Alexandre Desplat

French film composer

Alexandre Desplat

Desplat in 2015

Background information
Birth name| Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat
Born|  (1961-08-23) 23 August 1961 (age 63)
Paris, France
Genres| Film score, contemporary classical, jazz
Occupation(s)| Composer, orchestrator, conductor
Instruments| Piano, trumpet, flute
Spouse| Dominique Lemmonier
Website| Alexandredesplat.net

Musical artist

Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat (French: [alɛksɑ̃dʁ dɛspla];[1] born 23 August 1961)[2] is a French film composer and conductor. He has received numerous accolades throughout his career spanning over four decades, including, two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards. Desplat was made an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite and a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres both in 2016.

Desplat has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Shape of Water (2017). He also received nominations for his work on The Queen (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Argo (2012), Philomena (2013), The Imitation Game (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), and Little Women (2019).

Desplat has composed scores for a wide range of films, including low-budget independent productions and large-scale blockbusters, such as The Golden Compass (2007), Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2008), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) & Part 2 (2011), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Godzilla (2014), Unbroken (2014), The Secret Life of Pets (2016), The Midnight Sky (2020), The French Dispatch (2021), and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022). He has collaborated with several directors such as Wes Anderson, Chris Weitz, George Clooney, and Roman Polanski.

## Early life

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Alexandre Desplat was born in Paris.[3] His father, Jacques Desplat, was a Frenchman originally from Sarlat-la-Canéda.[4] His mother, Katie Ladopoulou, is a Greek poet originally from Athens.[5] Desplat's parents had met in the United States while they were both students at the University of California, Berkeley. They married in San Francisco and returned to France, settling in Paris.[3] Alexandre has two older sisters, Marie-Christine (also known as Kiki) and Rosalinda.[4]

Desplat began playing the piano at the age of five.[3] He later picked up the trumpet, before switching to flute at nine.[3][6] Desplat's musical interests were wide, ranging from French composers such as Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, to jazz and world music.[7] He developed an early appreciation for film music, courtesy of the movie soundtracks his parents brought back from the United States. He began collecting Bernard Herrmann's Hitchcock soundtracks as a teen and eventually decided to pursue a career as a film composer after hearing John Williams's Star Wars score in 1977.[8] Other early sources of Desplat's inspiration include the music of Maurice Jarre, Nino Rota and Georges Delerue.[7]

Desplat studied at the Royal College of Music and the Conservatoire de Paris under Claude Ballif. During this period, he also took a summer course under Iannis Xenakis.[9] Desplat also studied under Jack Hayes in Los Angeles.[2]

When recording the music for his first film, he met violinist Dominique Lemonnier, who became his favorite soloist and artistic director. They later married.[7][10]

Desplat has worked on many films since the 1990s. His big Hollywood break came in 2003 with the soundtrack for the film Girl with a Pearl Earring, a drama set in 17th-century Delft exploring a fictional muse of Vermeer.[7][11]

## Career

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Desplat has composed extensively for French cinema, Hollywood, and incidental music for over 100 films, including Lapse of Memory (1992), Family Express (1992), Regarde Les Hommes Tomber (1994), Les Péchés Mortels (1995), César-nominated Un Héros Très Discret (1996), Une Minute de Silence (1998), Sweet Revenge (1998), Le Château des Singes (1999), Reines d'un Jour (2001), the César-nominated Sur mes lèvres (2002), Rire et Châtiment (2003), Syriana (2005), the César-winner The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), The Queen (2006), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), The Ghost Writer (2010), Daniel Auteuil's remake of La Fille du Puisatier (2011), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).

Desplat has composed individual songs that have been sung in films by such artists as Akhenaton, Kate Beckinsale, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Valérie Lemercier, Miosotis and Catherine Ringer. He has also written music for the theatre, including pieces performed at the Comédie Française. Desplat has conducted performances of his music played by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Desplat has also given Master Classes at La Sorbonne in Paris and the Royal College of Music in London.

In 2007, he composed the scores for Philip Pullman's Golden Compass; Zach Helm's BAFTA nominated directorial debut Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium with American composer Aaron Zigman; and the Ang Lee movie Lust, Caution. Prior to these break-out works, he contributed scores for The Luzhin Defence, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Syriana, Birth, Hostage, Casanova and The Nest.

For The Painted Veil, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music, and the 2006 World Soundtrack Award. He won the 2007 BMI Film Music Award, 2007 World Soundtrack Award, 2007 European Film Award, and received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score for The Queen. He also won the Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Best Film Music in The Beat that My Heart Skipped. In 2008, Desplat received his second Oscar nomination for David Fincher's Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Desplat received his third Oscar nomination and a BAFTA nomination for Fantastic Mr. Fox in 2010, both of which were won by Michael Giacchino for Up.

