European Film Award for Best Composer
Country Europe
Presented byEuropean Film Academy
First awarded1988
Currently held byNils Petter Molvær and Peter Brötzmann – Great Freedom (2021)
Websiteeuropeanfilmawards.eu

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 1998 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

Year Composer(s) Film Original title
1988
(1st)		 Special Jury Award for Best Music
Soviet Union Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Yuri Khanon Days of Eclipse [1] Дни затмения
Nomination for Special Aspect Award
United Kingdom Terence Davies Distant Voices, Still Lives [2]
1989
(2nd)		 United Kingdom Andrew Dickson High Hopes
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Bregovic Kuduz
Hungary Ferenc Darvas The Midas Touch Eldorádó
Poland Michał Lorenc 300 Miles to Heaven 300 mil do nieba
West Germany Maggie Parke
West Germany Gast Waltzing		 A Wopbopaloobop A Lopbamboom

1990s

Year Composer(s) Film Original title
1990
(3rd)		 no award given
France Jean-Luc Godard New Wave Nouvelle Vague
France Jean-Claude Petit Cyrano de Bergerac
Germany Jürgen Knieper December Bride Dezemberbraut
1991
(4th)		 Iceland Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson Children of Nature Börn náttúrunnar [2]
1992
(5th)		 Netherlands Vincent van Warmerdam The Northerners De Noorderlingen [3]

2000s

Year Composer(s) Film Original title
2004
(17th)
[4]		 France Bruno Coulais The Chorus Les Choristes
France Alexandre Desplat Girl with a Pearl Earring
United Kingdom The Free Association Code 46
Spain Alberto Iglesias Bad Education
Take My Eyes		 La Mala Educación
Te doy mis ojos
Greece Eleni Karaindrou Trilogy: The Weaping Meadow Trilogia: To livadi pou dakrizei
United Kingdom Stephen Warbeck The Alzheimer Case De Zaak Alzheimer
2005
(18th)
[5]		 United Kingdom Rupert Gregson-Williams
Italy Andrea Guerra		 Hotel Rwanda
Denmark Joachim Holbek Manderlay
France Cyril Morin The Syrian Bride הכלה הסורית / Ha-Kala Ha-Surit
Italy Ennio Morricone Fateless Sorstanság
Sweden Stefan Nilsson As It Is in Heaven Så som i himmelen
Sweden Johan Söderqvist Brothers Brødre
2006
(19th)
[6]		 Spain Alberto Iglesias Volver
Finland Tuomas Kantelinen Mother of Mine Äideistä parhain
Italy Dario Marianelli Pride & Prejudice
Lebanon France Gabriel Yared
France Stéphane Moucha		 The Lives of Others Das Leben der Anderen
2007
(20th)
[7]		 France Alexandre Desplat The Queen
United Kingdom Alex Heffes The Last King of Scotland
Serbia Dejan Pejović Gucha Гуча!
Germany Tom Tykwer
Australia Johnny Klimek
Germany Reinhold Heil		 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Das Parfum – Die Geschichte eines Mörders
2008
(21st)
[8]		 United Kingdom Max Richter Waltz with Bashir ואלס עם באשיר
Belgium Tuur Florizoone Moscow, Belgium Aanrijding in Moscou
Italy Dario Marianelli Atonement
Spain Fernando Velázquez The Orphanage El orfanato
2009
(22nd)
[9]		 Spain Alberto Iglesias Broken Embraces Los abrazos rotos
France Alexandre Desplat Coco avant Chanel Coco avant Chanel
Denmark Jacob Groth The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Män som hatar kvinnor
Sweden Johan Söderqvist Let the Right One In Låt den rätte komma in

2010s

Year Composer(s) Film Original title
2010
(23rd)
[10]		 France Alexandre Desplat The Ghost Writer [11]
Czech Republic Ales Brezina Kawasaki's Rose Kawasakiho růže
Italy Pasquale Catalano Loose Cannons Mine vaganti
United Kingdom Gary Yershon Another Year
2011
(24th)		 France Ludovic Bource[12][13] The Artist
France Alexandre Desplat The King's Speech
Spain Alberto Iglesias The Skin I Live In La piel que habito
Hungary Mihály Vig The Turin Horse A torinói ló
2012
(25th)
[14]		 Spain Alberto Iglesias Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
United Kingdom George Fenton The Angels' Share
France François Couturier Shun Li and the Poet Io sono Li
France Cyrille Aufort
Lebanon France Gabriel Yared		 A Royal Affair En kongelig affære
2013
(26th)		 Italy Ennio Morricone[15] The Best Offer La migliore offerta
2014
(27th)		 United Kingdom Mica Levi[16] Under the Skin
2015
(28th)		 Cat's Eyes:[17]
United Kingdom Faris Badwan
United Kingdom Rachel Zeffira		 The Duke of Burgundy
2016
(29th)		 Russia Ilya Demutsky[18] The Student Ученик
2017
(30th)		 Russia FranceEvgueni Galperine[19]
Russia FranceSacha Galperine		 Loveless Нелюбовь
2018
(31st)		 Germany Christoph M. Kaiser[20]
Germany Julian Maas		 3 Days in Quiberon 3 Tage in Quiberon
2019
(32nd)		 Germany John Gürtler[21] System Crasher Systemsprenger

2020s

Year Composer(s) Film Original title
2020
(33rd)		 Germany Dascha Dauenhauer[22] Berlin Alexanderplatz
2021
(34th)		 Norway Nils Petter Molvær[23]
GermanyPeter Brötzmann		 Great Freedom Große Freiheit
2022
(35th)		 Poland Paweł Mykietyn[24] EO IO
2023
(36th)		 Austria Markus Binder Club Zero

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