World Soundtrack Awards 2012

12th World Soundtrack Awards

October 20, 2012

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Best Original Soundtrack:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The 12th World Soundtrack Awards were given on 20 October 2012 at the Kuipke Events Centre in Ghent, Belgium.

Awards

World Soundtrack of the Year

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Alberto Iglesias

• The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn by John Williams
• Hugo by Howard Shore
• Drive by Cliff Martinez
• The Ides of March by Alexandre Desplat

Soundtrack Composer of the Year

Alberto Iglesias for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Skin I Live In & The Monk

• Howard Shore for A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis & Hugo
• Alexandre Desplat for Moonrise Kingdom, The Ides of March, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, A Better Life, Carnage & Rust and Bone
• Cliff Martinez for Contagion & Drive
• John Williams for War Horse & The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Best Original Song Written for Film

Glenn Close (lyrics), Sinéad O'Connor (performer), Brian Byrne (music) for "Lay Your Head Down" in Albert Nobbs

• Florence Welch (lyrics/music), Isabella Summers (lyrics/music), Florence + the Machine (performer) for "Breath of Life" in Snow White and the Huntsman
• Madonna (music/lyrics/performer), Julie Frost (music/lyrics), James Harry (music/lyrics) for "Masterpiece in W.E.
• Damon Thomas (music/lyrics), Thomas Newman (music/lyrics), Harvey Mason, Jr. (music/lyrics), Mary J. Blige (music/lyrics/performer) for "The Living Proof" in The Help
• Bret McKenzie (music/lyrics), Peter Linz (performer), Jason Segel (performer) for "Man or Muppet" in The Muppets

Discovery of the Year

Albert Nobbs by Brian Byrne

• Immortals by Trevor Morris
• Take Shelter by David Wingo
• Lola Versus & Nobody Walks by Fall On Your Sword
• The Raven, Sleep Tight, Cold Light of Day by Lucas Vidal

Public Choice Award

Abel Korzeniowski for W.E.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Pino Donaggio

External links

• World Soundtrack Academy
• World Soundtrack Awards 2012 at IMDb