The 10th World Soundtrack Awards were given out on 23 October 2010 in Ghent, Belgium.
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Alexandre Desplat
Avatar by James HornerWhere the Wild Things Are by Carter BurwellA Single Man by Abel KorzeniowskiSherlock Holmes by Hans ZimmerAlexandre 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 HowlJohn Powell for Green Zone, How to Train Your Dragon, Knight and Day, and Ice Age: Dawn of the DinosaursDanny Elfman for The Wolfman and Alice in WonderlandHans Zimmer for It's Complicated and Sherlock HolmesT-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 FrogJon Thor Birgisson for "Sticks and Stones" in How to Train Your DragonKuk Harrell (lyrics), Simon Franglen (music/lyrics), Leona Lewis (performer), James Horner (music/lyrics) for "I See You" in AvatarPaul McCartney for "(I Want to) Come Home" in Everybody's FineA Single Man by Abel Korzeniowski
The Book of Eli by Atticus RossSkin by Hélène MuddimanDistrict 9 by Clinton ShorterThe Last Station by Sergei YevtushenkoA Single Man by Abel KorzeniowskiKarzan MahmoodJohn Barry