The Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score is a Golden Globe Award presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), an organization of journalists who cover the United States film industry, but are affiliated with publications outside North America, since its institution in 1947.

History

Since the 5th Golden Globe Awards (1947), the award is presented annually, except from 1953 to 1958. The nominations from 1947 and 1948 are not available. The first Best Original Score award went to Max Steiner for his compositional work on Life with Father.

John Williams is the artist with the most nominations (24); those resulted in 4 wins. Dimitri Tiomkin had the same number of wins, but out of only 5 nominations. Other notable achievers include Maurice Jarre (10 nominations, 4 wins), Alan Menken (5 nominations, 3 wins), Hans Zimmer (15 nominations, 3 wins), Justin Hurwitz (3 nominations, 3 wins) and Alexandre Desplat (15 nominations, 2 wins).

Artists like Jerry Goldsmith (9 nominations) and Michel Legrand (7 nominations) were nominated several times but never received the award. Dimitri Tiomkin, Alan Menken and Howard Shore are the only composers to win two consecutive awards. Additionally, Dimitri Tiomkin received Special Achievement Awards for his services to film music in 1955 and 1957, as did Hugo Friedhofer in 1958. The most recent recipient of this award was Ludwig Göransson for Sinners.

Winners and nominees

;Key

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! scope="col" | Sign

! scope="col" | Meaning

|-

| style="background:#B0C4DE;"|

| Indicates the winner

|}

1940s

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="width:95%;"

|-

! scope="col" style="width:70pt" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:40%" | Film

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:30pt"| Ref.

|-

! style="text-align:center;" | 1947

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Life with Father || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | ||

|-

! style="text-align:center;" | 1948

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Red Shoes || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | ||

|-

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1949

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Inspector General || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="2" |

|-

| All the King's Men ||

|}

1950s

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="width:95%;"

|-

! scope="col" style="width:70pt" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:40%"| Film

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:30pt" | Ref.

|-

! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1950

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Sunset Boulevard || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="3" |

|-

| A Life of Her Own ||

|-

| Destination Moon ||

|-

! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1951

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | September Affair || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="3" |

|-

|The Day the Earth Stood Still ||

|-

|The Well ||

|-

! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1952

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | High Noon || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="3" |

|-

|Ivanhoe ||

|-

|The Quiet Man ||

|-

! style="text-align:center;" |1953–1958!! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |No award given

|-

! style="text-align:center;" | 1959

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | On the Beach || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1960

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Alamo || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

| Exodus ||

|-

|Pepe ||

|-

|Spartacus ||

|-

|The World of Suzie Wong ||

|}

1960s

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="width:95%;"

|-

! scope="col" style="width:70pt" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:40%"| Film

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:30pt"| Ref.

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1961

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Guns of Navarone || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|El Cid ||

|-

|Fanny ||

|-

|King of Kings ||

|-

|Summer and Smoke ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1962

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | To Kill a Mockingbird || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Lawrence of Arabia ||

|-

|Mutiny on the Bounty ||

|-

|Taras Bulba ||

|-

|The Music Man ||

|-

! style="text-align:center;" |1963!! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |No award given

|-

|Becket ||

|-

|Mary Poppins ||

|-

|Seven Days in May ||

|-

|Zorba the Greek (Alexis Zorbas) ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1965

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Doctor Zhivago || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Battle of the Bulge ||

|-

|The Great Race ||

|-

|The Sandpiper ||

|-

|The Yellow Rolls-Royce ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1966

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Hawaii || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|A Man and a Woman ||

|-

|Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?) ||

|-

|The Bible: In the Beginning... ||

|-

|The Sand Pebbles ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1967

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Camelot || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Doctor Dolittle ||

|-

|Live for Life (Vivre Pour Vivre) ||

|-

|Thoroughly Modern Millie ||

|-

|Two for the Road ||

|-

! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 1968

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Shoes of the Fisherman || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="6" |

|-

|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ||

|-

| style="background:#AAAAAA;" | Oliver! || style="background:#AAAAAA;" | (declared ineligible and removed from ballot)

|-

|Romeo and Juliet ||

|-

|Rosemary's Baby ||

|-

|The Lion in Winter ||

|-

|The Thomas Crown Affair ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1969

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Anne of the Thousand Days ||

|-

|Goodbye, Mr. Chips ||

|-

|The Happy Ending ||

|-

|The Secret of Santa Vittoria ||

|}

1970s

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="width:95%;"

|-

! scope="col" style="width:70pt" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:40%" | Film

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:30pt" | Ref.

