Georges Delerue Award

The Georges Delerue Award for Best Music, or Georges Delerue Prize / Prix Georges Delerue, is an award for the best film score. It is named after the French composer Georges Delerue, and was first awarded at the 1985 Film Fest Gent festival. Past winners include: Benny Andersson, Ry Cooder, Bruno Coulais, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Kamen, Astor Piazzolla, Rachel Portman, Howard Shore, Toru Takemitsu, and Vangelis.

Awards

Each year, two prizes are awarded of €10,000 and €15,000. Winners are sometimes declared using the following categories:

  • Best Musical Documentary (shortened to 'BMD' in the table below)[1]
  • Best Use of Existing Music (shortened to 'BUEM' in the table below)[1]
  • Best Original Music (shortened to 'BOM' in the table below)[1]
  • Best Application of Music (shortened to 'BAM' in the table below)[1]
  • Best Use of Music in Film (shortened to 'BUMF' in the table below)[1]

Award winners

Year Award Winner(s) Nationality
of Winner(s)
(At Time of Award) 		Film Ref.
1985 BMD Daniel Schmid Switzerland Tosca's Kiss (Il bacio di Tosca) [1]
BUEM Jean-Luc Godard France Détective [1]
1986 BOM Ry Cooder United States Crossroads [1]
BAM Pirjo Honkasalo,
Pekka Lehto		 Finland Da Capo [1]
1987 Winner Benoît Lamy Belgium Life Is Beautiful [1]
1988 Winner Astor Piazzolla Argentina Sur [1]
1989 Winner Tôru Takemitsu Japan Black Rain [1]
BUMF Michael Haneke Austria The Seventh Continent [1]
1990 Winner Michael Kamen United States The Krays [1]
1991 Winner Rachid Bouchareb Algeria Cheb [1]
1992 Winner David Robbins United States Bob Roberts [1]
1993 Winner Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan The Puppetmaster [1]
1994 Winner Frédéric Devreese Belgium La Partie d'échecs [1]
1995 Winner Tôn-Thất Tiết France Cyclo [1]
1996 Winner Bruno Coulais France Microcosmos [1]
1997 Winner Vangelis Greece Kavafis [1]
1998 Winner Simon Fisher Turner United Kingdom Claire Dolan [1]
1999 Winner Rachel Portman United Kingdom Ratcatcher [1]
2000 Winner Tan Dun China Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [1]
2001 Winner Vladimír Godár Slovakia Landscape [1]
2002 Winner Howard Shore Canada Spider [1]
2003 Winner Zygmunt Konieczny Poland Pornografia [1]
2004 Winner Miguel Miranda, José Tobar Chile Machuca [1]
2005 Winner Stephen Warbeck United Kingdom Proof [1]
2006 Winner Tony Gatlif,
Delphine Mantoulet		 France Transylvania [1]
2007 Winner Benny Andersson Sweden You, the Living [2]
2008 Winner Tolib Shakhidi Tajikistan Two-legged Horse [3]
2009 Winner Nathan Larson United States A Rational Solution [4]
2010 Winner Hong-jip Kim South Korea The Housemaid [5]
2011 Winners Evgueni & Sacha Galperine Russia The Invader [6]
2012 Winner Olivier Assayas France Something in the Air [7]
2013 Winner Lim Giong Taiwan A Touch of Sin [8]
2014 Winner Boris Debackere Belgium Violet [9]
2015 Winner Johnnie Burn United Kingdom The Lobster [10][11]
2016 Winner Johnny Jewel United States Home [12]
2017 Winner Dan Romer United States A Ciambra [13]
2018 Winner Stuart A. Staples United Kingdom High Life [14]
2019 Winners Mica Levi (soundtrack) and Lena Esquenazi (sound design) United Kingdom,
Cuba		 Monos [15]
2020 Winners Cristian Lolea & Miroslav Toth (soundtrack) Romania,
Slovakia		 Servants [16]
2021 Winner Ruben De Gheselle (soundtrack) Belgium Clara Sola [17]
2022 Winners Tobias Koch & Jannik Giger (soundtrack) Switzerland Drii Winter [18]
2023 Winner Jerskin Fendrix (score) United Kingdom Poor Things [19]
2024 Winner Miguel Gomes Portugal Grand Tour [20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Gand : Les vainqueurs du Prix G.Delerue". georges-delerue.com. 20 October 2007. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Prix Georges Delerue : Ghent 2007". georges-delerue.com. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Two-legged Horse". makhmalbaf.com. 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  4. ^ "A Rational Solution". zagrebfilmfestival.com. 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Huishulp heeft beste muziek (Housemaid has best music)". standaard.be. 20 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Invader, Blue Bird awarded in Ghent". flandersimage.com. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Filmfestival Gent 2012". cinemaan.be. 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Filmfestival Gent 2013". cinemaan.be. 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  9. ^ Scheib, Ronnie (13 April 2015). "Film Review: Violet". variety.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Johnnie Burn". altcine.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  11. ^ "'Ixcanul' by Jayro Bustamante wins Grand Prix for Best Film at the 42nd Film Fest Gent". filmfestival.be. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  12. ^ "'A Quiet Passion' by Terence Davies and 'Home' by Fien Troch win at the 43rd Film Fest Gent international competition". filmfestival.be. 21 October 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  13. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  14. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  15. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  16. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  17. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  18. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  19. ^ "'Official competition winners". filmfestival.be. 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Official Competition". Film Fest Gent. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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