World Soundtrack Awards 2011 Explained

11th World Soundtrack Awards

October 22, 2011

----Best Original Soundtrack:
Inception

The 11th World Soundtrack Awards were given out on 22 October 2011 in Ghent, Belgium.

Awards

Best Original Soundtrack

• • Inception by Hans Zimmer
• The Social Network by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
• Black Swan by Clint Mansell
• The King's Speech by Alexandre Desplat
• True Grit by Carter Burwell

Soundtrack Composer of the Year

• • Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech, A Better Life, The Well-Digger's Daughter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, The Burma Conspiracy and The Tree of Life
• Patrick Doyle for Jig, La Ligne droite and Thor
• Hans Zimmer for How Do You Know, Rango, Inception,, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Dilemma, Megamind
• John Powell for Mars Needs Moms, Rio and Kung Fu Panda 2
• Clint Mansell for Last Night, Black Swan and Faster

Best Original Song Written for a Film

• • Randy Newman for "We Belong Together" in Toy Story 3
• Dido (lyrics/performer), Rollo Armstrong (lyrics), A. R. Rahman (music/performer) for "If I Rise" in 127 Hours
• Gwyneth Paltrow (performer), Hillary Lindsey (music/lyric), Troy Verges (music/lyrics), Tom Douglas (music/lyrics), Bob DiPiero (music/lyrics) for "Coming Home" in Country Strong
• Cher (performer), Diane Warren (music/lyrics) for "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" in Burlesque
• Alan Menken (music), Glenn Slater (music/lyrics), Mandy Moore (performer), Zachary Levi (performer) for "I See the Light" in Tangled

Discover of the Year

• • The First Grader, The Rite by Alex Heffes
• Limitless by Paul Leonard-Morgan
• Natural Selection, Hamill by iZLER
• Hanna by Ed Simons, Tom Rowlands
• and Gulliver's Travels by Henry Jackman

Public Choice Award

• • A. R. Rahman for 127 Hours

SABAM Award for Best Young European Composer

• • Gabriel-Heinrich Yden

Lifetime Achievement Award

• • Giorgio Moroder

External links

• • 11th World Soundtrack Awards