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1970

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Love Story || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Airport ||

|-

|Cromwell ||

|-

|Scrooge ||

|-

|Wuthering Heights ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1971

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Shaft || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Le Mans ||

|-

|Mary, Queen of Scots ||

|-

|Summer of '42 ||

|-

|The Andromeda Strain ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1972

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Godfather || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Frenzy ||

|-

|The Getaway ||

|-

|Lady Sings the Blues ||

|-

|The Poseidon Adventure ||

|-

! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1973

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Jonathan Livingston Seagull || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="6" |

|-

|Breezy ||

|-

|Cinderella Liberty ||

|-

|O Lucky Man! ||

|-

|The Day of the Dolphin ||

|-

|Tom Sawyer || ,

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1974

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Little Prince || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | , || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Chinatown ||

|-

|Earthquake ||

|-

|Phantom of the Paradise ||

|-

|The Godfather Part II || ,

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1975

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Jaws || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Funny Lady || ,

|-

|The Man Who Would Be King ||

|-

|The Other Side of the Mountain ||

|-

|The Return of the Pink Panther ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1976

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | A Star is Born || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | , || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Bugsy Malone ||

|-

|Rocky ||

|-

|The Slipper and the Rose ||

|-

|Voyage of the Damned ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1977

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Star Wars || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Close Encounters of the Third Kind ||

|-

|Pete's Dragon || ,

|-

|Saturday Night Fever || , , ,

|-

|The Spy Who Loved Me ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1978

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Midnight Express || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|An Unmarried Woman ||

|-

|Superman ||

|-

|The Children of Sanchez ||

|-

|The Lord of the Rings ||

|-

! rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 1979

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Apocalypse Now || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | , || rowspan="7" |

|-

|10 ||

|-

|A Little Romance ||

|-

|Alien ||

|-

|The Black Stallion ||

|-

|Star Trek: The Motion Picture ||

|-

|The Amityville Horror ||

|}

1980s

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="width:95%;"

|-

! scope="col" style="width:70pt" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:40%" | Film

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:30pt" | Ref.

|-

! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1980

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Stunt Man || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="6" |

|-

|American Gigolo ||

|-

|Fame ||

|-

|Somewhere in Time ||

|-

|The Empire Strikes Back ||

|-

|The Competition ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1982

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Blade Runner || Vangelis

|-

|Cat People ||

|-

|Six Weeks ||

|-

|Victor/Victoria ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1983

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Flashdance || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Rumble Fish ||

|-

|Scarface ||

|-

|Under Fire ||

|-

|Yentl || Alan & Marilyn Bergman,

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1984

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | A Passage to India || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Starman ||

|-

|Once Upon a Time in America ||

|-

|The Killing Fields ||

|-

|The River ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1985

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Out of Africa || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|The Color Purple ||

|-

|White Nights ||

|-

|Witness ||

|-

|Year of the Dragon ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1986

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Mission || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Little Shop of Horrors ||

|-

|Round Midnight ||

|-

|The Mosquito Coast ||

|-

|Top Gun ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1987

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Last Emperor || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | , , || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Cry Freedom || ,

|-

|Empire of the Sun ||

|-

|The Glass Menagerie ||

|-

|The Untouchables ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1988

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Gorillas in the Mist || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Madame Sousatzka ||

|-

|The Accidental Tourist ||

|-

|The Last Temptation of Christ ||

|-

|The Milagro Beanfield War ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1989

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Little Mermaid || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Born on the Fourth of July ||

|-

|Casualties of War ||

|-

|Glory ||

|-

|The Fabulous Baker Boys ||

|}

1990s

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="width:95%;"

|-

! scope="col" style="width:70pt" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:40%" | Film

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:30pt" | Ref.

