1_Chloé Thévenin for the soundtrack of Blanquita (Orizzonti)
2_ Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for the soundtrack of Blonde (Venezia 79)
3_ Ex aequo to Carter Burwell for the soundtrack of The Banshees of Inisherin (Venezia 79) and to Bryce Dessner e Alejandro G. Iñárritu for the soundtrack of Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Venezia 79)
Special mention_Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for the soundtrack of Bones and All (Venezia 79)
Best non-original song_Everybody’s Talkin’, sung by Harry Nilsson in Midnight cowboy, also mentioned in Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (Venice Classics)
Best live improvisation_Lennie Tristano as a contralto in Music for Black Pigeons (Fuori Concorso)
