Results 2025

Winners

Best Cover Song:

Afousis – Meybahar

(Hungary)

 

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Best Composition:

Dichotomy: A Tone Poem of Five Metamorphoses – Sherif Dahroug

(France)

 

 

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Best Instrumental:

La Màgia de la Fada Alba – Manel Gil-Inglada

(Spain)

 

 

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Best Lyrics:

The Doll’s Cry / Η κραυγή της κούκλας – Chara Rizou 

(Greece)

 

 

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Best Music Video:

Mirrors – Giuliano Parisi

(Spain)

 

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Best Performance:

Nimbus – Laura Farré Rozada

(Spain)

 

 

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Best Song:

My Instincts Are Tragic – Matilde G

(Singapore)

 

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Best Score:

Treasure Trackers – Robin Hoffmann

(Germany)

 

 

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Best Soundtrack:

Darfall Theme – Robert Bruckmayer

(Slovakia)

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Honorable Mentions

Iberian Charm – Cristina Bónsem (Spain)

Won’t Be Around – Terry Blade (United States)

Pale Blue Dot – Paolo Cotrone (Italy)

Nominees

results in alphabetical order

Best Cover Song

Afousis – Meybahar (Hungary)

Freedom – Hans-Peter de Zeeuw ft. Sandra St. Victor (Netherlands)

The Legend of he who must not be named – Dr.J.E.Rose & ERN (Slovakia)

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Best Composition

Beside Your Beloved – Meybahar ft. Martha Mavroidi & Giorgos Ventouris (Hungary)

Dichotomy: A Tone Poem of Five Metamorphoses – Sherif Dahroug (France)

Iberian Charm – Cristina Bónsem (Spain)

Thief of the Moon – Dan R Howard (United States) 

Treasure Trackers – Robin Hoffmann (Germany)

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Best Instrumental

Freedom – Benjamin Cook (United Kingdom)

Game Plan – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

La Màgia de la Fada Alba – Manel Gil-Inglada (Spain)

Snatch It – Shitalchandra Kulkarni (India)

The Other Half – Abhirup Roy (India)

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Best Lyrics

Care of You – Matt Day (United States)

Dreams – Sophia Wolz (Germany)

I miss you mother – Hisham Zreiq (Germany)

The Crime Of Silence – AMARU (Netherlands)

The Doll’s Cry / Η κραυγή της κούκλας – Chara Rizou (Greece) 

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Best Music Video

Afousis – Meybahar & Ádám Varga (Hungary)

Mirrors – Giuliano Parisi (Spain)

Vivaldi’s Midnight Call (Dr.J.E.Rose) – Martin Fridner & Peter Koval (Slovakia)

Won’t Be Around – Terry Blade (United States)

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Best Performance

Album Leaf: Piano Works by Felix Mendelssohn – Sophia Agranovich (United States)

Deux Arabesques – James Adler (United States)

Iberian Charm – Cristina Bónsem (Spain)

Nimbus – Laura Farré Rozada (Spain)

Tormenta – David Wurczel (Czechia)

Treasure Trackers – David Hernando Rico & Bratislava Symphony Orchestra (Slovakia)

 

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Best Song

Kings & Queens – Sophia Wolz (Germany)

My Instincts Are Tragic – Matilde G (Singapore)

Pale Blue Dot – Paolo Cotrone (Italy)

Won’t Be Around – Terry Blade (United States)

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Best Score

Before Dawn – Sean Tinnion (Australia)

Dark Side of the Ring – Chris Colt: Welcome to my Nightmare – Andrew Gordon Macpherson (Canada)

Fiego and the Magic Fish – Meiro Stamm (Belgium)

For God’s Sake Wake Her Up – Braden Koksal & Julien Verschooris (Canada)

The Eldest Son – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

Treasure Trackers – Robin Hoffmann (Germany) 

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Best Soundtrack

Crimson Capes: The Brotherhood – David Wurczel (Czechia)

Darfall Theme – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

Delir – Hannes Ohde (Germany)

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo – Benjamin McMillan (United Kingdom)

Las Nogas – Antoni Mairata (United States)

Songs of Steel: Hispania – José Luis Echave Moratilla (Spain)

Finalists

in alphabetical order

Across the clouds – Lauri Virtamo (Finland)

Afousis – Meybahar (Hungary)