Desplat has composed music for Largo Winch, based on the Belgian comic; Afterwards a French-Canadian psychological thriller film directed by Gilles Bourdos in English; Anne Fontaine's Coco avant Chanel, based on the life of designer Coco Chanel; Robert Guédiguian's L'Armée du Crime; Cheri, reuniting him with director Stephen Frears, whom he collaborated with on The Queen; Un Prophète reuniting with director Jacques Audiard; Julie & Julia[12] directed by Nora Ephron; Fantastic Mr. Fox, directed by Wes Anderson and based on the novel by Roald Dahl; New Moon, directed by Chris Weitz; Roman Polanski's Ghost Writer; Tamara Drewe; The Special Relationship; and The King's Speech which earned Desplat his fourth Oscar nomination.[13]

In early 2011, Desplat began to write the music to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, which would earn him a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.[14] He reunited with director David Yates, who offered Desplat the opportunity to score the second part after his work on the Part 1 soundtrack in 2010 "enchanted everyone in the control room".[15][16] Desplat's soundtrack sequel to the 2008 film Largo Winch was released in 2011 and was well received. Desplat's 2011 projects included The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick (which he actually recorded in early 2010), A Better Life,[17] La Fille du Puisatier, Roman Polanski's Carnage, George Clooney's Ides of March, and the logo for the French film company StudioCanal.

Desplat started 2012 with Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, the Florent Emilio Siri-directed biopic Cloclo, and DreamWorks Animation's Rise of the Guardians. His other scores of 2013 included Rust and Bone, Zero Dark Thirty, and Argo, the latter of which earned him Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.

In June 2013, Desplat's first Concerto for Flute & Orchestra premiered in France with flautist Jean Ferrandis and the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire conducted by John Axelrod. His Trois Etudes for piano originally written for pianist Lang Lang had its U.S. premiere in October 2013 played by pianist Gloria Cheng. He received a sixth Oscar nomination for his score to Philomena, which marked his fourth collaboration with director Stephen Frears.

On 23 June 2014, it was announced that Desplat would head the jury at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.[18] He wrote five major scores during 2014, with The Grand Budapest Hotel winning him his first Academy Award.[19] His score for The Imitation Game was also nominated, and his win therefore marked the first time a composer had won against another of their own scores since John Williams won for Star Wars (beating Close Encounters of the Third Kind) in 1978, and only the seventh time overall (Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, Miklos Rozsa and Johnny Green are the only other composers to achieve this).

On 16 March 2015, It was announced that Desplat would be composing the first anthology film of the new Disney Star Wars films, called Rogue One.[20] In September 2016, he stepped down due to reshoots of the film, and was then replaced by Michael Giacchino.[21]

In 2018, he won his second Academy Award for The Shape of Water and premiered a new work for solo flute played by Emmanuel Pahud.

## Personal life

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Desplat is married to violinist Dominique "Solre" Lemmonier.[10] They have two daughters, Antonia and Ninon.[22] Desplat has studios both in Los Angeles and Paris and makes his home in the latter city.[10]

## Filmography

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### Films

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Year | Film | Director | Notes