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1990

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Sheltering Sky || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Richard Horowitz, || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Avalon ||

|-

|Dances with Wolves ||

|-

|Havana ||

|-

|The Godfather Part III ||

|-

! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 1991

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Beauty and the Beast || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="6" |

|-

|At Play in the Fields of the Lord ||

|-

|Bugsy ||

|-

|Dead Again ||

|-

|For the Boys ||

|-

|Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1992

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Aladdin || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|1492: Conquest of Paradise || Vangelis

|-

|Basic Instinct ||

|-

|Chaplin ||

|-

|The Last of the Mohicans || ,

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1993

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Heaven & Earth || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Kitarō || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Three Colors: Blue ||

|-

|Schindler's List ||

|-

|The Piano ||

|-

|The Nightmare Before Christmas ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Lion King || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Forrest Gump ||

|-

|Interview with the Vampire ||

|-

|Legends of the Fall ||

|-

|Nell ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1995

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | A Walk in the Clouds || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Braveheart ||

|-

|Don Juan DeMarco ||

|-

|Pocahontas ||

|-

|Sense and Sensibility ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1996

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The English Patient || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Michael Collins ||

|-

|Shine ||

|-

|The Hunchback of Notre Dame||

|-

|The Mirror Has Two Faces ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1997

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Titanic || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Gattaca ||

|-

|Kundun ||

|-

|L.A. Confidential ||

|-

|Seven Years in Tibet ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1998

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Truman Show || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | , || rowspan="5" |

|-

|A Bug's Life ||

|-

|Mulan ||

|-

|Saving Private Ryan ||

|-

|The Prince of Egypt || ,

|-

! rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;" | 1999

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Legend of 1900 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="9" |

|-

|American Beauty ||

|-

|Angela's Ashes ||

|-

|Anna and the King ||

|-

|The End of the Affair ||

|-

|Eyes Wide Shut ||

|-

|The Insider || ,

|-

|The Straight Story ||

|-

|The Talented Mr. Ripley ||

|}

2000s

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="width:95%;"

|-

! scope="col" style="width:70pt" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:40%" | Film

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:30pt" | Ref.

|-

! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2000

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Gladiator || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | , || rowspan="6" |

|-

|All the Pretty Horses || , ,

|-

|Chocolat ||

|-

|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) ||

|-

|Malèna ||

|-

|Sunshine ||

|-

! rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;" | 2001

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Moulin Rouge! || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="8" |

|-

|A Beautiful Mind ||

|-

|A.I. Artificial Intelligence ||

|-

|Ali || ,

|-

|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ||

|-

|Mulholland Drive ||

|-

|Pearl Harbor ||

|-

|The Shipping News ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2002

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Frida || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|25th Hour ||

|-

|Far from Heaven ||

|-

|Rabbit-Proof Fence ||

|-

|The Hours ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2003

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Big Fish ||

|-

|Cold Mountain ||

|-

|Girl With a Pearl Earring ||

|-

|The Last Samurai ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2004

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Aviator || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

| Finding Neverland ||

|-

|Million Dollar Baby ||

|-

|Sideways ||

|-

|Spanglish ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2005

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Memoirs of a Geisha || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Brokeback Mountain ||

|-

|King Kong ||

|-

|Syriana ||

|-

|The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2006

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Painted Veil || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Babel ||

|-

|Nomad ||

|-

|The Da Vinci Code ||

|-

|The Fountain ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2007

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Atonement || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Eastern Promises ||

|-

|Grace Is Gone ||

|-

|Into the Wild || , ,

|-

|The Kite Runner ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2008

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Slumdog Millionaire || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Changeling ||

|-

|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ||

|-

|Defiance ||

|-

|Frost/Nixon ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2009

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Up|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|A Single Man ||

|-

|Avatar ||

|-

|The Informant! ||

|-

|Where the Wild Things Are || Karen O,

|}

2010s

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="width:95%;"

|-

! scope="col" style="width:70pt" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:40%" | Film

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:30pt" | Ref.

