The Georges Delerue Award for Best Music, or Georges Delerue Prize / Prix Georges Delerue, is an award for the best film score. It is named after the French composer
Georges Delerue
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, and was first awarded at the 1985
Film Fest Gent
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festival. Past winners include:
Benny Andersson
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Bruno Coulais
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Coulais was born in Paris; his father, Farth Coulais, is from Vendée, and his mother, Bernsy Coulais, was born in ...
Michael Kamen
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Biography Early life
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,
Astor Piazzolla
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, and
Vangelis
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.
Awards
Each year, two prizes are awarded of €10,000 and €15,000. Winners are sometimes declared using the following categories:
*Best Musical Documentary (shortened to 'BMD' in the table below)
*Best Use of Existing Music (shortened to 'BUEM' in the table below)
*Best Original Music (shortened to 'BOM' in the table below)
*Best Application of Music (shortened to 'BAM' in the table below)
*Best Use of Music in Film (shortened to 'BUMF' in the table below)