Frédéric Vercheval and Ruben De Gheselle nominated for World Soundtrack Awards

Two talents nominated for this year's World Soundtrack Awards!

We are very excited to reveal that both Frédéric Vercheval and Ruben De Gheselle have been nominated for the 'Belgian Film Composer of the Year' award at this year's World Soundtrack Awards (14-16 October).

The award - powered by SABAM - reflects on the growing importance of the Belgian film and film music sector, we could not be more proud!

The nominees (and their nominated scores) are:

- Frédéric Vercheval: Nominated five times, Vercheval won the Magritte Award for Best Original Score for Duelles by Olivier Masset Depasse in 2020 and for Green Border by Agnieszka Holland in 2025. For Duelles, he was awarded the Best Original Score for a Belgian Production Award at the World Soundtrack Awards 2019. His dynamic and suspense-driven score for Olivier Masset-Depasse’s action thriller Largo Winch: Le prix de l’argent adds a sense of spectacle and cinematic stagecraft to this highly popular Franco-Belgian comic franchise.

- Ruben De Gheselle earns a nomination for his work on two features: the internationally acclaimed Young Hearts by Anthony Schatteman and There Was, There Was Not by Emily Mkrtichian. Each score showcases an intimate and nuanced approach to film composition. In 2021, Ruben received the prestigious Georges Delerue Award at the Film Fest Gent for the music of Clara Sola and one year later he was honored with the Ensor for Discovery of the Year; hence his reputation as one of Belgium’s most talented composers.

More info via www.woldsoundtrackawards.com