Album Leaf – Sophia Agranovich (United States)

Artists Are All Insecure – Josh Ben-Ami (United States)

Autumn’s Awaking – Hugo Alegre (Spain)

Before Dawn – Sean Tinnion (Australia)

Beside Your Beloved – Meybahar (Hungary)

Care of You – Matt Day (United States)

Crimson Capes – David Wurczel (Czechia)

Dark Side of the Ring – Andrew Gordon Macpherson (Canada)

Darfall Theme – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

Delir – Hannes Ohde (Germany)

Deux Arabesques – James Adler (United States)

Dichotomy: A Tone Poem of Five Metamorphoses – Sherif Dahroug (France)

Dreams – Sophia Wolz (Germany)

Fiego and the Magic Fish – Meiro Stamm (Belgium)

First Passion – Shitalchandra Kulkarni (India)

For God’s Sake Wake Her Up – Braden Koksal & Julien Verschooris (Canada)

Freedom – Benjamin Cook (United Kingdom)

Freedom – Hans-Peter de Zeeuw & Sandra St. Victor (Netherlands)

Game Plan – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

Glimmers – Christina Abi-Younes (Lebanon)

Good luck – Luis Naranjo (Spain)

Iberian Charm – Cristina Bónsem (Spain)

I miss you mother – Hisham Zreiq (Germany)

In a Tamasic World – Alessandro Orlandi & Camilla Martini (Italy)

In the Doghouse – Sean Tinnion (Australia)

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo – Benjamin McMillan (United Kingdom)

Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

Kiangardarup – Robert Zielinski (Australia)

Kings & Queens – Sophia Wolz (Germany)

La Màgia de la Fada Alba – Manel Gil-Inglada (Spain)

Las Nogas – Antoni Mairata (United States)

Liberated – Steve Toppa (Australia)

Lionheart – Mayur Hazarika (India)

Mirrors – Giuliano Parisi (Spain)

Mongrels – Jude Shih & Tae-Young Yu (Canada)

My Instincts Are Tragic – Matilde G (Singapore)

Nimbus – Laura Farré Rozada (Spain)

Nocturnal embrace – Thomas Lemmer (Germany)

Non Stop – Jamie Kesby (United Kingdom)

Nostalgi – Susanne Darre (Norway)

Pale Blue Dot – Paolo Cotrone (Italy)

Romance Anónimo – Matthew Bouwmeester (United Kingdom)

Roots – Friedrich Gattermann (Germany)

Scared of Me – Noah Martin (Canada)

Snatch It – Shitalchandra Kulkarni (India)

Songs of Steel: Hispania – José Luis Echave Moratilla (Spain)

Space Oddity – Marco Committeri & Alessandro Orlandi (Italy)

The bazaar of miracles – Luis Naranjo (Spain)

The Crime Of Silence – AMARU (Netherlands)

Η Κραυγή της Κούκλας / The Doll’s Cry – Chara Rizou (Greece)

The Eldest Son – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

The Legend – Alfredo Dias Gomes (Brazil)

The Legend of he who must not be named – Dr.J.E.Rose & ERN (Slovakia)

The Other Half – Abhirup Roy (India)

Thief of the Moon – Rianna Jakson & Dan R Howard (United States)

Tormenta – David Wurczel (Czechia)

Treasure Trackers – Robin Hoffmann (United States)

Vivaldi’s Midnight Call (Dr.J.E.Rose) – Martin Fridner & Peter Koval (Slovakia)

Won’t Be Around – Terry Blade (United States)

Semi - Finalists

in alphabetical order

Across the clouds – Lauri Virtamo (Finland)

Afousis – Meybahar (Hungary)

Album Leaf – Sophia Agranovich (United States)

Aleix – Hugo Alegre (Spain)

Andalusia “The Glorious Day” – Angel Velasco (Spain)

Anthem of Ancestors – Agnieszka Solska (Poland)

Artists Are All Insecure – Josh Ben-Ami (United States)

Autumn’s awaking – Hugo Alegre (Spain)

Before Dawn – Sean Tinnion (Australia)

Beside Your Beloved – Meybahar (Hungary)

BlueLine – Kankawee Nilthajan (Thailand)

Brighter Sky – Cynthia Thijs Coenraad (Netherlands)

