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2007 Film & TV Music award winners announced
31-Oct-2007 -

And the winners are...

The Film & TV Music Awards are voted on by members of The Film & TV Music Academy, which includes over 4,000 members of the industry worldwide.

The Film & TV Music Awards is the largest international peer awards program exclusively for the film and television music industry with awards given in 33 categories that focus on the art and craft of music for film and television. While the majority of the awards are given for composing for film and television, many related crafts are included in the awards program including contracting, conducting, orchestration, music preparation, music editing, music supervision, score mixing, performing rights, agents, and more.

Members of the industry are nominated by Film & TV Music Academy members, and the top five persons in each category from the nominations phase are voted on by the members.

The following is the result of voting by The Film & TV Music Academy for the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards.

BEST SCORE FOR A DRAMATIC FEATURE FILM
WINNER: Christopher Young - Spider-Man 3
1st Runner-Up: John Powell - The Bourne Ultimatum

BEST SCORE FOR A COMEDY FEATURE FILM
WINNER: Marc Shaiman - Hairspray
1st Runner-Up: John Debney - Evan Almighty

BEST SCORE FOR A SCIENCE FICTION FEATURE FILM
WINNER: Howard Shore - The Last Mimzy
1st Runner-Up: John Tavener - Children of Men

BEST SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
WINNER: John Powell - Happy Feet
1st Runner-Up: Michael Giacchino - Ratatouille

BEST SCORE FOR AN INDIE FEATURE FILM
WINNER: Christopher Lennertz - Tortilla Heaven
1st Runner-Up: Austin Wintory - Back Soon

BEST SCORE FOR A SHORT FILM
WINNER: Michael Giacchino - Lifted
1st Runner-Up: Nathan Lanier - Lucifer

BEST SCORE FOR A STUDENT FILM
WINNER: Austin Wintory - Morning Latte
1st Runner-Up: Douglas Romayne - Rocketboy

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISOR FOR A FEATURE FILM
WINNER: Randy Spendlove - Dreamgirls
1st Runner-Up: Dave Jordan - Transformers

BEST USE OF A SONG IN A FEATURE FILM
WINNER: Tom Erba and Nathaniel Dawkins, "Bring It On" - Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing
1st Runner-Up: Camille, "Le Festin" - Ratatouille

BEST SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM OR TELEVISION PROGRAM
WINNER: George Fenton - Planet Earth
1st Runner-Up: Richard Harvey - Death of a President

BEST SCORE FOR A DRAMATIC TV PROGRAM
WINNER: Sean Callery - 24
1st Runner-Up: Michael Giacchino - Lost

BEST SCORE FOR A COMEDY TELEVISION PROGRAM
WINNER: Jay Ferguson - The Office
1st Runner-Up: David Aguirre - Entourage

BEST SCORE FOR A REALITY TELEVISION PROGRAM
WINNER: Lee Sanders - The Amazing Race
1st Runner-Up: Jeff Lippencott and Mark Williams - The Contender

BEST SCORE FOR A TELEVISION DAYTIME DRAMA
WINNER: Ken Corday - Days of Our Lives
1st Runner-Up: Kenneth Eberhard - Guiding Light

BEST SCORE FOR A NON-ANIMATED CHILDREN'S/EDUCATIONAL TV PROGRAM
WINNER: Gary Koftinoff - Life With Derek
1st Runner-Up: Chris Mangum - Journey to Planet Earth

BEST SCORE FOR SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION PROGRAM
WINNER: Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin - Heroes
1st Runner-Up: Christopher Lennertz - Supernatural

BEST SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED TELEVISION PROGRAM
WINNER: Tom Erba - Tom And Jerry Tales
1st Runner-Up: Alf Clausen - The Simpsons

BEST TELEVISION THEME
WINNER: Sean Callery - 24
1st Runner-Up: Tom Erba - Tom and Jerry Tales

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISOR FOR A TELEVISION PROGRAM
WINNER: Jason Alexander - Entourage
1st Runner-Up: David Sibley - Desperate Housewives

BEST USE OF A SONG IN A TELEVISION PROGRAM
WINNER: Petula Clark, "Downtown" - Lost
1st Runner-Up: Greg Laswell, "High and Low" - Smallville

BEST INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE BY A SOLOIST IN A FILM OR TELEVISION SCORE
WINNER: Pedro Eustache - Pirates of the Caribbean 3
1st Runner-Up: Steve Edwards - The Prestige

BEST INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE BY AN ORCHESTRA IN A FILM OR TELEVISION SCORE
WINNER: London Symphony Orchestra - Eragon
1st Runner-Up: Skywalker Sound Orchestra - Zodiac

BEST AGENT
WINNER: Mike Gorfaine
1st Runner-Up: Mike Rosen

BEST SCORE CONDUCTOR
WINNER: Bruce Fowler
1st Runner-Up: Damon Intrabartolo

BEST CONTRACTING
WINNER: Joyce Ryan
1st Runner-Up: David Low

BEST MUSIC EDITOR
WINNER: Thomas A. Carlson - The Bourne Ultimatum
1st Runner-Up: Darrell Hall - 300

BEST MUSIC PREPARATION
WINNER: Mark Graham
1st Runner-Up: Steve Juliani

BEST ORCHESTRATOR
WINNER: Bruce Fowler
1st Runner-Up: Christopher Thomas

BEST PERFORMING RIGHTS SOCIETY
WINNER: ASCAP (USA)
1st Runner-Up: BMI (USA)

BEST SCORE MIXER
WINNER: Jim Hill
1st Runner-Up: David Campbell

THE FILM & TV MUSIC AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING FEMALE COMPOSER
WINNER: Silke Matzpohl
1st Runner-Up: Rachel Portman

THE DON B. RAY EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WINNER: Christopher Young
1st Runner-Up: Hummie Mann

THE FILM & TV MUSIC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WINNER: Ennio Morricone
1st Runner-Up: John Williams

For more info, visit The Film & TV Music Awards.



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