European_Film_Award_for_Best_Composer References

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	Nils Petter Molvær and Peter Brötzmann – Great Freedom ( 2021)
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

1980s

Year	Composer(s)	Film	Original title
1988 (1st)	Special Jury Award for Best Music
	Yuri Khanon	Days of Eclipse ^[1]	Дни затмения
	Nomination for Special Aspect Award
	Terence Davies	Distant Voices, Still Lives ^[2]
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

Year	Composer(s)	Film	Original title
1990 (3rd)	no award 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 ^[2]
1992 (5th)	Vincent van Warmerdam	The Northerners	De Noorderlingen ^[3]

2000s

Year	Composer(s)	Film	Original title
2004 (17th) ^[4]	Bruno Coulais	The Chorus	Les Choristes
	Alexandre Desplat	Girl with a Pearl Earring
	The Free Association	Code 46
	Alberto Iglesias	Bad Education Take My Eyes	La Mala Educación Te doy mis ojos
	Eleni Karaindrou	Trilogy: The Weaping Meadow	Trilogia: To livadi pou dakrizei
	Stephen Warbeck	The Alzheimer Case	De Zaak Alzheimer
2005 (18th) ^[5]	Rupert Gregson-Williams Andrea Guerra	Hotel Rwanda
	Joachim Holbek	Manderlay
	Cyril Morin	The Syrian Bride	הכלה הסורית / Ha-Kala Ha-Surit
	Ennio Morricone	Fateless	Sorstanság
	Stefan Nilsson	As It Is in Heaven	Så som i himmelen
	Johan Söderqvist	Brothers	Brødre
2006 (19th) ^[6]	Alberto Iglesias	Volver
	Tuomas Kantelinen	Mother of Mine	Äideistä parhain
	Dario Marianelli	Pride & Prejudice
	Gabriel Yared Stéphane Moucha	The Lives of Others	Das Leben der Anderen
2007 (20th) ^[7]	Alexandre Desplat	The Queen
	Alex Heffes	The Last King of Scotland
	Dejan Pejović	Gucha	Гуча!
	Tom Tykwer Johnny Klimek Reinhold Heil	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Das Parfum – Die Geschichte eines Mörders
2008 (21st) ^[8]	Max Richter	Waltz with Bashir	ואלס עם באשיר
	Tuur Florizoone	Moscow, Belgium	Aanrijding in Moscou
	Dario Marianelli	Atonement
	Fernando Velázquez	The Orphanage	El orfanato
2009 (22nd) ^[9]	Alberto Iglesias	Broken Embraces	Los abrazos rotos
	Alexandre Desplat	Coco avant Chanel	Coco avant Chanel
	Jacob Groth	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Män som hatar kvinnor
	Johan Söderqvist	Let the Right One In	Låt den rätte komma in

2010s

Year	Composer(s)	Film	Original title
2010 (23rd) ^[10]	Alexandre Desplat	The Ghost Writer ^[11]
	Ales Brezina	Kawasaki's Rose	Kawasakiho růže
	Pasquale Catalano	Loose Cannons	Mine vaganti
	Gary Yershon	Another Year
2011 (24th)	Ludovic Bource^[12]^[13]	The Artist
	Alexandre Desplat	The King's Speech
	Alberto Iglesias	The Skin I Live In	La piel que habito
	Mihály Vig	The Turin Horse	A torinói ló
2012 (25th) ^[14]	Alberto Iglesias	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
	George Fenton	The Angels' Share
	François Couturier	Shun Li and the Poet	Io sono Li
	Cyrille Aufort Gabriel Yared	A Royal Affair	En kongelig affære
2013 (26th)	Ennio Morricone^[15]	The Best Offer	La migliore offerta
2014 (27th)	Mica Levi^[16]	Under the Skin
2015 (28th)	Cat's Eyes:^[17] Faris Badwan Rachel Zeffira	The Duke of Burgundy
2016 (29th)	Ilya Demutsky^[18]	The Student	Ученик
2017 (30th)	Evgueni Galperine^[19] Sacha Galperine	Loveless	Нелюбовь
2018 (31st)	Christoph M. Kaiser^[20] Julian Maas	3 Days in Quiberon	3 Tage in Quiberon
2019 (32nd)	John Gürtler^[21]	System Crasher	Systemsprenger

2020s

Year	Composer(s)	Film	Original title
2020 (33rd)	Dascha Dauenhauer^[22]	Berlin Alexanderplatz
2021 (34th)	Nils Petter Molvær^[23] Peter Brötzmann	Great Freedom	Große Freiheit
2022 (35th)	Paweł Mykietyn^[24]	EO	IO
2023 (36th)	Markus Binder	Club Zero

