The 12th World Soundtrack Awards were given on 20 October 2012 at the Kuipke Events Centre in Ghent, Belgium.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Alberto Iglesias
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn by John WilliamsHugo by Howard ShoreDrive by Cliff MartinezThe Ides of March by Alexandre DesplatAlberto Iglesias for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Skin I Live In & The Monk
Howard Shore for A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis & HugoAlexandre Desplat for Moonrise Kingdom, The Ides of March, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, A Better Life, Carnage & Rust and BoneCliff Martinez for Contagion & DriveJohn Williams for War Horse & The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the UnicornGlenn Close (lyrics), Sinéad O'Connor (performer), Brian Byrne (music) for "Lay Your Head Down" in Albert Nobbs
Florence Welch (lyrics/music), Isabella Summers (lyrics/music), Florence + the Machine (performer) for "Breath of Life" in Snow White and the HuntsmanMadonna (music/lyrics/performer), Julie Frost (music/lyrics), James Harry (music/lyrics) for "Masterpiece in W.E.Damon Thomas (music/lyrics), Thomas Newman (music/lyrics), Harvey Mason, Jr. (music/lyrics), Mary J. Blige (music/lyrics/performer) for "The Living Proof" in The HelpBret McKenzie (music/lyrics), Peter Linz (performer), Jason Segel (performer) for "Man or Muppet" in The MuppetsAlbert Nobbs by Brian Byrne
Immortals by Trevor MorrisTake Shelter by David WingoLola Versus & Nobody Walks by Fall On Your SwordThe Raven, Sleep Tight, Cold Light of Day by Lucas VidalAbel Korzeniowski for W.E.
Pino Donaggio