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Inhale film music during the WSA Industry Days at Film Fest Ghent
Each year, Film Fest Ghent is devoutly committed to the art of film music by hosting the World Soundtrack Awards as well as coordinating the WSA Industry Days. ...
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Film Fest Ghent honours film composers with album ‘World Soundtrack Awards: Tribute to the Film Composer’
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the World Soundtrack Awards, Film Fest Ghent devotes its annual album to all thirteen winners of the coveted World ...
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Ennio Morricone, the great composer of roughly 500 scores. “Fifteen films a year isn’t all that much.”
On Monday (6 July 2020), the World Soundtrack Academy and Film Fest Ghent were saddened by the news that Ennio Morricone had deceased at the age of 91 in his ...
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Alexandre Desplat and Gabriel Yared guests of honour for 20th World Soundtrack Awards
The 20th anniversary edition of the World Soundtrack Awards will be celebrated in a special way. Adapted to current circumstances, this year's WSA will be an ...
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FFG2020 strives for collective film experience, even in times of Covid-19
For several weeks now, we have all been living a different reality: we face an unprecedented health crisis, and we see the enormous damage it is causing ...
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Krzysztof Penderecki, the composer that crossed many boundaries
Film has made avant-garde composer Krzysztof Penderecki world famous. Starting as two separate sources of inspiration, film and music became one and enriched ...
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Last call for the 2020 WSA Film Music Composition Contest
Last call for registrations and submissions for the 19th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards Film Music Composition Contest! The deadline for application is ...
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