Williams is also nominated for composer of the year for his work on two recent soundtracks - War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin, against Morricone and Mealor.

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Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho have been named as the recipients of this year's Polar Music Prize.

BBC: Youssou Ndour and Kaija Saariaho win Polar Music Prize

The rest of this year's poll shows that, according to the voters, Star Wars composer John Williams is the movie music maestro.

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