World Soundtrack Awards 2011



11th World Soundtrack Awards October 22, 2011

Best Original Soundtrack:  Inception  The 11th World Soundtrack Awards were given out on 22 October 2011 in Ghent, Belgium.

Best Original Soundtrack

 * Inception by Hans Zimmer
 * The Social Network by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
 * Black Swan by Clint Mansell
 * The King's Speech by Alexandre Desplat
 * True Grit by Carter Burwell

Soundtrack Composer of the Year

 * Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech, A Better Life, The Well-Digger's Daughter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, The Burma Conspiracy and The Tree of Life
 * Patrick Doyle for Jig, La Ligne droite and Thor
 * Hans Zimmer for How Do You Know, Rango, Inception, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Dilemma, Megamind
 * John Powell for Mars Needs Moms, Rio and Kung Fu Panda 2
 * Clint Mansell for Last Night, Black Swan and Faster

Best Original Song Written for a Film

 * Randy Newman for "We Belong Together" in Toy Story 3
 * Dido (lyrics/performer), Rollo Armstrong (lyrics), A. R. Rahman (music/performer) for "If I Rise" in 127 Hours
 * Gwyneth Paltrow (performer), Hillary Lindsey (music/lyric), Troy Verges (music/lyrics), Tom Douglas (music/lyrics), Bob DiPiero (music/lyrics) for "Coming Home" in Country Strong
 * Cher (performer), Diane Warren (music/lyrics) for "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" in Burlesque
 * Alan Menken (music), Glenn Slater (music/lyrics), Mandy Moore (performer), Zachary Levi (performer) for "I See the Light" in Tangled

Discover of the Year

 * The First Grader, The Rite by Alex Heffes
 * Limitless by Paul Leonard-Morgan
 * Natural Selection, Hamill by iZLER
 * Hanna by Ed Simons, Tom Rowlands
 * X-Men: First Class and Gulliver's Travels by Henry Jackman

Public Choice Award

 * A. R. Rahman for 127 Hours

SABAM Award for Best Young European Composer

 * Gabriel-Heinrich Yden

Lifetime Achievement Award

 * Giorgio Moroder