Cannes Soundtrack Award

Cannes Soundtrack Award
Awarded forBest Original Score
LocationCannes
CountryFrance
Presented byCannes Soundtrack
First award2012
Currently held byEvgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine for Minotaur and
Alberto Iglesias for Bitter Christmas (2026)
Websitehttps://cannessoundtrack.com/en/archives/

The Cannes Soundtrack Award is an independent award of the Cannes Film Festival dedicated to original scores from main competition films.[1]

History

Created by Vincent Doerr, the prize highlights music during the Cannes Film Festival. It rewards composers of films selected to the main competition. The award is given by a jury of independent journalists.[2][3]

American composer Mark Snow was the first winner for Alain Resnais's You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, during the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias won twice for two films directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory (2019) and Bitter Christmas (2026).[5][6]

Only two musicals have won the prize: Leto (2018) and Emilia Pérez (2024).

Winners

YearWinner(s)English TitleOriginal title
2012 Mark Snow You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet[4] Vous n'avez encore rien vu
2013 Jozef van Wissem Only Lovers Left Alive[4][7]
2014 Howard Shore Maps to the Stars[4][8]
2015 Lim Giong The Assassin[4][9] 刺客聶隱娘
2016 Cliff Martinez The Neon Demon[4][10]
2017 Oneohtrix Point Never Good Time[11][12]
2018 Roma Zver and German Osipov Leto[13][14] Лето
2019 Alberto Iglesias Pain and Glory[5] Dolor y Gloria
Jean-Michel Blais Matthias & Maxime[15][16] Matthias et Maxime
2021 Rone Paris, 13th District[17][18] Les Olympiades
2022 Paweł Mykietyn EO[17][19] IO
2023 Mica Levi The Zone of Interest[20] [21]
2024 Clément Ducol and Camille Emilia Pérez[22]
2025 Kangding Ray Sirāt[23]
2026 Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine Minotaur[6] Минотавр
Alberto Iglesias Bitter Christmas[6] Amarga Navidad

Other awards

Honorary prize

YearWinner(s)Ref.
2025 Cerrone [17]

Best Synchronised Music

YearWinner(s)English TitleOriginal title
2016 Bruno Dumont for the use of Guillaume Lekeu's "prélude du 2nd acte de Barberine" Slack Bay[10] Ma Loute

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'The Assassin' composer Lim Giong wins Cannes Soundtrack Award". May 24, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ Rédaction, La (2018-05-07). "Cannes Soundtrack 2018 : la musique de la Croisette célébrée". Rolling Stone (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  3. ↑ "Cannes Soundtrack". 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 AlloCine (2019-05-14). "Cannes 2019 : la musique a aussi son prix avec Cannes Soundtrack". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  5. 1 2 "Alberto Iglesias wins the best soundtrack award at the 72nd Festival de Cannes". SoundTrackFest. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  6. 1 2 3 "Cannes Film Festival 2026: The Cannes Soundtrack Award shared by two films". www.sortiraparis.com. Retrieved 2026-05-24.
  7. ↑ Rosser, Michael (8 October 2013). "Only Lovers Left Alive to open American Film Festival in Wroclaw". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Cannes 2015 : L'heureux élu du CANNES SOUNDTRACK AWARD". Canal+. 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "'The Assassin' composer Lim Giong wins Cannes Soundtrack Award - Focus Taiwan". Focus Taiwan - CNA English News. 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  10. 1 2 Benoit Basirico (2016-05-21). "Cannes Soundtrack 2016: Cliff Martinez (Neon Demon) et Bruno Dumont (Ma Loute) vainqueur des prix pour la musique de film". www.cinezik.org. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  11. ↑ Winfrey, Graham (2017-06-13). "'Good Time' Soundtrack: Robert Pattinson's Cannes Drama Gets Award-Winning Album From Oneohtrix Point Never — Listen". IndieWire. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  12. ↑ Kim, Michelle Hyun (2017-05-27). "Oneohtrix Point Never Wins Soundtrack Award at Cannes Film Festival". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  13. ↑ Terrazas, Laura (2017-05-27). "Le Figaro – Festival de Cannes". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  14. ↑ "Roma Zver et German Osipov remporte le prix Cannes Soundtrack pour "L'Eté"". parismatch.com (in French). 2018-05-19. Retrieved 2026-06-06.
  15. ↑ Rédaction, La (2019-05-31). "Cannes Soundtrack : les musiques des derniers Almodóvar et Dolan récompensées". Rolling Stone (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  16. ↑ "Jean-Michel Blais wins Cannes Soundtrack Award". SOCAN Words and Music. 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  17. 1 2 3 "Cannes Soundtrack Archives". 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  18. ↑ Sophie Grassin et Nicolas Schaller (2021-07-17). "Cannes 2021 : Erwan Castex, dit Rone, prix Cannes Soundtrack 2021". Le Nouvel Obs (in French).
  19. ↑ Valentin Jay (31 May 2022). "Cannes 2022 - Palmarès : Prix du jury (ex aequo) pour "Hi-Han" de Jerzy Skolimowski !". lepetitjournal.com.
  20. ↑ "Festival de Cannes 2023 - 4 prix pour The Zone of Interest". BAC Films. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  21. ↑ Marmiesse, Anna (2023-05-27). "Le prix Cannes Soundtrack 2023 pour « The Zone of Interest »". ecran-total.fr (in French).
  22. ↑ "Audacious musical Emilia Perez brings accolades for French composers". RFI. 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
  23. ↑ Chowdhury, Ayaan Paul (2025-10-21). "Kangding Ray interview: On his Cannes-winning techno score for 'Sirāt' and the evolution of rave culture". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
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