2027 CWVFF COMPOSER COMPETITION

The Christian Worldview Film Festival is pleased to host the Composer's Film Scoring Competition! We recognize the important role music plays in a film and its power to enhance the dramatic tone of each scene. We desire to encourage music composers by offering the unique opportunity to compete by scoring a scene from a professional feature film. 

This is a great outlet to hone your compositional skills and to get your work in front of many Christian filmmakers and film enthusiasts.

This year, participants will be creating musical score for a roughly 10 minute long clip taken from the family-friendly dramedy film, My 7 Grandmas. The clip will be selected just before the competition opens on July 1st.

Spotting notes are provided by a professional film composer. The spotting notes are intentionally basic so we can hear your original compositional voice and vision for this film clip.

Registration Fee:

Early sign-up: March 14th, 2026 - $40.00 

Regular sign-up: Starts on June 1st, 2026 and ends July 24th, 2026  - $50.00

All fees are non-refundable.

Deliverables Sent/Competition Begins: July 1st, 2026

Registration Closes: July 24th, 2026

Work Due: July 31st, 2026 no later than 8:00 PM EST - All late entries will be disqualified.

Terms and Agreements

Finished music must be submitted as a single high-resolution audio file (WAV or AIFF, 24-bit, 48 kHz).

Each score must be original and cannot contain any copyrighted material. In other words, it needs to be your own work specifically composed for the purpose of this competition and cannot contain copyrighted samples or content from other original works.  The use of artificial intelligence to generate music will not be tolerated. All AI-generated music will be disqualified in the same way as someone using sync library music in their entries. Again, we want to hear YOUR musical voice as a composer. The score cannot have lyrics or vocal tracks, as in the case of songwriting. In other words, we don’t want you to send in a song. A score is original instrumental music written specifically for a movie, and a soundtrack is a compilation of songs written for a film or pre-licensed songs that are featured in a film. However, instrumental music with a choral ensemble is allowed. 

By participating in this competition, you agree not to post the film clip anywhere on the Web. The film clip you will be working with is copyrighted and is being made available to you by permission for the express purpose of this competition. Those who do not follow these instructions will be disqualified from the competition.

Deciding to participate in the competition, you agree to issue a perpetual license (master license) for the score to be used in the film, and for promotional purposes in connection with the film or the competition. Apart from the above, you will retain full copyright of the music both as writer and publisher.

The top finalist musical scores will be shown at the 2027 Christian Worldview Film Festival, being held in March 2027 at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. The composer of the winning score and runner-up will be recognized at the Festival’s awards ceremony and will win a trophy. All participants who submit their scores on time will receive feedback from our judges. 

Your final musical score must be submitted per the instructions outlined in the email no later than July 31st, 2026 at 8:00 PM EST - All late entries will be disqualified.