References

^ "European Film Academy : Home". europeanfilmacademy.org. Archived from the original on 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
^ ^a ^b "European Film Awards (1988)". imdb.com.
^ "European Film Academy : Home". europeanfilmacademy.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 13, 2004). "German Film "Head-On' Tops 2004 European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 4, 2005). ""Cache" and "Sophie Scholl" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Hernandez, Eugene (December 3, 2006). "AWARDS WATCH: "Volver" and "The Lives of Others" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ "2007 – The Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 6, 2008). "'Gomorra' tops European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Brooks, Brian (December 12, 2009). ""White Ribbon" Reigns at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Lyttelton, Oliver (December 6, 2010). "'The Ghost Writer' Inexplicably Wins Six At 2010 European Film Academy Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ "The Winners". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Academy. 2010-12-04. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
^ "The Winners-2011". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Academy. 2011-12-04.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 3, 2011). "Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' Wins Best Film at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Knegt, Peter (December 1, 2012). "'Amour' Sweeps European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Barraclough, Leo (December 7, 2013). "Paolo Sorrentino's 'The Great Beauty' Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Jagernauth, Kevin (December 15, 2014). "Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' Wins Big At European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Heath, Paul (December 14, 2015). "European Film Awards winners: Youth, Amy, The Lobster lead field". The Hollywood News. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 10, 2016). "'Toni Erdmann' Wins European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Pond, Steve (December 9, 2017). "Swedish Comedy 'The Square' Dominates European Film Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Nordine, Michael (December 15, 2018). "'Cold War' Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 7, 2019). "'The Favourite' Wins Big at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Roxborough, Scott (December 12, 2020). "'Another Round' Wins 2020 European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Blaney, Martin (11 December 2021). "'Quo Vadis, Aida?' wins top prize at 2021 European Film Awards". ScreenDaily.
^ "These are the winners of the European Film Awards 2022". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

External links

European Film Academy archive
Nominees and winners Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine at the European Film Academy website

[Felix-1] "European Film Academy : Home". europeanfilmacademy.org. Archived from the original on 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2011-03-07.

[Hilmar-2] "European Film Awards (1988)". imdb.com.

[Vincent-3] "European Film Academy : Home". europeanfilmacademy.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2011-03-07.

[4] Hernandez, Eugene (December 13, 2004). "German Film "Head-On' Tops 2004 European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[5] Hernandez, Eugene (December 4, 2005). ""Cache" and "Sophie Scholl" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[6] Hernandez, Eugene (December 3, 2006). "AWARDS WATCH: "Volver" and "The Lives of Others" Top European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[7] "2007 – The Winners". European Film Academy. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[8] Roxborough, Scott (December 6, 2008). "'Gomorra' tops European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[9] Brooks, Brian (December 12, 2009). ""White Ribbon" Reigns at European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[10] Lyttelton, Oliver (December 6, 2010). "'The Ghost Writer' Inexplicably Wins Six At 2010 European Film Academy Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[winners-11] "The Winners". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Academy. 2010-12-04. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-03-07.

[Bource-12] "The Winners-2011". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Academy. 2011-12-04.

[13] Roxborough, Scott (December 3, 2011). "Lars Von Trier's 'Melancholia' Wins Best Film at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[14] Knegt, Peter (December 1, 2012). "'Amour' Sweeps European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[15] Barraclough, Leo (December 7, 2013). "Paolo Sorrentino's 'The Great Beauty' Wins Top Prize at European Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[16] Jagernauth, Kevin (December 15, 2014). "Pawel Pawlikowski's 'Ida' Wins Big At European Film Awards". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[17] Heath, Paul (December 14, 2015). "European Film Awards winners: Youth, Amy, The Lobster lead field". The Hollywood News. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[18] Roxborough, Scott (December 10, 2016). "'Toni Erdmann' Wins European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[19] Pond, Steve (December 9, 2017). "Swedish Comedy 'The Square' Dominates European Film Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[20] Nordine, Michael (December 15, 2018). "'Cold War' Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum". Indiewire. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[21] Roxborough, Scott (December 7, 2019). "'The Favourite' Wins Big at European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[22] Roxborough, Scott (December 12, 2020). "'Another Round' Wins 2020 European Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[screendaily-23] Blaney, Martin (11 December 2021). "'Quo Vadis, Aida?' wins top prize at 2021 European Film Awards". ScreenDaily.

[24] "These are the winners of the European Film Awards 2022". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

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v t e European Film Awards
Ceremonies	Berlin 1988 Paris 1989 Glasgow 1990 Potsdam 1991 Potsdam 1992 Potsdam 1993 Berlin 1994 Berlin 1995 Berlin 1996 Berlin 1997 London 1998 Berlin 1999 Paris 2000 Berlin 2001 Rome 2002 Berlin 2003 Barcelona 2004 Berlin 2005 Warsaw 2006 Berlin 2007 Copenhagen 2008 Bochum 2009 Tallinn 2010 Berlin 2011 Valletta 2012 Berlin 2013 Riga 2014 Berlin 2015 Wrocław 2016 Berlin 2017 Seville 2018 Berlin 2019 Online 2020 Berlin 2021 Reykjavík 2022 Berlin 2023
Merit awards	Film Director Actor Actress Screenplay Animated Feature Film Documentary Film Short Film Discovery of the Year Achievement in Fiction Series Comedy Cinematography Costume Design Editing Makeup and Hairstyling Original Score Production Design Sound Visual Effects
Special awards	Achievement in World Cinema Award Eurimages Award Lifetime Achievement Award Lux Award Young Audience Award University Film Award
Defunct awards	FIPRESCI Award Outstanding Technical Contribution Non-European Film Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Young Performer People's Choice Award for Best Actor People's Choice Award for Best Actress
Countries of the nominees	Albanian Austrian Belgian Bosnian Croatian Czech Georgian Kazakh Luxembourgish Polish Romanian Serbian Slovak Tajik Turkish Ukrainian Soviet
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