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Exciting news! World-renowned composer Max Richter will be the guest of honour at the 21st World Soundtrack Awards on 23 October 2021. With scores for Mary Queen of Scots, HBO's The Leftovers, Waltz with Bashir, BBC's Taboo, the hit series My Brilliant Friend and almost a dozen solo albums (of which Sleep is an absolute landmark in modern classical music), he is one of the most innovative composers of our time.

Max Richter is guest of honour at 21st World Soundtrack Awards

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Exciting news! World-renowned composer Max Richter will be the guest of honour at the 21st World Soundtrack Awards on 23 October 2021. With scores for Mary Queen of Scots, HBO's The Leftovers, and almost a dozen solo albums, he is one of the most innovative composers of our time.

The 2021 World Soundtrack Awards will take place in Opera Ghent on 23 October. Film Fest Ghent intends to safely bring back together the film music community, from industry professionals to fans from all over the world. The festival is honoured to announce composer Max Richter as one of the guests of this year's World Soundtrack Awards. Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Dirk Brossé, will perform a selection of the works by Max Richter and Bryce Dessner - last year's Discovery of the Year winner - at the WSA Ceremony & Concert.

'I am truly delighted to be invited to the 21st World Soundtrack Awards concert in Ghent as guest of honour. It will be exciting to showcase my works for film and television in particular in the context of Film Fest Ghent, which has played such a significant role in the appreciation of film music over the years. I look forward very much to working with the Brussels Philharmonic and Dirk Brossé on a special WSA concert programme.' - Composer Max Richter

Tickets are now available on worldsoundtrackawards.com!
12 - 23 Oct 2021, 48th Film Fest Ghent

More info at: Official Web Site World Soundtrack Awards

More info at: Official Web Site World Soundtrack Awards

Milan Music is pleased to release this great MAX RICHTER anthology, featuring his most beautiful compositions for films, and to be released on 2xCD and 2xLP:
Within the past few years, Max Richter has emerged as one of the leading figures in contemporary music. The work of this German-British composer (born in 1966) is marked by eclecticism: concert music, film scores, ballet, opera, and his many solo albums have enjoyed great success.

Max Richter is at the crossroad of many contemporary artistic languages through a wide variety of collaborations (Tilda Swinton, Robert Wyatt, Future Sound of London, Roni Size). As one might expect from a student of Luciano Berio, his work explores a very wide range of currents and influences.
In this universe, film music occupies a privileged position and the variety of filmmakers Richter has worked with reflects the ductility of his inspiration. Regarding the role of music in a film, he once wrote: I think music is a kind of amniotic fluid and that the film lives in it. Sometimes music can be at the forefront, playing a supportive role without even realizing it, but if you take it away you would miss out on the basics.' This album, to be released as a double CD and double LP, features the most beautiful excerpts of the soundtracks to Waltz with Bashir, Sarah's Key, Wadjda, Disconnect, The Congress, and Testament of Youth.

Finnish artist Heidi Gabrielsson has designed the artwork.

Milan Music is pleased to release this great Max Richter anthology, featuring his most beautiful compositions for films, and released on 2xCD and 2xLP: Within the past few years, Max Richter has emerged as one of the leading figures in contemporary music. The work of this German-British composer (born in 1966) is marked by eclecticism: concert music, film scores, ballet, opera, and his many solo albums have enjoyed great success. Max Richter is at the crossroad of many contemporary artistic languages through a wide variety of collaborations (Tilda Swinton, Robert Wyatt, Future Sound of London, Roni Size). As one might expect from a student of Luciano Berio, his work explores a very wide range of currents and influences. In this universe, film music occupies a privileged position and the variety of filmmakers Richter has worked with reflects the ductility of his inspiration. Regarding the role of music in a film, he once wrote: “I think music is a kind of amniotic fluid and that the film lives in it. Sometimes music can be at the forefront, playing a supportive role without even realizing it, but if you take it away you would miss out on the basics.” This album features the most beautiful excerpts of the soundtracks to Waltz with Bashir, Sarah’s Key, Wadjda, Disconnect, The Congress, and Testament of Youth. Finnish artist Heidi Gabrielsson has designed the artwork.