Avatar: Fire and Ash Composer Defends Art Against AI

Composer Simon Franglen warns AI can't replicate human emotion in music at World Soundtrack Awards.

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Oct 16, 2026

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Avatar: Fire and Ash Composer Defends Art Against AI

Composer Simon Franglen warns AI can't replicate human emotion in music at World Soundtrack Awards.

In brief

Composer Simon Franglen warns AI can't replicate human emotion in music at World Soundtrack Awards. Simon Franglen says AI can't match the emotional depth of live musicians in film scores. Originally reported by Variety.

Simon Franglen on AI

World Soundtrack Awards closing gala

Composer Simon Franglen says AI can't replicate the emotional depth of live musicians in film scores.

“We had hundreds of musicians in a room, pouring their emotion out in that precise second”

WSA Film Music Days

World Soundtrack Awards held Oct 8, 10 in Ghent, Belgium, focused on composers' concerns about AI.

Art Defense

Composers argue they must continue defending their art against AI's growing influence in music.

“We must continue to defend our art”

The takeaway

Simon Franglen says AI can't match the emotional depth of live musicians in film scores.

Read the original on Variety

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