Magritte Award for Best Original Score

Magritte Award for Best Original Score
Presented byAcadémie André Delvaux
First awarded2011
Currently held byVincent Cahay, Adoration (2021)
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The Magritte Award for Best Original Score (French: Magritte de la meilleure musique originale) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.[1]

The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Pierre Van Dormael receiving posthumously the award for his work in Mr. Nobody.[2] As of the 2022 ceremony, Vincent Cahay is the most recent winner in this category for his work in Adoration.

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

2010s

Year Composer(s) English title Original title
2010
(1st)		 Pierre Van Dormael Mr. Nobody
Bernard Plouvier A Town Called Panic Panique au village
Frédéric Vercheval Diamant 13
2011
(2nd)		 Bram Van Parys The Giants Les Géants
Raf Keunen Bullhead Rundskop
Frédéric Vercheval Trader Games Krach
2012
(3rd)		 Coyote, Renaud Mayeur [fr], François Petit, Michaël de Zanet Mobile Home
DAAU Last Winter [fr; ht] L'Hiver dernier
Arne Van Dongen One Night 38 témoins
2013
(4th)		 Ozark Henry The World Belongs to Us [fr; nl] Le Monde nous appartient
Michelino Bisceglia In the Name of the Son Au nom du fils
Christophe Vervoort The Bag of Flour [fr] Le Sac de farine
2014
(5th)		 Soldout Puppylove
Frédéric Vercheval Not My Type Pas son genre
Wim Willaert Henri
2015
(6th)		 An Pierlé The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament
Vincent Cahay [fr] Alleluia
Frédéric Vercheval Melody
2016
(7th)		 Cyrille de Haes and Manuel Roland [fr] Parasol
Hannes De Maeyer Black
Catherine Graindorge Rising Voices Le Chant des hommes
2017
(8th)		 Jean-Luc Fafchamps [fr; nl] Insyriated
Raf Keunen Racer and the Jailbird Le Fidèle
Frédéric Vercheval This Is Our Land Chez nous
2018
(9th)		 Simon Fransquet [fr] When Arabs Danced
Vincent Liben [fr] The Benefit of the Doubt Une Part d'ombre
Manuel Roland [fr] and Maarten Van Cauwenberghe [nl] The Faithful Son La Part sauvage
2019
(10th)		 Frédéric Vercheval Mothers' Instinct Duelles
Raf Keunen Lola Lola vers la mer
Dan Klein Girls on the Run Cavale
Fabien Leclercq [nl] Binti

2020s

Year Composer(s) English title Original title
2020/21
(11th)		 Vincent Cahay Adoration
Loup Mormont My Voice Will Be with You Ma voix t'accompagnera
DAAN Rookie

See also

References

  1. ^ Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l'œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Le cinéma belge était à l'honneur lors de la Première édition des Magritte du cinéma belge francophone". Moniteur du film (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved January 1, 2014.