European Film Award for Best Composer
10 languages
| 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[edit]
1980s[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
2010s[edit]
2020s[edit]
| 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 |
References[edit]
- ^ "European Film Academy : Home". europeanfilmacademy.org.
- ^ a b "European Film Awards (1988)". imdb.com.
- ^ "European Film Academy : Home". europeanfilmacademy.org.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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[edit]
- European Film Academy archive
- Nominees and winners Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine at the European Film Academy website
