Soundtracks News
2005 Classical BRIT Awards Winners
By Mark Sung
May 28, 2005, 10:42 GMT

The 2005 Classical BRIT Awards recently took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

To recognise the growing appreciation of original soundtracks, The Classical BRIT Awards added a new category, 'The Soundtrack Composer Award'.

John Williams picked up the Soundtrack Composer Award for his work on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and The Terminal, beating fellow nominees Jocelyn Pook for the Merchant of Venice and Nigel Hess for Ladies in Lavender.

Other big winners included Katherine Jenkins who won album of the year and Sir James Galway who was awarded for his outstanding contribution to music. The award for female artist of the year went to Marin Alsop and the award for male artist of the year was won by Bryn Terfel.