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1997 | Sous les pieds des femmes | Rachida Krim |
La femme du cosmonaute [fr] | Jacques Monnet [fr] |
1998 | Sweet Revenge | Malcolm Mowbray |
Atilano for President | Santiago Aguilar
Luis Guridi |
1999 | A Monkey's Tale | Jean-François Laguionie |
Empty Days | Marion Vernoux |
2000 | The Luzhin Defence | Marleen Gorris |
2001 | A Hell of a Day | Marion Vernoux (2) |
2002 | Tous les chagrins se ressemblent | — |
Paroles d'étoiles | — |
11′09″01 September 11 | Various | Composed the title music
2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Peter Webber |
Rire et châtiment [fr] | Isabelle Doval [fr] |
Les baisers des autres | — |
Le pacte du silence [fr] | Graham Guit |
Virus au paradis | — |
Eager Bodies | Xavier Giannoli
Les beaux jours [fr] | Jean-Pierre Sinapi [fr] |
A Sight for Sore Eyes (2003 film) [fr] | Gilles Bourdos |
2004 | Birth | Jonathan Glazer |
Le pays des enfants perdus [fr] | Francis Girod |
The Corsican File | Alain Berbérian |
2005 | The Upside of Anger | Mike Binder |
Hostage | Florent-Emilio Siri |
Casanova | Lasse Hallström |
Syriana | Stephen Gaghan |
Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte [fr] | Philippe Harel |
The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Jacques Audiard |
Une aventure [fr] | Xavier Giannoli (2) |
2006 | The Alibi | Matt Checkowski
Kurt Mattila |
Firewall | Richard Loncraine |
The Queen | Stephen Frears |
The Painted Veil | John Curran |
The Valet | Francis Veber |
When I Was a Singer | Xavier Giannoli (3) |
2007  | Lust, Caution | Ang Lee |
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Zach Helm | With Aaron Zigman
The Golden Compass | Chris Weitz |
Intimate Enemies | Florent-Emilio Siri (2) |
Michou d'Auber [fr] | Thomas Gilou [fr] |
Ségo et Sarko sont dans un bateau [fr] | Karl Zéro
Michel Royer [fr]
2008 | Afterwards | Gilles Bourdos (2) |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | David Fincher |
Largo Winch | Jérôme Salle
2009 | Julie & Julia | Nora Ephron |
Chéri | Stephen Frears (2) |
Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson |
The Twilight Saga: New Moon[23] | Chris Weitz (2) |
Coco Before Chanel | Anne Fontaine |
A Prophet | Jacques Audiard (2) |
The Army of Crime | Robert Guédiguian |
2010 | The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski |
The Special Relationship | Richard Loncraine (2) |
Tamara Drewe | Stephen Frears (3) |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | David Yates | Themes by John Williams
The King's Speech | Tom Hooper |
2011 | The Tree of Life | Terrence Malick |
A Better Life | Chris Weitz (3) |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | David Yates (2) | Themes by John Williams
The Ides of March | George Clooney |
Carnage | Roman Polanski (2) |
My Week with Marilyn | Simon Curtis | Composed "Marilyn's Theme"
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | Stephen Daldry |
The Well-Digger's Daughter | Daniel Auteuil |
Largo Winch II | Jérôme Salle (2)
2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson (2) |
A Therapy | Roman Polanski (3) | Short
Argo | Ben Affleck |
Rise of the Guardians | Peter Ramsey |
Zero Dark Thirty | Kathryn Bigelow |
My Way | Florent-Emilio Siri (3) |
Reality | Matteo Garrone |
Renoir | Gilles Bourdos (3) |
Rust and Bone | Jacques Audiard (3) |
2013 | Zulu | Jérôme Salle (3) |
Venus in Fur | Roman Polanski (4) |
Philomena | Stephen Frears (4) |
Marius | Daniel Auteuil (2) |
Fanny | Daniel Auteuil (3) |
2014 | The Monuments Men | George Clooney (2)
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson (3) |
Godzilla[24] | Gareth Edwards |
The Imitation Game[25] | Morten Tyldum |
Unbroken | Angelina Jolie |
2015 | Tale of Tales | Matteo Garrone (2) |
Every Thing Will Be Fine | Wim Wenders |
The Danish Girl | Tom Hooper (2) |
Suffragette | Sarah Gavron |
Suite Française | Saul Dibb | Composed "Bruno's Piano Piece"
Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad | Robert Guédiguian (2) |
2016 | Alone in Berlin | Vincent Pérez |
Florence Foster Jenkins | Stephen Frears (5) |
The Secret Life of Pets[26] | Chris Renaud |
The Light Between Oceans | Derek Cianfrance |
American Pastoral | Ewan McGregor |
Les Habitants (film) [fr] | Raymond Depardon |
The Odyssey | Jérôme Salle (4) |
Heal the Living | Katell Quillévéré
2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Luc Besson |
The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro |
Suburbicon | George Clooney (3) |
Based on a True Story | Roman Polanski (5) |
12 Days | Raymond Depardon (2) |
2018 | Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson (4) |
Operation Finale | Chris Weitz (4) |
The Sisters Brothers | Jacques Audiard (4) |
Kursk | Thomas Vinterberg |
2019 | The Secret Life of Pets 2[27] | Chris Renaud (2) |
Little Women | Greta Gerwig |
An Officer and a Spy | Roman Polanski (6) |
Adults in the Room | Costa-Gavras |
2020 | The Midnight Sky[28] | George Clooney (4) |
2021 | The French Dispatch | Wes Anderson (5) |
Eiffel | Martin Bourboulon |
2022 | The Outfit | Graham Moore |
The Lost King | Stephen Frears (6) |
Pinocchio[29] | Guillermo del Toro (2)  | Score and songs
Final Cut | Michel Hazanavicius |
Lui (film) [fr] | Guillaume Canet |
Father & Soldier | Mathieu Vadepied |
2023 | Asteroid City | Wes Anderson (6) | Composed six score tracks[30]
The Palace | Roman Polanski (7) | [31]
Nyad |

* Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
* Jimmy Chin

| [32]
The Boys in the Boat |

* George Clooney

(5) | [33]
2024 | The Most Precious of Cargoes | Michel Hazanavicius (2) |
The Piano Lesson | Malcolm Washington |
Unstoppable | William Goldenberg |
TBA | Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro (3) | Post-production

### Television series

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Year | Film | Director | Notes

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2016 | Marseille | Florent-Emilio Siri
Thomas Gilou [fr]
Laïla Marrakchi | TV series
2016 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Various | TV series; "Hero Theme", "Dark Theme" with Tim Davies
2024 | The Regime | Stephen Frears
Jessica Hobbs | miniseries

## Accolades

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Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Alexandre Desplat

Desplat has received many awards and nominations for his work including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

### Decorations

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* Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (2016)[34]
* Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (2016)[35]
* Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (2011)[36]

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36. ^ Décret du 13 juillet 2011 portant promotion et nomination

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandre Desplat.

* Alexandre Desplat, official website (in French and English)
* Alexandre Desplat at IMDb

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Alexandre Desplat

* Awards and nominations

Soundtracks|

* Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
* Syriana (2005)
* The Painted Veil (2006)
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
* The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
* The King's Speech (2010)
* The Tree of Life (2011)
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011)
* The Ides of March (2011)
* Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
* Argo (2012)
* Rise of the Guardians (2012)
* Philomena (2013)
* Godzilla (2014)
* The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
* The Imitation Game (2014)
* Unbroken (2014)
* The Danish Girl (2015)
* The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
* The Light Between Oceans (2016)
* The Shape of Water (2017)
* The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
* Little Women (2019)
* The Midnight Sky (2020)
* The French Dispatch (2021)
* Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
* Nyad (2023)
* The Boys in the Boat (2023)

See also|

* Music of Wizarding World

Awards for Alexandre Desplat

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* e

Academy Award for Best Original Score

1930s|

* Louis Silvers (1934)
* Max Steiner (1935)
* Leo F. Forbstein (1936)
* Charles Previn (1937)
* Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Alfred Newman (1938)
* Herbert Stothart / Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken (1939)

1940s|

* Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington / Alfred Newman (1940)
* Bernard Herrmann / Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace (1941)
* Max Steiner / Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld (1942)
* Alfred Newman / Ray Heindorf (1943)
* Max Steiner / Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon (1944)
* Miklos Rozsa / Georgie Stoll (1945)
* Hugo Friedhofer / Morris Stoloff (1946)
* Miklos Rozsa / Alfred Newman (1947)
* Brian Easdale / Johnny Green and Roger Edens (1948)
* Aaron Copland / Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton (1949)

1950s|

* Franz Waxman / Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens (1950)
* Franz Waxman / Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin (1951)
* Dimitri Tiomkin / Alfred Newman (1952)
* Bronislau Kaper / Alfred Newman (1953)
* Dimitri Tiomkin / Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin (1954)
* Alfred Newman / Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch (1955)
* Victor Young / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1956)
* Malcolm Arnold (1957)
* Dimitri Tiomkin / Andre Previn (1958)
* Miklos Rozsa / Andre Previn and Ken Darby (1959)

1960s|

* Ernest Gold / Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman (1960)
* Henry Mancini / Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal (1961)
* Maurice Jarre / Ray Heindorf (1962)
* John Addison / Andre Previn (1963)
* Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman / Andre Previn (1964)
* Maurice Jarre / Irwin Kostal (1965)
* John Barry / Ken Thorne (1966)
* Elmer Bernstein / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1967)
* John Barry / Johnny Green (1968)
* Burt Bacharach / Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman (1969)

1970s|

* Francis Lai / The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) (1970)
* Michel Legrand / John Williams (1971)
* Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell / Ralph Burns (1972)
* Marvin Hamlisch / Marvin Hamlisch (1973)
* Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola / Nelson Riddle (1974)
* John Williams / Leonard Rosenman (1975)
* Jerry Goldsmith / Leonard Rosenman (1976)
* John Williams / Jonathan Tunick (1977)
* Giorgio Moroder / Joe Renzetti (1978)
* Georges Delerue / Ralph Burns (1979)

1980s|

* Michael Gore (1980)
* Vangelis (1981)
* John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse (1982)
* Bill Conti / Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983)
* