Intercontinental Edition

Africa • Asia • Europe • North America • South America • Oceania

Leaderboard

Top 5 By Continent • Alphabetical By Last Name

Global Grand Prize Winner: Yi-Hsuan Liu (Taiwan)

Africa

Asia

Europe

Winner: Amine Slim (Senegal)

Top 5:
Lize Briel (South Africa)
Tinashe Jera (Zimbabwe)
Shaka Lwaki (Kenya)
Amine Slim (Senegal)
Nicholas Smit (South Africa)

Honorable Mentions:
Matthys J. Pienaar (South Africa)
Warren Bessey (South Africa)
Dan Selsick (South Africa)
Stephen Oluranti (Nigeria)

North America

Winner: Noah Taylor (United States)

Top 5:
Gabriel Arvelo (Dominican Republic)
Guy Bacos (Canada)
Inbal Cohen-Rasner (United States)
John Stout (United States)
Noah Taylor (United States)

Honorable Mentions:
Obadiah Baker (United States)
Joseph Barrett (United States)
Ian Chung (United States)
Alex Staten (United States)

Winner: Yi-Hsuan Liu (Taiwan)

Top 5:
Aakanksha Asabe (India)
Yi-Hsuan Liu (Taiwan)
Zhengtao Pan (China)
Louis (Yifan) Shen (China)
Charlene Soo (Singapore)

Honorable Mentions:
Elias Haddad (Lebanon)
Ralph Keuchkerian (Lebanon)
Irelin Luo (China)
Jaimee Jimin Park (South Korea)
Ka Youn Yoo (South Korea)

South America

Winner: Leo Puentes (Colombia)

Top 5:
Pablo Embon (Argentina)
Gabriel Iwasaki (Peru)
Alexandre Kanji (Brazil)
Cristian Lazo (Chile)
Leo Puentes (Colombia)

Honorable Mentions:
Valentina Alayón (Colombia)
Johann Brasil (Brazil)
Gérson Elias Torrezan (Brazil)
Arthur Luis Zamboni (Brazil)

Winner: Gary Hirche (Germany)

Top 5:
Enea Astori (Italy)
Jack Ledger-Dowse (Ireland)
Rok Golob (Slovenia)
Gary Hirche (Germany)
Steffan Isaksen (Norway)

Honorable Mentions:
Yakov Alexandrov (Russia)
Levent Altuntas (Germany)
Franck Dansaert (France)
Gabriel Romberger (Austria)
Davide Sambrotta (Italy)

Oceania

Winner: Sai Natarajan (New Zealand)

Top 5:
James Brew (Australia)
Sean Brown (Australia)
Otto Gibbs (Australia)
Sai Natarajan (New Zealand)
Paul Nicolaou (Australia)

Honorable Mentions:
Matthew Chin (New Zealand)
Jordan Stevenson (New Zealand)
Arie Madden Welti (Australia)

Submit your original music for adjudication by a jury of over a dozen industry professionals, curated by the Film Scoring Academy of Europe and the European Recording Orchestra (ERO), for the chance to win incredible prizes and studio recording sessions of your music.

Compete against other composers from your continent for a chance to make it to your continent's leaderboard. The winners from each continent go head to head in the final round to determine the global grand prize winner.

Submit music of any instrumentation. There are no restrictions on instrumentation, duration, style, or the composer's age, ethnicity or experience. Submit examples of your best music.

Submit more than one piece and let your creative voice speak for you. Adjudication takes into account the composer's unique compositional voice as displayed across multiple submissions.

Composers must submit a PDF and mp3 of their music via the form below. mp3's can be notation software audio renderings, MIDI mockups or live recorded audio.

2025
Prizes

All Entering Composers

Extended 4-month trial of Dorico Pro 5 and a 20% off Dorico coupon, courtesy of Steinberg and the Dorico team
Private access to a FSAE music technology lecture focusing on essential techniques for the creation of realistic MIDI mockups and creative uses of sampling and synthesis

Top 25% of Each Continent

Private login to the FSAE Online Platform with access to educational content in MIDI mockups, scoring the screen and finding your voice
€1,000 Scholarship to the FSAE Online Graduate Diploma in Film & Game Scoring
€750 Scholarship to the annual Film Scoring Summer Program on the Black Sea beach
Private film scoring lecture hosted live by the Film Scoring Academy of Europe
Private access to a lecture in room acoustics, acoustic treatment and principles of sound for composers and conductors

Top 30 (Top 5 of Each Continent)

One-on-one orchestration lesson with Dr. Norman Ludwin, orchestrator for Michael Giacchino
Exclusive access to 15 lessons in Scoring for Games, offered by FSAE Online
35%+ Educational Discounts at industry software and hardware manufacturers via enrollment in the FSAE Online CFS Course
50% Discount on all purchases at Edu Prado Sounds and PAS Music

Winner from Each Continent

17-piece strings recording session with the European Recording Orchestra (ERO) at Doli Media Studio (€475 value)
Steinberg's Dorico Pro 5 (€579 value)
Big Bams Epic Hybrid Percussion Library from Edu Prado Sounds (€89 value)
PAS Music Film Scoring Template for Dorico Pro 5, the industry's most popular film scoring template (€49 value)

Global Grand Prize Winner

52-piece symphony orchestra recording session with the European Recording Orchestra (ERO) at BNR Studio 1 (€1,175 value)
Steinberg's Iconica Opus Orchestral Suite (€999 value)
Steinberg's Cubase Pro 14 (€579 value)
Steinberg's Absolute VST Instrument Collection (€499 value)
Rathgar Pipe Organ from Edu Prado Sounds (€129 value)
Professionally mixed and edited audio and video from the session to be used in paid promotional materials crediting the composer