Camille Awards - European Film Composer Awards, are
Brussels
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-based
film awards
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created in 2014, named in tribute to
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...
, composer of the first music to be scored for the movie ''
The Assassination of the Duke of Guise
''The Assassination of the Duke of Guise'' ( 1908) (original French title: ''La Mort du duc de Guise''; often referred to as ''L'Assassinat du duc de Guise'') is a French ''film d'art'' silent film directed by Charles le Bargy and André Calmet ...
'' (1908), as a celebration of European
film music
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and its
composer
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Etymology and def ...
s.
Editions
2016
The 2016 edition took place in
Berlin, Germany
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on 10 February 2016.
;Best Orchestral Score
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Bruno Coulais
Bruno Coulais (born 13 January 1954) is a French composer, most widely known for his music on film soundtracks.
Life and career
Coulais was born in Paris; his father, Farth Coulais, is from Vendée, and his mother, Bernsy Coulais, was born in ...
(France) for ''
Le chant de la Mer (Song of the Sea)''
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Pascal Gaigne (Spain) for ''
Loreak
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It premiered in the Official Section of the 2014 San Sebastián International Film Festival, and was also ...
(Flowers)''
*
Gary Yershon
Gary Bernard Stewart Yershon (born 2 November 1954) is an English composer. His works include music for theatre, radio, television, film, and dance. He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Biography
Born in London, he began ...
(United Kingdom) for ''
Mr Turner
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''
;Best Electro-Acoustic Score
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Timo Hietala (Finland) for ''
Aikuisten Poika (Boy Upside Down)''
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Trond Bjerknes (Norway) for ''
Operasjon Arktis (Operation Arctic)''
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Jonas Struck
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(Denmark) for ''
Idealisten (The Idealist)''
2017
The 2017 edition took place in
Berlin, Germany
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on 2 February 2017.
Winners
*''Best Orchestral Score'' –
Gaute Storaas
Gaute Storaas (born 20 August 1959) is a Norwegians, Norwegian jazz musician (Bass (guitar), bass) and composer, and the older brother of jazz pianist Vigleik Storaas.
Career
Storaas was born in Bergen and became well known for his innovative ...
for ''
En Man Som Heter Ove (A Man Called Ove)''
*''Best Orchestral Score'' –
Clint Mansell
Clinton Darryl Mansell (; born 7 November 1963) is an English musician, singer, and composer. He served as the lead vocalist of alt-rock band Pop Will Eat Itself. After the band's dissolution, Mansell moved to the United States and embarked on ...
for ''
High Rise
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''
*''Best Electro-Acoustic Score'' –
Sophia Ersson for ''
Pojkarna (Girls Lost)''
*''Best Original Music for a Series'' –
Víctor Reyes
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Ca ...
for ''
The Night Manager
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Plot summary
Jonathan Pi ...
''
2018
The 2018 edition took place in
Pula
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,
Croatia
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on 19–21 October 2018.
;Best Orchestral Score:
* Ginge Anvik (Norway) for ''Askeladden: I Dovregubbens hall''
* Lasse Enersen (Finland) for ''The Unknown Soldier''
* Dario Marianelli (United Kingdom) for ''
Paddington 2
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''
;Best Electro-acoustic Score:
* Ola Fløttum (Norway) for ''Thelma''
* Adrian Foulkes & Lucio Godoy (Spain) for ''La niebla y la doncella''
* Jonas Struck (Denmark) for ''QEDA''
;Best Original Music for a Series:
* Lorne Balfe & Rupert Gregson-Williams (United Kingdom) for ''
The Crown
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'' second season
* Jacob Groth (Denmark) for ''
Modus'' second season
* Ivan Martinez Lacámara & Manel Santisteban (Spain) for ''
La casa de papel
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''
2020
2019 edition not was disputed, 2020 took place in
Brussels
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,
Belgium
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on 3 February 2020.
*''Lifetime Achievement'':
Ennio Morricone
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2021
The 2021 edition took place online, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, on 8 April 2021. The ceremony premiered live o
ECSA’s YouTube channel
Winners
*''Best Orchestral Score'' –
Johan Ramström
Johan Ramström (born 17 December 1975), is a Swedish songwriter and composer.
Johan Ramström was born in Kalmar. He was a member of Popshop, a Swedish pop band founded in Kalmar in 1998 with members Cornelia Cassidy as lead singer, Patrik M ...
(Sweden) for “Sara with All Her Being”
*''Best Electro-Acoustic Score'' – John Gürtler (Germany) for “
Systemsprenger”
*''Best Original Music for a Series'' –
Labrinth
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(United Kingdom) for “
Euphoria
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”
2022
The 2022 edition took place in Split, Croatia on 27 September 2022.
Winners
*''Best Film Score'' –
Johan Söderqvist
Johan Söderqvist (born 11 February 1966) is a Swedish film score composer. He has twice been nominated for the European Film Award for Best Composer for his film scores.
Personal life
Johan Söderqvist was born in Täby, outside Stockholm i ...
(Sweden) for “Utvandrarna (The Emigrants)”
*''Best Score for a Feature Documentary'' –
Nainita Desai
Nainita Desai is a British composer of film, television and video game music. She is known for her scores for the films '' For Sama'', ''The Reason I Jump'' and '' American Murder: The Family Next Door'', and video game '' Telling Lies''. In 201 ...
(UK) for “The Reason I Jump”
*''Best Original Music for a Series'' – Manel Santisteban & Iván Martínez Lacámara (Spain) for “
La Casa de Papel
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” (Season 5)
The ''Lifetime Achievement Award'' was awarded to renown Croatian film, theatre and TV music composer
Alfi Kabiljo
Alfons "Alfi" Kabiljo (; 22 December 1935 – 1 April 2025) was a Croatian composer and musician. He was composing for over 60 years. During that time he created an opus of more than 40 film and more than 100 episode soundtracks, eleven musicals ...
.
2024
The 2024 edition of the Camille Awards will take place in Paris, France, on 13 November 2024.
See also
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Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...
References
External links
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{{Cinema of Belgium
Belgian film awards
Awards established in 2014
Camille Saint-Saëns