# Georges Delerue Award

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, and was first awarded at the 1985 Film Fest Gent festival. Past winners include: Benny Andersson, Ry Cooder, Bruno Coulais, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Kamen, Astor Piazzolla, Rachel Portman, Howard Shore, Toru Takemitsu, and Vangelis.

## 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)

## Award winners

| Year | Award | Winner(s) | Nationality of Winner(s) (At Time of Award) | Film |
| 1985 | BMD | Daniel Schmid | Switzerland | Il bacio di Tosca |
| 1985 | BUEM | Jean-Luc Godard | France | Détective |
| 1986 | BOM | Ry Cooder | United States | Crossroads |
| 1986 | BAM | Pirjo Honkasalo, Pekka Lehto | Finland | Da Capo |
| 1987 | Winner | Benoît Lamy | Belgium | Life Is Beautiful |
| 1988 | Winner | Astor Piazzolla | Argentina | Sur |
| 1989 | Winner | Tôru Takemitsu | Japan | Black Rain |
| 1989 | BUMF | Michael Haneke | Austria | The Seventh Continent |
| 1990 | Winner | Michael Kamen | United States | The Krays |
| 1991 | Winner | Rachid Bouchareb | Algeria | Cheb |
| 1992 | Winner | David Robbins | United States | Bob Roberts |
| 1993 | Winner | Hou Hsiao-hsien | Taiwan | The Puppetmaster |
| 1994 | Winner | Frédéric Devreese | Belgium | La Partie d'échecs |
| 1995 | Winner | Tôn-Thất Tiết | France | Cyclo |
| 1996 | Winner | Bruno Coulais | France | Microcosmos |
| 1997 | Winner | Vangelis | Greece | Kavafis |
| 1998 | Winner | Simon Fisher Turner | United Kingdom | Claire Dolan |
| 1999 | Winner | Rachel Portman | United Kingdom | Ratcatcher |
| 2000 | Winner | Tan Dun | China | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2001 | Winner | Vladimír Godár | Slovakia | Landscape |
| 2002 | Winner | Howard Shore | Canada | Spider |
| 2003 | Winner | Zygmunt Konieczny | Poland | Pornografia |
| 2004 | Winner | Miguel Miranda, José Tobar | Chile | Machuca |
| 2005 | Winner | Stephen Warbeck | United Kingdom | Proof |
| 2006 | Winner | Tony Gatlif, Delphine Mantoulet | France | Transylvania |
| 2007 | Winner | Benny Andersson | Sweden | You, the Living |
| 2008 | Winner | Tolib Shakhidi | Tajikistan | Two-legged Horse |
| 2009 | Winner | Nathan Larson | United States | A Rational Solution |
| 2010 | Winner | Hong-jip Kim | South Korea | The Housemaid |
| 2011 | Winners | Evgueni & Sacha Galperine | Russia | The Invader |
| 2012 | Winner | Olivier Assayas | France | Something in the Air |
| 2013 | Winner | Lim Giong | Taiwan | A Touch of Sin |
| 2014 | Winner | Boris Debackere | Belgium | Violet |
| 2015 | Winner | Johnnie Burn | United Kingdom | The Lobster |
| 2016 | Winner | Johnny Jewel | United States | Home |
| 2017 | Winner | Dan Romer | United States | A Ciambra |
| 2018 | Winner | Stuart A. Staples | United Kingdom | High Life |
| 2019 | Winners | Mica Levi (soundtrack) and Lena Esquenazi (sound design) | United Kingdom, Cuba | Monos |
| 2020 | Winners | Cristian Lolea & Miroslav Toth (soundtrack) | Romania, Slovakia | Servants |
| 2021 | Winner | Ruben De Gheselle (soundtrack) | Belgium | Clara Sola |
| 2022 | Winners | Tobias Koch & Jannik Giger (soundtrack) | Switzerland | Drii Winter |
| 2023 | Winner | Jerskin Fendrix (score) | United Kingdom | Poor Things |