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Golden wins Best Song at World Soundtrack Awards

Golden from KPop Demon Hunters has picked up Best Original Song at the 2026 World Soundtrack Awards. The track, performed by HUNTR/X, took the prize on Saturday during the annual World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony and Concert, which forms part of Film Fest Ghent, Belgium's largest international film festival.

It has already been a big awards season for the song, which collected a Golden Globe, a Grammy and an Oscar. Written by Kim Eun-jae, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park, it spent eight weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 last summer. The performers behind it are EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI.

English composer Daniel Pemberton was named Film Composer of the Year for his work on Project Hail Mary, The Drama, The Bad Guys 2 and Masters of the Universe. Pemberton, whose credits span film, television and video games, has been nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Original Song for Hear My Voice from The Trial of the Chicago 7 in 2021, and Best Original Score for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in 2023.

Over three days, film and film music professionals from around the world came together in the historic centre of Ghent for talks, workshops and masterclasses on the craft of scoring for the screen. The final day wrapped up with the awards ceremony and a live concert.

The Television Composer of the Year award went to Jeff Russo for Alien: Earth, Cape Fear and Citadel Season 2.

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Source: Muzland
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