2nd EDITION OF THE GIL FAMILY ESTATES INTERNATIONAL SOUNDTRACK COMPOSITION PRIZE
The biggest prize for film scores in the world:
50,000 euros to a single winner
- A unique initiative, both in Spain and at international level, to promote soundtrack composition among young talent of any nationality aged between 18 and 35, who must provide a soundtrack to the short film that was shot for the competition called Essence.
- The work, which must be original and unpublished, can be submitted until 9 June 2018. The short film and the rules can be downloaded from www.juangilsoundtrack.com
- The jury comprises Roque Baños, Lucio Godoy, Constantino Martínez-Orts and Juan Gil, in addition to a prestigious international composer who, in the first edition, was Bruce Broughton.
- A total of 115 composers, from Spain, the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, Malta, Serbia, Ukraine, Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Lithuania and Singapore, took part in the first edition. The winner was Italian composer Marco Valerio Antonini.
Deadline: The work can be submitted until 9 June 2018
The Second Edition of the Gil Family Estates International Soundtrack Composition Prize, which was presented last week at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain, is already in progress. It is the most important award in its category and gives out the biggest prize in the world, 50,000 euros, to a single winner; this initiative by the Gil Family Estates is aimed at promoting young composers who embark on a career in film scores.
It is open to musicians of any nationality aged between 18 and 35 and the work can be submitted until 9 June 2018. The participating composers must provide a soundtrack to the short film made especially for the competition called Essence, directed by José Mellado, written by Tessy Díez and starring Jon Arias, together with Rafael Sandoval and Mariela Garriga, in collaboration with Armando del Río and Imanol Arias.
A total of 115 composers, from Spain, the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, Malta, Serbia, Ukraine, Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Lithuania and Singapore, took part in the first edition; they provided the soundtrack to the short film One hundred harvests with the family, which was made to commemorate the Gil Family Estates‘ centenary in its wineries. The jury, presided by Roque Baños and comprising Bruce Broughton, Lucio Godoy, Constantino Martínez-Orts and Juan Gil Vera, gave the prize to the Italian composer Marco Valerio Antonini, who lived in Los Angeles, for his work Land–A story of belonging, which was premièred on 1 December 2016 at Teatro Fernán Gómez (Madrid), during the Film Symphony Orchestra’s concert, where the prize was given to the winner and in the presence of all the jury (www.juangilsoundtrack.com ).
The second edition winning score will be premièred simultaneously with the screening of the short film on 15 November 2018 at Auditorio Víctor Villegas (Murcia, Spain), during the Film Symphony Orchestra’s concert, in which the prize will be given.
The rules and the short film can be seen and downloaded from en www.juangilsoundtrack.com
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