It is a landmark year for the World Soundtrack Awards, which are celebrating 25 years of recognizing the contributions of global film and television composers. The festival’s focus on film music eventually settled into the World Soundtrack Awards and its parent organization, the World Soundtrack Academy, in 2001. Music director of Film Fest Ghent and renowned composer Dirk Brossé also remembers that concert fondly. “Every group that considers itself serious is playing film music today, but what distinguishes our festivals from other festivals and also from other organizers is that we always play the original scores. “Today, the professional film composer is booming,” says the Belgian conductor.