World Soundtrack Awards 2011
# World Soundtrack Awards 2011

11th World Soundtrack Awards

October 22, 2011

Best Original Soundtrack: Inception

The 11th World Soundtrack Awards were given out on 22 October 2011 in Ghent, Belgium.

## Awards

### Best Original Soundtrack

   * Inception by Hans Zimmer
* The Social Network by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
* Black Swan by Clint Mansell
* The King's Speech by Alexandre Desplat
* True Grit by Carter Burwell

### Soundtrack Composer of the Year

   * Alexandre Desplat for The King's Speech, A Better Life, The Well-Digger's Daughter, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, The Burma Conspiracy and The Tree of Life
* Patrick Doyle for Jig, La Ligne droite and Thor
* Hans Zimmer for How Do You Know, Rango, Inception, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Dilemma, Megamind
* John Powell for Mars Needs Moms, Rio and Kung Fu Panda 2
* Clint Mansell for Last Night, Black Swan and Faster

### Best Original Song Written for a Film

   * Randy Newman for "We Belong Together" in Toy Story 3
* Dido (lyrics/performer), Rollo Armstrong (lyrics), A. R. Rahman (music/performer) for "If I Rise" in 127 Hours
* Gwyneth Paltrow (performer), Hillary Lindsey (music/lyric), Troy Verges (music/lyrics), Tom Douglas (music/lyrics), Bob DiPiero (music/lyrics) for "Coming Home" in Country Strong
* Cher (performer), Diane Warren (music/lyrics) for "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" in Burlesque
* Alan Menken (music), Glenn Slater (music/lyrics), Mandy Moore (performer), Zachary Levi (performer) for "I See the Light" in Tangled

### Discover of the Year

   * The First Grader, The Rite by Alex Heffes
* Limitless by Paul Leonard-Morgan
* Natural Selection, Hamill by iZLER
* Hanna by Ed Simons, Tom Rowlands
* X-Men: First Class and Gulliver's Travels by Henry Jackman

### Public Choice Award

   * A. R. Rahman for 127 Hours

### SABAM Award for Best Young European Composer

   * Gabriel-Heinrich Yden

### Lifetime Achievement Award

   * Giorgio Moroder
