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 2021 . 23 October 2023.
18. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 2022 . 23 October 2023.
19. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 2023 . 23 October 2023.