The American musician Philip Glass will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th annual World Soundtrack Awards on October 15, as well as at a film music concert closing the Film Fest Gent’s three-day Film Music Days 2025 on October 16 in Ghent, Belgium.
Past winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award include Marvin Hamlisch, John Barry, Giorgio Moroder, and Elliot Goldenthal. (See the full list of previous winners below.)
The tribute will occur at the film music concert “Minimalism in Motion: Glass, Nyman and Beyond,” taking place at Muziekcentrum De Bijloke in Ghent. The Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Dirk Brossé, will perform a selection of Glass’s compositions, who previously presented the award to Glass in New York.
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While initially acclaimed for his operatic and symphonic works, Glass has also made a significant impact in film music, earning three Academy Award nominations for best original score for Kundun, The Hours, and Notes on a Scandal.
At 88, Glass has amassed numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Golden Globe Award, alongside nominations for four Grammy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. He has also been honored with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1995, the National Medal of Arts in 2010, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018, and a Trustees Award from the Recording Academy in 2020.
Glass’s contributions were acknowledged at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2007 with two nominations for his score for Notes on a Scandal.
This year’s WSA Film Music Days will take place from October 14-16, coinciding with Film Fest Gent (October 8-19). Tickets for the film music concert can be purchased at filmfestgent.be and worldsoundtrackawards.com.
Here is a thorough list of past Lifetime Achievement Award honorees at the World Soundtrack Awards:
2024: Elliot Goldenthal
2023: Nicola Piovani and Laurence Rosenthal
2022: Bruno Coulais
2021: Eleni Karaindrou
2020: Gabriel Yared
2019: Krzysztof Penderecki and Frédéric Devreese
2018: Philippe Sarde
2017: David Shire
2016: Ryuichi Sakamoto
2015: Patrick Doyle and George Fenton
2014: Francis Lai
2013: Riz Ortolani
2012: Pino Donaggio
2011: Giorgio Moroder
2010: John Barry
2009: Marvin Hamlisch
2008: Angelo Badalamenti
2007: Mikis Theodorakis
2006: Peer Raben
2005: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
2004: Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
2003: Maurice Jarre
2002: George Martin
2001: Elmer Bernstein
- Source: NEWHD MEDIA
