Georges Delerue Award Explained

The Georges Delerue Award for Best Music, or Georges Delerue Prize / Prix Georges Delerue, is an award for the best film score. It is named after the French composer Georges Delerue, and was first awarded at the 1985 Film Fest Gent festival. Past winners include: Benny Andersson, Ry Cooder, Bruno Coulais, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Kamen, Astor Piazzolla, Rachel Portman, Howard Shore, Toru Takemitsu, and Vangelis.

Awards

Each year, two prizes are awarded of €10,000 and €15,000. Winners are sometimes declared using the following categories:

Award winners

YearAwardWinner(s)Nationality
of Winner(s)
(At Time of Award)
FilmRef.
1985 Il bacio di Tosca
Détective
1986 Crossroads
,
Da Capo
1987 Winner Life Is Beautiful
1988 Winner Sur
1989 Winner Black Rain
The Seventh Continent
1990 Winner The Krays
1991 Winner Cheb
1992 Winner Bob Roberts
1993 Winner The Puppetmaster
1994 Winner La Partie d'échecs
1995 Winner Cyclo
1996 Winner Microcosmos
1997 Winner Kavafis
1998 Winner Claire Dolan
1999 Winner Ratcatcher
2000 Winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001 Winner Landscape
2002 Winner Spider
2003 Winner Pornografia
2004 Winner Miguel Miranda, José Tobar Machuca
2005 Winner Proof
2006 Winner ,
Delphine Mantoulet
Transylvania
2007 Winner You, the Living [2]
2008 Winner Two-legged Horse [3]
2009 Winner A Rational Solution [4]
2010 Winner Hong-jip Kim The Housemaid [5]
2011 Winners Evgueni & Sacha Galperine The Invader [6]
2012 Winner Something in the Air [7]
2013 Winner A Touch of Sin [8]
2014 Winner Boris Debackere Violet [9]
2015 Winner Johnnie BurnThe Lobster [10] [11]
2016 Winner Home [12]
2017 Winner A Ciambra [13]
2018 Winner High Life [14]
2019 Winners Mica Levi (soundtrack) and Lena Esquenazi (sound design) Monos [15]
2020 Winners Cristian Lolea & Miroslav Toth (soundtrack) Servants [16]
2021 Winner Ruben De Gheselle (soundtrack) Clara Sola [17]
2022 Winners Tobias Koch & Jannik Giger (soundtrack) Drii Winter [18]
2023 Winner Jerskin Fendrix (score) Poor Things [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gand : Les vainqueurs du Prix G.Delerue . georges-delerue.com . 20 October 2007 . 19 November 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161119182628/http://www.georges-delerue.com/blog-news/index.php/Parutions/2007/04 . 19 November 2016 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Prix Georges Delerue : Ghent 2007 . georges-delerue.com . 13 February 2008 . 10 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Two-legged Horse . makhmalbaf.com . 2008 . 10 December 2016.
  4. Web site: A Rational Solution . zagrebfilmfestival.com . 2009 . 10 December 2016.
  5. Web site: Huishulp heeft beste muziek (Housemaid has best music) . standaard.be . 20 October 2010 . 10 December 2016.
  6. Web site: Invader, Blue Bird awarded in Ghent . flandersimage.com . 21 October 2011 . 10 December 2016.
  7. Web site: Filmfestival Gent 2012 . cinemaan.be . 2012 . 10 December 2016.
  8. Web site: Filmfestival Gent 2013 . cinemaan.be . 2013 . 10 December 2016.
  9. Web site: Ronnie . Scheib . Film Review: Violet . variety.com . 13 April 2015 . 4 December 2016.
  10. Web site: Johnnie Burn . altcine.com . 4 December 2016.
  11. Web site: 'Ixcanul' by Jayro Bustamante wins Grand Prix for Best Film at the 42nd Film Fest Gent . filmfestival.be . 20 October 2015 . 10 December 2016.
  12. Web site: 'A Quiet Passion' by Terence Davies and 'Home' by Fien Troch win at the 43rd Film Fest Gent international competition . filmfestival.be . 21 October 2016 . 10 December 2016 . 25 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111355/http://www.filmfestival.be/en/news/a-quiet-passion-by-terence-davies-and-home-by-fien-troch-win-at-the-43rd-film-fest-gent-internatinal-competition/21-10-2016/3091 . dead .
  13. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 20 October 2017 . 26 May 2020.
  14. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 22 October 2018 . 26 May 2020.
  15. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 16 October 2019 . 26 May 2020.
  16. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 2020 . 23 October 2023.
  17. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 2021 . 23 October 2023.
  18. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 2022 . 23 October 2023.
  19. Web site: 'Official competition winners . filmfestival.be . 2023 . 23 October 2023.