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2010

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Social Network || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | , || rowspan="5" |

|-

|127 Hours ||

|-

|Alice in Wonderland ||

|-

|Inception ||

|-

|The King's Speech ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2011

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Artist || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo || ,

|-

|Hugo ||

|-

|War Horse ||

|-

|W.E. ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2012

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Life of Pi || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Anna Karenina ||

|-

|Argo ||

|-

|Lincoln ||

|-

|Cloud Atlas || , ,

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2013

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | All Is Lost || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|12 Years a Slave ||

|-

|The Book Thief ||

|-

|Gravity ||

|-

|Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2014

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Theory of Everything || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

|Birdman ||

|-

|Gone Girl || ,

|-

|The Imitation Game ||

|-

|Interstellar ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2015

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Hateful Eight || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

| Carol ||

|-

| The Danish Girl ||

|-

| The Revenant || ,

|-

| Steve Jobs ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2016

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | La La Land || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

| Arrival ||

|-

| Hidden Figures || , ,

|-

| Lion || , Hauschka

|-

| Moonlight ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Shape of Water || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

| Dunkirk ||

|-

| Phantom Thread ||

|-

| The Post ||

|-

| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2018

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | First Man || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | || rowspan="5" |

|-

| Black Panther||

|-

| Isle of Dogs ||

|-

| Mary Poppins Returns ||

|-

| A Quiet Place ||

|-

! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |2019

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |'Joker'

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Hildur Guðnadóttir

| rowspan="5" |

|-

|1917

|

|-

|Little Women

|

|-

|Marriage Story

|

|-

|Motherless Brooklyn

|Daniel Pemberton

|}

2020s

{| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" style="width:95%;"

|-

! scope="col" style="width:70pt" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:40%" | Film

! scope="col" | Composer(s)

! scope="col" class="unsortable" style="width:30pt" | Ref.

|-

! rowspan="5" |2020

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Soul || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | , &

| rowspan="5" |

|-

|Mank

| Reznor & Ross

|-

|The Midnight Sky

|

|-

|News of the World

|

|-

|Tenet

|

|-

! rowspan="5" |2021

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Dune || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Hans Zimmer

| rowspan="5" |

|-

|Encanto

|Germaine Franco

|-

|The French Dispatch

|Alexandre Desplat

|-

|Parallel Mothers

|Alberto Iglesias

|-

|The Power of the Dog

|Jonny Greenwood

|-

! rowspan="5" |2022

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Babylon

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Justin Hurwitz

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|The Banshees of Inisherin

|Carter Burwell

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|The Fabelmans

|John Williams

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|Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

|Alexandre Desplat

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|Women Talking

|Hildur Guðnadóttir

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! rowspan="6" |2023

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Oppenheimer

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Ludwig Göransson

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|The Boy and the Heron

|Joe Hisaishi

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|Killers of the Flower Moon

|Robbie Robertson <small>(posthumous)</small>

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|Poor Things

|Jerskin Fendrix

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|Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

|Daniel Pemberton

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|The Zone of Interest

|Mica Levi

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! rowspan="6" |2024

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Challengers

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

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|The Brutalist

|Daniel Blumberg

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|Conclave

|Volker Bertelmann

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|Dune: Part Two

|Hans Zimmer

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|Emilia Pérez

|Clément Ducol and Camille

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|The Wild Robot

|Kris Bowers

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! rowspan="6" |2025

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Sinners || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Ludwig Göransson || rowspan="6" |

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|F1

|Hans Zimmer

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|Frankenstein

|Alexandre Desplat

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|Hamnet

|Max Richter

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|One Battle After Another

|Jonny Greenwood

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|Sirāt

|Kangding Ray

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Multiple wins

4 wins:

  • Maurice Jarre
  • Dimitri Tiomkin
  • John Williams

3 wins:

  • Justin Hurwitz
  • Alan Menken
  • Ennio Morricone
  • Trent Reznor
  • Atticus Ross
  • Hans Zimmer

2 wins:

  • Elmer Bernstein
  • Alexandre Desplat
  • Ludwig Göransson
  • Frederick Loewe
  • Giorgio Moroder
  • Howard Shore

See also

  • Academy Award for Best Original Score
  • BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
  • Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
  • Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
  • Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Notes

:1. The year indicates the period for which the awards are given and not the year in which the ceremony took place.

References

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