Call for vote 'World Soundtrack Public Choice Award'

Call for vote 'World Soundtrack Public Choice Award'.

Are you a soundtrack and film music fan? Then cast your vote for what you consider the best score of the past 12 months. You can vote for any film released between 1 July, 2005 and 30 June, 2006. How to vote? Simply click here to find a list with all films released this past year.

The score that gets the highest number of votes will receive the Public Choice Award at the World Soundtrack Awards (WSA), the world?s most important awards for film music, in Ghent on Sat 14 October. The voting period is set from 1 July 2006 to 15 September 2006.

More details can be found in http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/awards.cgi.

International Film Music Conference: New trailer for John Frizzell

It's just a week left for the Conference and here you have a very special trailer for our great Honorary President, John Frizzell. Enjoy.

More information, here.

Jerry Goldsmith Awards: Finalists announcement

According to rule number SIX of the 1st Annual GoldSpirit Awards/Jerry Goldsmith Award Competition for Young European Film and Audiovisual Composers, the Board of Directors of The BSOSpirit Society is happy to announce the 5 finalists in each category (in alphabetical order):

i) 2006 Best Achievement in Film/Audiovisual Composition (Original Material)
Feature Length Production

1. "¡Guardias! ¡Guardias!", by Andrés de la Torre and Javier López
2. "La Reunión", by Fernando Lázaro
3. "Palomita Mía", by José Francisco Ramírez Ortuño
4. "El Habitante Incierto", by Marc Vaíllo
5. "Love and Freedom", by Marco Werba

ii) 2006 Best Achievement in Film/Audiovisual Composition (Original Material)
Short Length Production

1. "Broken Wire", by Óscar Xiberta Soto
2. "Luminaria", by Felipe Milano Curto
3. "Dry Sky", by Jesús Manuel Calderón Álvarez
4. "Silenci si us plau", by Sergi Ramis
5. "Los Perros de Paulov", by Arturo Díez Boscovich

iii) 2006 Best Achievement in Film/Audiovisual Composition (Original Material)
Project in Development/Free Creations

1. Alonso, Roma for the theme entitled "Nana"
2. de la Torre, Andrés for the theme entitled "Créditos Principales", from his musical composition to "Gritos en el Pasillo"
3. Konstantinos, Zacharopoulos for the theme entitled "Elegy"
4. Phillips, Lee for the theme entitled "Through the Forest Canopy", from his musical composition to "The Jungle Book".
5. Wiedmann, Freddie for the theme from his musical composition to "The Indian"

Our congratulations to the finalists and our thank you to all participants.

Moreover, as was established in rule number SIX, indent 6, the Board of Directors of The BSOSpirit Society is further announcing that the Panel of Judges in charge of deciding the winner in category iv.) 2006 Jerry Goldsmith Award / Best European Young Composer is to be completed with the following distinguished guests:

• Carol Goldsmith, president
• John Frizzell
• Xavier Capellas
• Conrado Xalabarder
  

Visit the conference site for more details.