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World Soundtrack Awards 2026 winners

Overview

The 26th World Soundtrack Awards, held during the closing night of Film Fest Gent in Belgium, recognized several prominent film and television composers.

British composer Daniel Pemberton was named Film Composer of the Year for his work on ‘Project Hail Mary’, ‘The Drama’, ‘The Bad Guys 2’, and ‘Masters of the Universe’. Jeff Russo 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’, while Trevor Jones received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The award for Best Original Song went to Kim Eun-jae and Mark Sonnenblick for ‘Golden’ from ‘KPop Demon Hunters’, a track performed by HUNTR/X that had previously secured Academy Award, Grammy, and Golden Globe honors. Additionally, Kevin Smithers received the Public Choice Award for the ‘Soy Frankelda’ soundtrack.

Entities

Jeff Russo · Daniel Pemberton · World Soundtrack Awards · Film Fest Gent · Film Fest Gent

Timeline

  1. [CULTURE] 2 sources
    World Soundtrack Awards 2026: ‘Golden’ wins Best Original Song

    The song ‘Golden’ from ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ won Best Original Song at the 2026 World Soundtrack Awards. Daniel Pemberton and Jeff Russo also took home top composer honors.

  2. [CULTURE] 4 sources
    Daniel Pemberton wins Film Composer of the Year at World Soundtrack Awards

    Daniel Pemberton won Film Composer of the Year at the 26th World Soundtrack Awards, alongside Jeff Russo and Hannah Peel, at the Film Fest Gent in Belgium.

Sources

billboard.com · metropolitanmagazine.it · screendaily.com · soundtrackwereld.nl · soundtrackworld.com · variety.com