World Soundtrack Awards 2010

The 10th World Soundtrack Awards were given out on 23 October 2010 in Ghent, Belgium.

Awards

World Soundtrack of the Year

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Alexandre Desplat

• Avatar by James Horner
• Where the Wild Things Are by Carter Burwell
• A Single Man by Abel Korzeniowski
• Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer

Soundtrack Composer of the Year

Alexandre Desplat for Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Julie & Julia, and The Ghost Writer

• Carter Burwell for Where the Wild Things Are, A Serious Man, The Kids Are All Right, The Blind Side, and Howl
• John Powell for Green Zone, How to Train Your Dragon, Knight and Day, and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Danny Elfman for The Wolfman and Alice in Wonderland
• Hans Zimmer for It's Complicated and Sherlock Holmes

Best Original Song

T-Bone Burnett (lyrics), Ryan Bingham (music/lyrics/performer) for "The Weary Kind" in Crazy Heart

• Anika Noni Rose (performer), Randy Newman (music/lyrics) for "Almost There" in The Princess and the Frog
• Jon Thor Birgisson for "Sticks and Stones" in How to Train Your Dragon
• Kuk Harrell (lyrics), Simon Franglen (music/lyrics), Leona Lewis (performer), James Horner (music/lyrics) for "I See You" in Avatar
• Paul McCartney for "(I Want to) Come Home" in Everybody's Fine

Discovery of the Year

A Single Man by Abel Korzeniowski

• The Book of Eli by Atticus Ross
• Skin by Hélène Muddiman
• District 9 by Clinton Shorter
• The Last Station by Sergei Yevtushenko

Public Choice Award

• A Single Man by Abel Korzeniowski

SABAM Award for Best Young European Composer

• Karzan Mahmood

Lifetime Achievement Award

• John Barry

External links

• 2010 World Soundtrack Awards at the Internet Movie Database
• 10th World Soundtrack Awards