European Film Award for Best Composer
| European Film Award for Best Composer | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Europe |
| Presented by | European Film Academy |
| First awarded | 1988 |
| Currently held by | Frederikke Hoffmeier – The Girl with the Needle (2024) |
| Website | europeanfilmawards.eu |
The European Film Award for Best Composer is one of the awards presented by the European Film Academy. It was first presented as a Special Jury Award in 1998 received by Yuri Khanon for the music of Days of Eclipse. A set of nominees was presented from 1989 to 1990 and from 2004 and 2012. Since 2013, only one winner is presented without nominees.
Winners and nominees
[edit]1980s
[edit]| Year | Composer(s) | Film | Original title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 (1st) |
Special Jury Award for Best Music | [1] | ||
  Yuri Khanon |
Days of Eclipse | Дни затмения | ||
| Nomination for Special Aspect Award | ||||
 Terence Davies |
Distant Voices, Still Lives | |||
| 1989 (2nd) |
Andrew Dickson |
High Hopes | ||
 Goran Bregovic |
Kuduz | |||
 Ferenc Darvas |
The Midas Touch | Eldorádó | ||
 Michał Lorenc |
300 Miles to Heaven | 300 mil do nieba | ||
 Maggie Parke Gast Waltzing |
A Wopbopaloobop A Lopbamboom | |||
1990s
[edit]| Year | Composer(s) | Film | Original title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (3rd) |
No awards given | |||
 Jean-Luc Godard |
New Wave | Nouvelle Vague | ||
| Jean-Claude Petit |
Cyrano de Bergerac | |||
| Jürgen Knieper |
December Bride | Dezemberbraut | ||
| 1991 (4th) |
 Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson |
Children of Nature | Börn náttúrunnar | |
| 1992 (5th) |
 Vincent van Warmerdam |
The Northerners | De Noorderlingen | [2] |
2000s
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2010s
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2020s
[edit]| Year | Composer(s) | Film | Original title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (33rd) |
Dascha Dauenhauer |
Berlin Alexanderplatz | [21] | |
| 2021 (34th) |
 Nils Petter Molvær Peter Brötzmann |
Great Freedom | Große Freiheit | [22] |
| 2022 (35th) |
Paweł Mykietyn |
EO | IO | [23] |
| 2023 (36th) |
 Markus Binder |
Club Zero | ||
| 2024 (37th) |
 Frederikke Hoffmeier
|
The Girl with the Needle | Pigen med nålen | [24] |
See also
[edit]- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
- Cannes Soundtrack Award
- César Award for Best Original Music
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
- Goya Award for Best Original Score
- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
References
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