Composition Contest Film Fest Gent
Young composers are the future of the film music industry, but rarely get the chance to showcase their talent to a (non-) professional (live) audience. Therefore, the World Soundtrack Academy each year offers screen composers under the age of 36 the chance to participate in the WSA Film Music Composition Contest and win the Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer Powered by Vienna Synchron Stage at the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert.
2025 Composition Contest
Registrations for the 2025 WSA Film Music Composition Contest are now open. Submissions are open until 12 May 2025.
Composers under the age of 36 can now register for the WSA Film Music Composition Contest. The excerpt for this years contest is from the film The Elephant Man (1980) by David Lynch. Upon registration and payment of €75, participants will receive a confirmation email with a link to the excerpt and the submission form.
Participants are invited to show their skills as a composer for screen by writing a symphonic score for the selected film excerpt. The jury will choose three finalists, whose compositions will be performed at the annual World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony and Concert, after which the winner of the Award for Best Original Composition by a Young Composer Powered by Vienna Synchron Stage will be announced.
The finalists will attend the WSA Film Music Days (14 – 16 October 2025) at Film Fest Gent and meet professionals from the international film music industry. Thanks to Vienna Synchron Stage, the winner will receive a lifelong license to the Synchron Series Package, Vienna Symphonic Library’s biggest sample library package with 1.6 TB of finest audio recordings (worth € 7,199).
