This first wave of World Soundtrack Award Nominees include multiple Academy Award® winners and nominees, a past Discovery of the Year winner, and the best of contemporary television music. The nominees announced include Academy Award®-winners Ennio Morricone, John Williams, and Sam Smith; Academy Award®-nominees Carter Burwell and Thomas Newman; and recent Discovery of the Year winner Daniel Pemberton. The inaugural Television Composer of the Year nominees include EMMY® winners Bear McCreary, Jeff Beal, and Sean Callery, and nominees Mac Quayle and Ramin Djawadi.

The World Soundtrack Academy aims at supporting film, and now television music, sound design, composers and their worldwide promotion. In fifteen years time, the membership of the WSAcademy has grown into a group of 370 international film (music) professionals deciding on the nominees for the annual World Soundtrack Awards through several rounds of voting. Besides these first nominees, the Academy will also select five nominees for the Discovery of the Year 2016 by the middle of September. In partnership with the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA), the public can also nominate their favorite score by voting for the Public Choice Award on the website until 9 September 2016.

THE NOMINEES ARE: 

Film Composer of the Year

Carter Burwell
Anomalisa, Hail Caesar!, Legend, The Family Fang, The Finest Hours

Daniel Pemberton
Mal de pierres, Steve Jobs, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Ennio Morricone
En mai fais ce qu’il te plaît, La Corrispondenza, The Hateful Eight

John Williams
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens, The BFG

Thomas Newman
Bridge of Spies, Finding Dory, Spectre

Best TV Composer:

Jeff Beal
House of Cards

Sean Callery
Bones, Elementary, Homeland, Jessica Jones, Minority Report

Ramin Djawadi
Game of Thrones, Person of Interest, The Strain