BAFTA Award for Best Original Music

This is a list of winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, formerly known as the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, which is presented to film composers, given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts since 1968.

With seven wins out of sixteen nominations, John Williams is both the most nominated and most awarded in this category. Ennio Morricone is the only composer to win in consecutive years; for The Mission in 1987 and The Untouchables in 1988. Morricone also has the highest perfect score and record, with six wins from six nominations. George Fenton and Howard Shore share the record of most nominations without a win (six each).

Only six composers—John Williams (in 1978; his double citation in 1975 counted as one nomination), Vangelis (in 1982), Maurice Jarre (in 1985), Hans Zimmer (in 2017), and the composing duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (in 2020)—have received two nominations in the same year. In 2019, Lady Gaga became the first woman ever to win this award for A Star Is Born. In 2020, Hildur Guðnadóttir became the first woman ever credited for a solo win in this category for Joker. In 2022, Hans Zimmer won this award on his tenth nomination for Dune, setting the record for most nominations in this category before the first win.

In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.

Winners and nominees

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple nominations and wins

See also

• Academy Award for Best Original Score
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
• Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
• Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
• Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

Notes

References

External links

• "Awards Database – The BAFTA Site". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved January 9, 2009.

1. Academy Award for Best Original Score
2. British Academy Film Awards
3. BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
4. Minari (soundtrack)
5. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
6. César Award for Best Original Music
7. BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
8. Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
9. British Academy Games Awards
10. Hildur Guðnadóttir
11. The Pianist (soundtrack)
12. Arrival (soundtrack)
13. List of awards and nominations received by Jonny Greenwood
14. List of Game of the Year awards
15. Paul Mescal
16. Academy Award for Best Picture
17. Lorne Balfe
18. List of awards and nominations received by Nicholas Britell
19. Phantom Thread (soundtrack)
20. The King's Speech (soundtrack)