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Friday, November 19, 2010

Desplat named composer of the year

Brussels--Alexandre Desplat took top honors at the World Soundtrack Awards for the second consecutive year.

He was appointed composer film of the year Saturday night for her work on "fantastic Mr. Fox," "new moon", "Julie & Julia" and "The Ghost Writer".

"Mr Fox" got the nod for best original score, repeating twice the Desplat last year with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".

Kudos for best original song went to "The malignancy", from "Crazy Heart", with music and lyrics by Ryan Bingham and t Bone Burnett.

Polish composer Korzeniowski Abel was appointed discovery of the year for his work on "A Single Man," which took up also the public choice award.

John Barry received the World Soundtrack lifetime achievement award.

Now in their tenth edition, the ceremony closed the film festival of Ghent in Belgium.


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