Daniel Pemberton wins Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards

British composer Daniel Pemberton was named Film Composer of the Year at the 26th World Soundtrack Awards, held during the closing night of Film Fest Gent in Belgium. Pemberton, a three-time winner of the top prize, was recognized for his work on ‘Project Hail Mary’, ‘The Drama’, ‘The Bad Guys 2’, and ‘Masters of the Universe’.

Other major winners included Jeff Russo, who received the Television Composer of the Year award for his scores for ‘Alien: Earth’, ‘Cape Fear’, and the second season of ‘Citadel’. Hannah Peel was honored with the Discovery of the Year award for ‘Midwinter Break’.

The award for Best Original Song went to Kim Eun-jae and Mark Sonnenblick for ‘Golden’ from ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, a track that previously secured Academy Award and Golden Globe honors. The Public Choice Award was presented to Kevin Smithers for the ‘Soy Frankelda’ soundtrack, and Trevor Jones received the Lifetime Achievement Award.