The award ceremony for the 20th edition of SoundTrack_Cologne took place on June 23 at the Comedia Theater in Cologne. The WDR Funkhausorchestra played during the event pieces by renowned film composers such as Rachel Portman, Natalie Holt, Carlos Rafael Rivera and Mychael Danna, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award of STC 20.
In his speech, Michael P. Aust, director of STC, was very excited about the 20 years of this great project and pointed out that the coming together of so many outstanding professionals around music for film, TV and games in Cologne every year makes all the effort worthwhile.

Check out the winners of the awards presented at the 20th edition of SoundTrack Cologne and See The Sound 2023.
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Mychael Danna
- WDR Filmscore Award: Johann Grillenbeck
- European Talent Award in Sound Design: Pavel Sitnikov
- Honorable Mention – Filmscore: Arezou Rezaei
- Peer Raben Music Award: Jan Willem de With
- See The Sound Music Documentary Award: And Still I Sing
- Honorable Mention – Music Documentary: Dusty and Stones
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