‘Golden’ Is Still Golden, Wins Best Song at 2026 World Soundtrack Awards (Full Winners List)

“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters is still picking up awards.

The global smash, which won a Golden Globe, a Grammy and an Oscar last winter, among many other awards, won best original song at the 2026 World Soundtrack Awards, which were held on Saturday (Oct.

10) at the annual WSA Ceremony & Concert during Film Fest Gent, Belgium’s biggest international film festival.

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1 in U.K. in 13 Years The song, which was written by Kim Eun-jae, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park and performed by HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI , topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks.

British composer Daniel Pemberton was named film composer of the year for Project Hail Mary , The Drama , The Bad Guys 2 and Masters of the Universe .

The television composer of the year award was presented to Jeff Russo for Alien: Earth , Cape Fear and Citadel (Season 2).

Hannah Peel took home the award for discovery of the year, while the public choice award went to Kevin Smithers’ score for Soy Frankelda .

For three days, international film and film music professionals gathered in Music Centre De Bijloke in the historic heart of Ghent for talks, workshops and masterclasses about the art of composing film music.

The last day concluded with the award ceremony and a live concert with selected music by WSA guest of honour Hildur Guðnadóttir and lifetime achievement award recipient Trevor Jones, performed by Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by Dirk Brossé.

Here’s a complete list of winners at the 2026 World Soundtrack Awards.