Bring Me Home – Sophia Wolz (Germany)

Care of You – Matt Day (United States)

Cataclysm Down Under – Hero – Akal Demir (Australia)

Champion – Tomáš Kováčik (Slovakia)

Covenant – José Luis Echave Moratilla (Spain)

Crimson Capes – David Wurczel (Czechia)

Dark Side of the Ring – Andrew Gordon Macpherson (Canada)

Darfall Theme – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

Del – Mehran Matin (United States)

Delir – Hannes Ohde (Germany)

Deux Arabesques – James Adler (United States)

Dichotomy: A Tone Poem of Five Metamorphoses – Sherif Dahroug (France)

Dreams – Sophia Wolz (Germany)

Effata – Anaya Kunst (Brazil)

Fiego and the Magic Fish – Meiro Stamm (Belgium)

First Passion – Shitalchandra Kulkarni (India)

For God’s Sake Wake Her Up – Braden Koksal & Julien Verschooris (Canada)

Freedom – Benjamin Cook (United Kingdom)

Freedom – Hans-Peter de Zeeuw & Sandra St. Victor (Netherlands)

Game Plan – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

Glimmers – Christina Abi-Younes (Lebanon)

Good luck – Luis Naranjo (Spain)

Hessdalen – Friedrich Gattermann (Germany)

I miss you mother – Hisham Zreiq (Germany)

Iberian Charm – Cristina Bónsem (Spain)

In Lost Causes – Ioan Davies (United Kingdom)

In a Tamasic World – Alessandro Orlandi & Camilla Martini (Italy)

In the Doghouse – Sean Tinnion (Australia)

In the Footsteps of Marco Polo – Benjamin McMillan (United Kingdom)

Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

Kiangardarup – Robert Zielinski (Australia)

Kings & Queens – Sophia Wolz (Germany)

Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) – James Adler (United States)

La Màgia de la Fada Alba – Manel Gil-Inglada (Spain)

Las Nogas – Antoni Mairata (United States)

Liberated – Steve Toppa (Australia)

Lionheart – Mayur Hazarika (India)

Lydia and Lestat – Richard Zelada (United States)

Mirrors – Giuliano Parisi (Spain)

Moonlight – Jonja Merck (Germany)

Mongrels – Jude Shih & Tae-Young Yu (Canada)

My Instincts Are Tragic – Matilde G (Singapore)

Nimbus – Laura Farré Rozada (Spain)

No puedo vivir sin ti – Eddie (Portugal)

Nocturnal embrace – Thomas Lemmer (Germany)

Non Stop – Jamie Kesby (United Kingdom)

Nostalgi – Susanne Darre (Norway)

Original Thought – Ralph Hepola (United States)

Pale Blue Dot – Paolo Cotrone (Italy)

Preserve – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

Rainy Wednesday – Leonidas Stanescu (Singapore)

Romance Anónimo – Matthew Bouwmeester (United Kingdom)

Roots – Friedrich Gattermann (Germany)

Scared of Me – Noah Martin (Canada)

Smile – Amy Barbera & Judy Barbera (United States)

Snatch It – Shitalchandra Kulkarni (India)

Songs of Steel: Hispania – José Luis Echave Moratilla (Spain)

Space Oddity – Marco Committeri & Alessandro Orlandi (Italy)

Te Deseo, Mi Amor – Adria Dinev (Bulgaria)

The Absence of Loneliness – Grim Lohman (Sweden)

The Bazaar of Miracles – Luis Naranjo (Spain)

The Crime of Silence – AMARU (Netherlands)

Η κραυγή της κούκλας / The Doll’s Cry – Chara Rizou (Greece)

The Edge of Authority – Michelle Juyoung Son (United States)

The Eldest Son – Robert Bruckmayer (Slovakia)

The Legend – Alfredo Dias Gomes (Brazil)

The Legend of he who must not be named – Dr.J.E.Rose & ERN (Slovakia)

The Other Half – Abhirup Roy (India)

Thief of the Moon – Rianna Jakson & Dan R Howard (United States)

Tormenta – David Wurczel (Czechia)

Treasure Trackers – Robin Hoffmann (United States)

Vivaldi’s Midnight Call (Dr.J.E.Rose) – Martin Fridner & Peter Koval (Slovakia)

Won’t Be Around – Terry Blade (United States)