Filmmakers and Composers Share Insights at World Soundtrack Awards' Film Music Days

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Partnership is the guiding motif of the World Soundtrack Awards ’ Film Music Days , where live performances will give cult films bold new scores and industry mixers encourage emerging composers and filmmakers to find their creative match. To show what such pairings can achieve, two WSA talks will spotlight some of contemporary European cinema’s most enduring and endearing director-composer duos.

Composer Valentin Hadjadj and director Lukas Dhont met as students, an early start that has grown into a collaboration built on a shared creative language.

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_Originally reported by [Variety Music](https://variety.com/2026/artisans/festivals/lukas-dhont-edward-berger-composers-1236878555/)._