Silva Screen

Celebrating 25 years of World Soundtrack Awards, Film Fest Gent proudly presents this unique vinyl set - its 20th official album release – with music by a majority of the guests of honour and Lifetime Achievement Award recipients from 25 editions of the World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert.

The first three LP’s contain selections from every one of Film Fest Gent’s studio recordings over the years – from both the ‘For the Record’ and ‘Music for Film’ album series. The fourth is a bonus LP, featuring live recordings – all premiere releases on album – of memorable performances from two-and-a-half decades of WSA concerts.

Among the many highlights, the box set contains selections from the World Soundtrack Award-winning scores Frida, Life of Pi, Moulin Rouge! and Twilight, two pieces (by Rachel Portman and Gustavo Santaolalla) that were used in Film Fest Gent’s golden jubilee project ‘2x25’, a previously unreleased cue from Marco Beltrami’s Ben-Hur, and many special concert arrangements from Back to the Future, The Conversation, Homeland, The Imitation Game, Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles among other scores. Also included are Elmer Bernstein’s “World Soundtrack Awards Fanfare” and John Williams’s “Tribute to the Film Composer”.

All music on this album is performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and Vlaams Radiokoor, conducted by Film Fest Gent music director Dirk Brossé. On certain tracks the composers also feature as performing artists: Sean Callery, Eleni Karaindrou, Philippe Rombi, David Shire and Gabriel Yared on piano; Mark Isham on trumpet; and Cliff Martinez produced the electronics for Contagion. The vinyl set concludes with the late lyricist Alan Bergman’s performance of “The Way We Were”.

World Soundtrack Awards – 25th Anniversary Celebration contains pieces by guests of honour Craig Armstrong, Marco Beltrami, Terence Blanchard, Carter Burwell, Sean Callery, Mychael Danna, Georges Delerue, Alexandre Desplat, James Newton Howard, Alberto Iglesias, Mark Isham, Cliff Martinez, Rachel Portman, Max Richter, Philippe Rombi, Gustavo Santolalla, Howard Shore, Alan Silvestri, Shigeru Umebayashi, Debbie Wiseman, and World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award honourees Angelo Badalamenti, Elmer Bernstein, Bruno Coulais, Frédéric Devreese, Patrick Doyle, Philip Glass, Elliot Goldenthal, Marvin Hamlisch, Eleni Karaindrou, Krzysztof Penderecki, Laurence Rosenthal, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Philippe Sarde, David Shire and Gabriel Yared.

Released by Silva Screen Records during the 52nd edition of Film Fest Gent in October 2025, this collector’s box set is only available on vinyl.

LP 1 – SIDE A

Elmer Bernstein

• World Soundtrack Awards Fanfare

Gabriel Yared

• L’amant – Main Theme

Rachel Portman

• Dancing Fruit – Bagatelle

Gustavo Santolalla

• Pleiades (or Going Home) – Passing Through

Cliff Martinez

• Contagion – Contagion / Bad Day to Be a Rhesus Monkey

Shigeru Umebayashi

• In the Mood for Love – Yumeji's Theme

Ryuichi Sakamoto

• Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence – Main Theme

LP 1 – SIDE B

Elmer Bernstein

• The Age of Innocence – The Age of Innocence

Patrick Doyle

• Murder on the Orient Express – Never Forget

Alexandre Desplat

• The Imitation Game – Suite

Craig Armstrong

• Moulin Rouge! – Ascension / One Day I’ll Fly Away

LP 2 – SIDE C

Howard Shore

• The Aviator – Suite

Krzysztof Penderecki

• Symphony No 3 – Passacaglia – Allegro Moderato

Georges Delerue

• Le mépris – Thème de Camille

Debbie Wiseman

• Wilde – Suite

LP 2 – SIDE D

Terence Blanchard

• 25th Hour – Opening Title Playground

Max Richter

• On the Nature of Daylight

Philip Glass

• Kundun – Sand Mandala

Alan Silvestri

• Back to the Future – Suite

LP 3 – SIDE E

John Williams (arr.)

• Tribute to the Film Composer

James Newton Howard

• Red Sparrow – Overture

Elliot Goldenthal

• Frida – Still Life

Alberto Iglesias

• Hable con ella – Soy Marco

Mychael Danna

• Life of Pi – Suite

LP 3 – SIDE F

Mark Isham

• The Black Dahlia – Suite

Carter Burwell

• Twilight – Bella’s Theme

Laurence Rosenthal

• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – Main Title
• Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies – Suite

Angelo Badalamenti

• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me – The Voice of Love

LP 4 – SIDE G

Sean Callery

• Homeland – Main Theme

Philippe Sarde

• Le locataire – Thème principal

Eleni Karaindrou

• Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow – The Weeping Meadow
• Eternity and a Day – Eternity Theme

Marco Beltrami

• Ben-Hur – Modeh Ani

LP 4 – SIDE H

Philippe Rombi

• Jeux d'enfants – Suite: Overture / Love Theme

Frédéric Devreese

• Benvenuta – Tango

David Shire

• The Conversation – Theme

Bruno Coulais

• Himalaya – Le lac

Marvin Hamlisch

• The Way We Were – The Way We Were