World Soundtrack of the Year

Fantastic Mr. Fox by Alexandre Desplat

• Avatar by James Horner
• Where the Wild Things Are by Carter Burwell
• A Single Man by Abel Korzeniowski
• Sherlock Holmes by Hans Zimmer

Soundtrack Composer of the Year

Alexandre Desplat for Fantastic Mr. Fox , The Twilight Saga: New Moon , Julie & Julia , and The Ghost Writer

• Carter Burwell for Where the Wild Things Are , A Serious Man , The Kids Are All Right , The Blind Side , and Howl
• John Powell for Green Zone , How to Train Your Dragon , Knight and Day , and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Danny Elfman for The Wolfman and Alice in Wonderland
• Hans Zimmer for It's Complicated and Sherlock Holmes

Best Original Song

T-Bone Burnett (lyrics), Ryan Bingham (music/lyrics/performer) for "The Weary Kind" in Crazy Heart

• Anika Noni Rose (performer), Randy Newman (music/lyrics) for "Almost There" in The Princess and the Frog
• Jon Thor Birgisson for "Sticks and Stones" in How to Train Your Dragon
• Kuk Harrell (lyrics), Simon Franglen (music/lyrics), Leona Lewis (performer), James Horner (music/lyrics) for "I See You" in Avatar
• Paul McCartney for "(I Want to) Come Home" in Everybody's Fine

Discovery of the Year

A Single Man by Abel Korzeniowski

• The Book of Eli by Atticus Ross
• Skin by Hélène Muddiman
• District 9 by Clinton Shorter
• The Last Station by Sergei Yevtushenko

Public Choice Award

• A Single Man by Abel Korzeniowski

SABAM Award for Best Young European Composer

• Karzan Mahmood

Lifetime Achievement Award

• John Barry