Kinetophone Awards 2023

Celebrating excellence in screen music

653 SCORES EXPERIENCED

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SCORE OF THE YEAR

  1. THE PIPER, Christopher Young
  2. OPPENHEIMER, Ludwig Göransson
  3. THE CREATOR, Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro
  4. CREATION OF THE GODS I: KINGDOM OF STORMS, Gordy Haab
  5. GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK – VALHALLA, Bear McCreary

COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

  1. YOUNG, Christopher
  2. GÖRANSSON, Ludwig
  3. ZIMMER, Hans
  4. McCREARY, Bear
  5. HAAB, Gordy

BREAKTHROUGH COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

  1. LUCEWICZ, Pawel
  2. FENDRIX, Jerskin
  3. MOWAT, Blair
  4. WALLACE, Corey
  5. JULIAN SCHERLE, Julian

FILM COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

  1. “Return to West Qi” / CREATION OF THE GODS I: KINGDOM OF STORMS, Gordy Haab
  2. “Vanaheim” / GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK – VALHALLA, Bear McCreary
  3. “True Love” / THE CREATOR, Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro
  4. “Resolution” / GODZILLA: MINUS ONE, Naoki Sato
  5. “Reincarnation” / THE BOY AND THE HERON, Joe Hisaishi

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM

  1. OPPENHEIMER, Ludwig Göransson
  2. ZNACHOR/FORGOTTEN LOVE, Paweł Lucewicz
  3. CARMEN, Nicholas Britell
  4. CERRAR LOS OJOS/CLOSE YOUR EYES, Federico Jusid
  5. NAPOLEON, Martin Phipps

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM

  1. IN LOVE AND DEEP WATER, Takatsugu Muramatsu
  2. SECOND TOUR, Christophe Julien
  3. UN COUP DE MAÎTRE, Laurent Perez Del Mar
  4. WE HAVE A GHOST, Bear McCreary
  5. LA TERNURA/THE TENDERNESS, Fernando Velázquez

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM

  1. THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES, James Newton Howard
  2. INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY, John Williams
  3. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, Lorne Balfe
  4. AKA, Etienne Forget
  5. SUPERCELL, Corey Wallace

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION FILM

  1. THE CREATOR, Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro
  2. CREATION OF THE GODS I: KINGDOM OF STORMS, Gordy Haab
  3. GODZILLA: MINUS ONE, Naoki Sato
  4. WONDERWELL, William Ross, Angelo Badalamenti, Alex Kovacs
  5. THE FLASH, Benjamin Wallfisch

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A HORROR/THRILLER FILM

  1. THE PIPER, Christopher Young
  2. THE DEVIL CONSPIRACY, Anne-Kathrin Dern
  3. DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM/THE UNIVERSAL THEORY, Diego Ramos Rodriguez and David Schweighart
  4. IN THE LAND OF SAINTS AND SINNERS, Diego Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg
  5. THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER, Bear McCreary

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FEATURE

  1. THE BOY AND THE HERON, Joe Hisaishi
  2. LAMYA’S POEM, Christopher Willis
  3. MIGRATION, John Powell
  4. MIRACULOUS – LADY BUG & CAT NOIR, THE MOVIE, Jeremy Zag
  5. GOLD KINGDOM AND WATER KINGDOM, Evan Call

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY

  1. WILD ISLES, George Fenton
  2. LIFE ON OUR PLANET, Lorne Balfe
  3. ANSELM, Leonard Kussner
  4. LIBRES, Oscar Martin Leanizbarrutia
  5. PLANET EARTH III, Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Sara Barone

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION SERIES

  1. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE [S1], James Newton Howard
  2. STAR TREK: PICARD [S3], Stephen Barton and Frederik Wiedmann
  3. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY [S1], Carlos Rafael Rivera
  4. SUCCESSION [S4], Nicholas Britell
  5. BARDOT [S1], Arthur Simonini

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

  1. GOD OF WAR: RAGNAROK – VALHALLA, Bear McCreary
  2. JUSANT, Guillaume Ferra
  3. STARFIELD, Inon Zur
  4. STAR WARS: JEDI – SURVIVOR, Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab
  5. ASSASSIN’S CREED: MIRAGE, Brendan Angelides

BEST ARCHIVAL RELEASE

  1. NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, James Newton Howard (Sony)
  2. WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Ryuichi Sakamoto (La-La Land)
  3. THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. 2, Various Composers (Dragon’s Domain)
  4. HEIDI/JANE EYRE, John Williams (Quartet)
  5. ANTHOLOGY II: MOVIE THEMES 1976-1988, John Carpenter (Sacred Bones)

Eleni Mitsiaki
— Founder & Editor-in-Chief