World Soundtrack Award for Discovery of the Year
Discovery of the Year is an award handed out yearly at the World Soundtrack Awards to commemorate an excellent piece of musical work in the field of TV and movie soundtracks that seemed to come out of nowhere, hence the title of the award. It has been handed out since the World Soundtrack Awards' debut in 2001. The category sometimes has multiple nominees and sometimes does not.
Winners and nominees
2000s
2001
Moulin Rouge! and Kiss of the Dragon – Craig Armstrong- * Beck - "Hämndens pris" – Adam Nordén
- * Ftina tsigara – Panayotis Kalantzopoulos
- * The Man Who Cried – Osvaldo Golijov
- * Pollock – Jeff Beal
- * Wo hu cang long – Tan Dun
2002
The Time Machine – Klaus Badelt- * Thunderpants – Rupert Gregson-Williams
- * Lagaan – A.R. Rahman
- * Frailty – Brian Tyler
- * Minoes – Peter Vermeersch
2003
Cidade de Deus – Antonio Pinto- * Children of Dune – Brian Tyler
- * One Hour Photo – Reinhold Heil & Johnny Klimek
- * Les Triplettes de Belleville– Benoit Charest
2004
21 Grams – Gustavo Santaolalla- * Chasing Liberty and Les Fils du vent – Christian Henson
- * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Jon Brion
- * Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon & Richard Tognetti
- * La Puta y la ballena – Daniel Tarrab & Andrés Goldstein
2005
The Incredibles – Michael Giacchino- * Dear Wendy – Benjamin Wallfisch
- * Deuda – Andrés Goldstein & Daniel Tarrab
- * Layer Cake – Ilan Eshkeri
- * The Syrian Bride – Cyril Morin
2006
Babam Ve Oglum – Evanthia Reboutsika- * Les Brigades du Tigre – Olivier Florio
- * Monster House – Douglas Pipes
- * The Proposition – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
- * The Thief Lord – Nigel Clarke & Michael Csányi-Wills
2007
XXY & Inheritance – Daniel Tarrab & Andrés Goldstein- * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – Nicholas Hooper
- * Mr. Brooks – Ramin Djawadi
- * The Science of Sleep – Jean Michel Bernard
- * La Tourneuse de Pages – Jerome Lemonnier
2008
American Gangster – Marc Streitenfeld- * Aanrijding in Moscou –
- * Before the Rains – Mark Kilian
- * The Escapist – Benjamin Wallfisch
- * El Orfanato – Velásquez Fernando
2009
The Reader – Nico Muhly- * Babylon A.D. – Atli Örvarsson
- * Crying with Laughter – Lorne Balfe
- * Demain dès l'aube – Jérôme Lemonnier
- * Journey to the Center of the Earth – Andrew Lockington
2010s
2010
A Single Man – Abel Korzeniowski- * Skin – Hélène Muddiman
- * The Book of Eli – Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, and Leopold Ross
- * District 9 – Clinton Shorter
- * The Last Station – Sergey Yevtushenko
2011
The First Grader and The Rite – Alex Heffes- * Limitless – Paul Leonard-Morgan
- * Natural Selection and Hamill – iZLER
- * Hanna – The Chemical Brothers
- * X-Men: First Class and Gulliver's Travels – Henry Jackman
2012
Albert Nobbs – Brian Byrne- * Immortals – Trevor Morris
- * Take Shelter – David Wingo
- * Lola Versus & Nobody Walks – Fall On Your Sword
- * The Raven, Sleep Tight & Cold Light of Day – Lucas Vidal
2013
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin- * Copperhead – Laurent Eyquem
- * Oblivion – Anthony Gonzalez & Joseph Trapanese
- * Hammer of the Gods & Summer in February – Benjamin Wallfisch
- * The Spectacular Now & The Way Way Back – Rob Simonsen
2014
Cuban Fury & The Counselor – Daniel Pemberton- * Calvary – Patrick Cassidy
- * La Chair de Ma Chair & Zum Geburtstag – Jérôme Lemonnier
- * Gravity & The World's End – Steven Price
- * The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet – Denis Sanacore
2015
Birdman – Antonio Sánchez- * But Always & Highway of Love – Zhiyi Wang
- * Ex Machina – Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow
- * A Most Violent Year – Alex Ebert
- * Spooks: The Greater Good – Dominic Lewis
2016
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation – Joe Kraemer- * 10 Cloverfield Lane & The Boy – Bear McCreary
- * The Big Short – Nicholas Britell
- * Eddie the Eagle – Matthew Margeson
- * Synchronicity – Ben Lovett
2017
Moonlight – Nicholas Britell- * Get Out – Michael Abels
- * Lady Macbeth – Dan Jones
- * Lion – Hauschka & Dustin O'Halloran
- * My Cousin Rachel – Rael Jones
2018
Mudbound – Tamar-kali- * Nostalgia – Laurent Eyquem
- * Sicario: Day of the Soldado – Hildur Guðnadóttir
- * Girl – Valentin Hadjadj
- * Mary Shelley – Amelia Warner
2019
Us - Michael Abels- * The Last Tree – Segun Akinola
- * Green Book – Kris Bowers
- * Where Hands Touch – Anne Chmelewsky
- * Under the Silver Lake – Disasterpeace
2020s
2020
The Two Popes – Bryce Dessner- * Berlin Alexanderplatz – Dascha Dauenhauer
- * A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Tom Howe
- * Uncut Gems – Daniel Lopatin
- * The Personal History of David Copperfield – Christopher Willis
2021
The Reason I Jump – Nainita Desai- * Wild Indian – Gavin Brivik
- * Calamity – Florencia Di Concilio
- * Infidel – Natalie Holt
- * Promising Young Woman – Anthony Willis
2022
Drive My Car – Eiko Ishibashi- * Pleasure – Karl Frid
- * Everything Everywhere All at Once – Son Lux
- * Coppelia – Maurizio Malagnini
- * The Edge of War – Isobel Waller-Bridge
2023
Avatar: The Way of Water – Simon Franglen- * Golda – Dascha Dauenhauer
- * Suzume – RADWIMPS / Kazuma Jinnouchi
- * Knock at the Cabin – Herdís Stefánsdóttir
- * The Menu – Colin Stetson
2024
Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix- * In the Land of Saints and Sinners – Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg
- * Ezra – Carlos Rafael Rivera
- * Julie Keeps Quiet – Caroline Shaw
- * Saltburn – Anthony Wills