The European Film Award for Best Composer is one of the awards presented by the European Film Academy. It was first presented as a Special Jury Award in 1988 received by Yuri Khanon for the music of Days of Eclipse. A set of nominees was presented from 1989 to 1990 and from 2004 and 2012. Since 2013, only one winner is presented without nominees.
Winners and nominees 1980s YearComposer(s)FilmOriginal title 1988(1st) Special Jury Award for Best Music Yuri Khanon Days of Eclipse Дни затмения Nomination for Special Aspect Award Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives 1989(2nd) Andrew Dickson High Hopes Goran Bregovic Kuduz Ferenc Darvas The Midas Touch Eldorádó Michał Lorenc 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba Maggie Parke Gast Waltzing A Wopbopaloobop A Lopbamboom
1990s YearComposer(s)FilmOriginal title 1990(3rd) No awards given Jean-Luc Godard New Wave Nouvelle Vague Jean-Claude Petit Cyrano de Bergerac Jürgen Knieper December Bride Dezemberbraut 1991(4th) Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson Children of Nature Börn náttúrunnar 1992(5th) Vincent van Warmerdam The Northerners De Noorderlingen
2000s YearComposer(s)FilmOriginal title 2004(17th) Bruno Coulais The Chorus Les Choristes Alexandre Desplat Girl with a Pearl Earring The Free Association Code 46 Alberto Iglesias Bad EducationTake My Eyes La Mala EducaciónTe doy mis ojos Eleni Karaindrou Trilogy: The Weaping Meadow Trilogia: To livadi pou dakrizei Stephen Warbeck The Alzheimer Case De Zaak Alzheimer 2005(18th) Rupert Gregson-Williams Andrea Guerra Hotel Rwanda Joachim Holbek Manderlay Cyril Morin The Syrian Bride הכלה הסורית / Ha-Kala Ha-Surit Ennio Morricone Fateless Sorstanság Stefan Nilsson As It Is in Heaven Så som i himmelen Johan Söderqvist Brothers Brødre 2006(19th) Alberto Iglesias Volver Tuomas Kantelinen Mother of Mine Äideistä parhain Dario Marianelli Pride & Prejudice Gabriel Yared Stéphane Moucha The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen 2007(20th) Alexandre Desplat The Queen Alex Heffes The Last King of Scotland Dejan Pejović Gucha Гуча! Tom Tykwer Johnny Klimek Reinhold Heil Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Das Parfum – Die Geschichte eines Mörders 2008(21st) Max Richter Waltz with Bashir ואלס עם באשיר Tuur Florizoone Moscow, Belgium Aanrijding in Moscou Dario Marianelli Atonement Fernando Velázquez The Orphanage El orfanato 2009(22nd) Alberto Iglesias Broken Embraces Los abrazos rotos Alexandre Desplat Coco avant Chanel Coco avant Chanel Jacob Groth The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Män som hatar kvinnor Johan Söderqvist Let the Right One In Låt den rätte komma in
2010s YearComposer(s)FilmOriginal title 2010(23rd) Alexandre Desplat The Ghost Writer Ales Brezina Kawasaki's Rose Kawasakiho růže Pasquale Catalano Loose Cannons Mine vaganti Gary Yershon Another Year 2011(24th) Ludovic Bource The Artist 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 2012(25th) Alberto Iglesias Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy George Fenton The Angels' Share François Couturier Shun Li and the Poet Io sono Li Cyrille Aufort Gabriel Yared A Royal Affair En kongelig affære 2013(26th) Ennio Morricone The Best Offer La migliore offerta 2014(27th) Mica Levi Under the Skin 2015(28th) Cat's Eyes The Duke of Burgundy 2016(29th) Ilya Demutsky The Student Ученик 2017(30th) Evgueni and Sacha Galperine Loveless Нелюбовь 2018(31st) Christoph M. Kaiser Julian Maas 3 Days in Quiberon 3 Tage in Quiberon 2019(32nd) John Gürtler System Crasher Systemsprenger
2020s YearComposer(s)FilmOriginal title 2020(33rd) Dascha Dauenhauer Berlin Alexanderplatz 2021(34th) Nils Petter Molvær Peter Brötzmann Great Freedom Große Freiheit 2022(35th) Paweł Mykietyn EO IO 2023(36th) Markus Binder Club Zero 2024(37th) Frederikke Hoffmeier The Girl with the Needle Pigen med nålen 2025(38th) Hania Rani Sentimental Value Affeksjonsverdi Jerskin FendrixBugonia Michael Fiedler Eike HosenfeldSound of FallingIn die Sonne schauen
See also Academy Award for Best Original Score BAFTA Award for Best Original Music Cannes Soundtrack Award César Award for Best Original Music Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Goya Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
References
External links European Film Academy European Film Awards