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- ↑ "Awards – Public Choice Award". World Soundtrack Awards. World Soundtrack Academy . Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ "IFMCA, World Soundtrack Awards, collaborate on 2016 WSA Public Choice Award". International Film Music Critics Association . July 1, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Public Choice Award". World Soundtrack Awards. World Soundtrack Academy. July 1, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ World Soundtrack Awards (October 24, 2015). "Winners of the 15th World Soundtrack Awards". World Soundtrack Academy . Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ↑ World Soundtrack Awards (October 19, 2016). "Winners of the 16th World Soundtrack Awards". World Soundtrack Academy . Retrieved October 20, 2016.