World Soundtrack Awards 2008

This year, the music of XXY and Inheritance, composed by 2007 World Soundtrack Discovery Award winners Andrés Goldstein and Daniel Tarrab, will be performed by the Flemish Radio Orchestra, conducted by Dirk Brossé during the 8th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards.

The prestigious awards ceremony promises to be once again the highlight of the year for soundtrack music lovers. World-class composers such as Angelo Badalamenti and Dario Marianelli will attend the event held by the World Soundtrack Academy, which will close the 35th edition of the Ghent Film Festival (7-18 October 2008).

On Saturday October 20 Andrés Goldstein & Daniel Tarrab were presented the 2007 Discovery of the Year Award by the World Soundtrack Academy for their original soundtracks for the films XXY, by Lucía Puenzo, and Inheritance, by Oscar award-winner James Moll.

The World Soundtrack Awards are the highest awards in the soundtrack industry. The 7the edition of the Festival took place at its usual venue in Ghent, Belgium.
The other nominees for the category were Nicholas Hooper for the music of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ramin Djawadi for Mr Brooks and Jean Michel Bernard for Science of the Sleep.

The ceremony and concert was hosted by world famous composer such as Maurice Jarre, Gabriel Yared, Alberto Iglesias, Harry Gregson-Williams, Gustavo Santaolalla, among others.

In previous years Goldstein & Tarrab had been nominees for the following:

» Best Original Song (Felicidades - 2001)
» Film Composer of the Year (La Puta y La Ballena - 2004)
» Discovery of the Year (Deuda - 2005)

The winners in the other categories were:

Film Composer of the Year Alexandre Desplat (The Queen, The Painted Veil)

Best Original Soundtrack of the Year The Fountain (Clint Mansell)

Best Original Song Written Directly for Film You Know My Name (Casino Royale) written by Chris Cornell and David Arnold – Performed by Chris Cornell

Public Choice Award The Fountain (Clint Mansell)

Lifetime Achievement Award fue para Mikis Theodorakis.

Andrés Goldstein & Daniel Tarrab have been nominated by Argentina's Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for the renowned Sur Awards in the Best Original Score category, for "El Arca", "XXY" and "La Señal".

Andrés Goldstein & Daniel Tarrab have been nominated for the Clarín Entertainment Awards 2007 in the Best Score category for "La Señal".