WALL-E's Down To Earth Wins At World Soundtrack Awards

AWN Headlines news, October 24, 2008

Down to Earth, from Disney-Pixar's WALL-E, was awarded Best Original Song at the World Soundtrack Awards held last weekend in Ghent, Belgium. The song's music is by Thomas Newman and Peter Gabriel, lyrics by Peter Gabriel, and is performed by Peter Gabriel. Composer James Newton Howard won Film Composer of the Year in the night's big award for his work on CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, MICHAEL CLAYTON and I AM LEGEND. "Down to Earth" plays during the closing credits on the animated hit, which features multiple animated styles tracing the art form's history.