‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Composer and More Speak Out About AI at Ghent’s WSA Film Music Days: ‘We Must Continue to Defend Our Art’

Oct 15, 2026 11:28pm PT ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Composer and More Speak Out About AI at Ghent’s WSA Film Music Days: ‘We Must Continue to Defend Our Art’

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At a recent World Soundtrack Awards industry panel, composer Simon Franglen struck a common chord when talking about his work on “Avatar: Fire and Ash.”

“We had hundreds of musicians in a room, pouring their emotion out in that precise second,” he recalled. “How can that ever be replicated by AI?”

This year’s WSA Film Music Days, held Oct. 8–10 in Ghent, Belgium, took aim at that very question, gathering the industry for three days of talks, roundtables and mixers addressing composers’ most pressing concerns.

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