Composition contest
2025 Composition Contest
Registrations for the 2025 WSA Film Music Composition Contest are now open. Submissions are open until 12 May 2025.
Composers under the age of 36 can now register for the WSA Film Music Composition Contest. The excerpt for this years contest is from the film The Elephant Man (1980) by David Lynch. Upon registration and payment of €75, participants will receive a confirmation email with a link to the excerpt and the submission form.
Participants are invited to show their skills as a composer for screen by writing a symphonic score for the selected film excerpt. The jury will choose three finalists, whose compositions will be performed at the annual World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony and Concert, after which the winner of the Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer Powered by Vienna Synchron Stage will be announced.
The finalists will attend the WSA Film Music Days (14 - 16 October 2025) at Film Fest Gent and meet professionals from the international film music industry. Thanks to Vienna Synchron Stage, the winner will receive a one year license to the Synchron Series Package, Vienna Symphonic Library's biggest sample library package with 1.6 TB of finest audio recordings (worth € 7,199).
Register now
To register, you can fill in the registration form. Before filling in the form you will first have to make a MyFFG-account on our website (or log in if you already have an account). Once you are logged in you will be able to access the form.
© Jeroen Willems2024 Winner Composition Contest: Florian van der Reijden
In 2024, Dutch composer Florian van der Reijden won the Sabam Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer with his music for an excerpt from Nicolas Roeg's cult classic The Witches (1990). Van der Reijden graduated in classical piano at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, before completing a master's in film composition at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In recent years, he has composed concert music as well as music for film, musicals and games. Last year, he also received the award for Best Original Score at the Festival International Music & Cinema Marseille for his score for A Capella in D Minor.
Previous winners
2023 - Alec Sievern
2022 - Giacomo Rita
2021 - Dougal Kemp
2020 - Ana Kasrashvili
2019 - Pierre Charles
2018 - Logan Nelson
2017 - Gavin Brivik
2016 - Sándor Török
2015 - Peer Kleinschmidt
2014 - Cyril Molesti
2013 - Gilles Alonzo
2012 - Valentin Hadjadj
2011 - Gabriel Heinrich
2010 - Karzan Mahmood
2009 - Christopher Slaski
2008 - Cédric Murrath
2007 - Werner Viaene
2006 - Alexis Koustoulidis
2005 - Hannes De Maeyer
2004 - Steven Prengels
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