Love the Music in ‘Severance’? So Did Voters at the 2025 World Soundtrack Awards: Full Winners List

A period aft winning his 2nd Primetime Emmy for his euphony for Severance, Theodore Shapiro was honored again for his scoring enactment connected that Apple TV+ bid astatine the 2025 World Soundtrack Awards. The awards were presented connected Wednesday (Oct. 15) astatine the yearly WSA Ceremony & Concert during Film Fest Gent, Belgium’s biggest international film festival.

Shapiro beat, among others, Volker Bertelmann, who was nominated for The Day of the Jackal, Dune: Prophecy and The Count of Monte Cristo. But the engaged Bertelmann won movie composer of the twelvemonth for Conclave and The Amateur.

Composer Daniel Blumberg, who won an Oscar for champion archetypal people successful March for The Brutalist, mislaid movie composer of the twelvemonth to Bertelmann, but helium turned astir and won find of the year.

The grant for champion archetypal opus went to “El Mal,” from Jacques Audiard’s groundbreaking philharmonic Emilia Pérez. The opus besides won the Oscar successful that category. It was written by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard, and performed successful the movie by Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón.

Philip Glass and Michael Nyman each received beingness accomplishment awards.

Here’s the afloat database of nominations for the 2025 World Soundtrack Awards, with winners marked.

Best Original Song

“Beautiful That Way” from The Last Showgirl – written by Andrew Wyatt, Lykke Li, Miley Cyrus; performed by Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Matt Dunkley

WINNER: “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez – written by Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard; performed by Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón

“I Lied to You” from Sinners – written by Ludwig Göransson, Raphael Saadiq; performed by Miles Caton

“Never Too Late” from Elton John: Never Too Late – written by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, Bernie Taupin; performed by Elton John, Brandi Carlile

“Winter Coat” from Blitz – written by Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen, Taura Stinson; performed by Nicholas Britell, Saoirse Ronan

Film Composer of the Year

WINNER: Volker Bertelmann – Conclave; The Amateur

Daniel Blumberg – The Brutalist

Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot

Clément Ducol and Camille – Emilia Pérez

Alberto Iglesias – The Room Next Door

John Powell – How to Train Your Dragon

Television Composer of the Year

Volker Bertelmann – The Day of the Jackal; Dune: Prophecy; The Count of Monte Cristo

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