World Soundtrack Awards 2012



12th World Soundtrack Awards October 20, 2012

Best Original Soundtrack:  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy  The 12th World Soundtrack Awards were given on 20 October 2012 at the Kuipke Events Centre in Ghent, Belgium.

World Soundtrack of the Year
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Alberto Iglesias
 * The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn by John Williams
 * Hugo by Howard Shore
 * Drive by Cliff Martinez
 * The Ides of March by Alexandre Desplat

Soundtrack Composer of the Year
Alberto Iglesias for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Skin I Live In & The Monk
 * Howard Shore for A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis & Hugo
 * Alexandre Desplat for Moonrise Kingdom, The Ides of March, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, A Better Life, Carnage & Rust and Bone
 * Cliff Martinez for Contagion & Drive
 * John Williams for War Horse & The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Best Original Song Written for Film
Glenn Close (lyrics), Sinéad O'Connor (performer), Brian Byrne (music) for "Lay Your Head Down" in Albert Nobbs
 * Florence Welch (lyrics/music), Isabella Summers (lyrics/music), Florence + the Machine (performer) for "Breath of Life" in Snow White and the Huntsman
 * Madonna (music/lyrics/performer), Julie Frost (music/lyrics), James Harry (music/lyrics) for "Masterpiece in W.E.
 * Damon Thomas (music/lyrics), Thomas Newman (music/lyrics), Harvey Mason, Jr. (music/lyrics), Mary J. Blige (music/lyrics/performer) for "The Living Proof" in The Help
 * Bret McKenzie (music/lyrics), Peter Linz (performer), Jason Segel (performer) for "Man or Muppet" in The Muppets

Discovery of the Year
Albert Nobbs by Brian Byrne
 * Immortals by Trevor Morris
 * Take Shelter by David Wingo
 * Lola Versus & Nobody Walks by Fall On Your Sword
 * The Raven, Sleep Tight, Cold Light of Day by Lucas Vidal

Public Choice Award
Abel Korzeniowski for W.E.

Lifetime Achievement Award
Pino Donaggio