European Film Award / Best Film Music
Winner and nominee of the European Film Award in the category Best Film Music (European Composer) since the category was officially launched in 1989. One award was not awarded in 1990 and 1993 to 2003, in 1988 a special award for the best music was given to Juri Khanon (" Days of Darkness "; Russian Dni zatmenia ) awarded. Since 2013, the award has been given by a jury of experts as the "Excellence Award" without announcing any nominations.
British and Italian film composers were the most successful with five wins each, followed by their colleagues from France (four awards).
| Statistics (without audience award) | Author | number | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most frequent awards | Alberto Iglesias | 3 | 2006, 2009, 2012 |
| Most frequent nominations (* = victory) |
Alexandre Desplat | 5 | 2004, 2007 *, 2009, 2010 *, 2011 |
| Alberto Iglesias | 5 | 2004, 2006 *, 2009 *, 2011, 2012 * | |
| Most frequent nominations without a win | Dario Marianelli | 2 | 2006, 2008 |
| Johan Söderqvist | 2 | 2005, 2009 |
The films listed below are given with their German distribution title (if identifiable), followed by the original title in brackets in italics. The original title is not mentioned if the German and foreign-language film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted first.
Award winners and nominations (1989–2012)
1980s
1989
Andrew Dickson - High Expectations (High Hopes)
- Goran Bregović - Kuduz
- Ferenc Darvas - Eldorado
- Michał Lorenc - 300 Miles to Heaven (300 Mil do Nieba)
- Maggie Parke and Gast Waltzing - A Wopbopaloobop A Lopbhaben
1990s
1990
Prize not awarded
1991
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson - Children of Nature - A Journey ( Börn Natturunnar )
1992
Vincent van Warmerdam - Noorderlingen ( De Noorderlingen )
1993-1999
Prize not awarded
2000s
2000 - 2003
Prize not awarded
2004
Bruno Coulais - The Children of Monsieur Mathieu ( Les Choristes )
- Alexandre Desplat - Girl with a Pearl Earring ( Girl with a Pearl Earring )
- The Free Association - Code 46
- Alberto Iglesias - La mala educación - Bad education ( La mala educación ) and Open my eyes ( Te doy mis ojos )
- Eleni Karaindrou - Trilogy I - The earth is crying ( Trilogia - To Livadi Pou Dakrizi )
- Stephen Warbeck - Made Dead - The Alzheimer Case ( De Zaak Alzheimer )
Rupert Gregson-Williams and Andrea Guerra - Hotel Rwanda ( Hotel Rwanda )
- Joachim Holbek - Manderlay
- Cyril Morin - The Syrian Bride ( Ha-Kala Ha-Surit )
- Ennio Morricone - Fateless - Novel of a Fateless ( Sorstanság )
- Stefan Nilsson - As in Heaven ( Så Som I Himmelen )
- Johan Söderqvist - Brothers - Between brothers ( Brødre )
Alberto Iglesias - Volver - Returning ( Volver )
- Tuomas Kantelinen - The best mother ( Äideistä parhain )
- Dario Marianelli - Pride and Prejudice ( Pride & Prejudice )
- Gabriel Yared and Stéphane Moucha - The Lives of Others
Alexandre Desplat - The Queen ( The Queen )
- Alex Heffes - The Last King of Scotland - In the clutches of power ( The Last King of Scotland )
- Dejan Pejović - Gucha ( Guca! )
- Tom Tykwer , Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil - Perfume - The story of a murderer
Max Richter - Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר)
- Tuur Florizoone - Recently in Belgium (Aanrijding in Moscou)
- Dario Marianelli - Atonement (Atonement)
- Fernando Velázquez - The Orphanage (El orfanato)
Alberto Iglesias - Broken Hugs ( Los abrazos rotos )
- Alexandre Desplat - Coco Chanel - The beginning of a passion ( Coco avant Chanel )
- Jacob Groth - Delusion ( Män som hatar kvinnor )
- Johan Söderqvist - So dark the night ( Låt den rara comma in )
2010s
Alexandre Desplat - Der Ghostwriter ( The Ghost Writer )
- Aleš Březina - Kawasakiho růže
- Pasquale Catalano - Men al dente ( Mine vaganti )
- Gary Yershon - Another Year
- Alexandre Desplat - The King's Speech
- Alberto Iglesias - The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)
- Mihály Vig - The Turin Horse ( A Torinói ló )
Alberto Iglesias - Queen, King, As, Spy ( Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy )
- Cyrille Aufort and Gabriel Yared - The Queen and the Personal Physician ( En kongelig affære )
- François Couturier - Io sono Li
- George Fenton - Angels 'Share - A Sip for the Angels ( Angels' Share )
Winner of the jury award (from 2013)
| year | Award winners | Movie title |
| 2013 | Ennio Morricone | The Best Offer (La migliore offerta) |
| 2014 | Mica Levi | Under the skin |
| 2015 | Cat's eyes | The Duke of Burgundy |
| 2016 | Ilya Demutsky | Uchenik (УЧЕНИК) |
| 2017 |
Yevgeny Galperine Sacha Galperine |
Loveless (Нелюбовь) |
| 2018 |
Christoph M. Emperor Julian Maas |
3 days in Quiberon |
| 2019 | John Gürtler | System sprinkler |
Individual evidence
- ↑ In 1990 no prize was awarded, although three film composers, the French Jean-Luc Godard ( Nouvelle Vague ), Jean-Claude Petit ( Cyrano von Bergerac ) and the German Jürgen Knieper ( December bride ), had been nominated in advance.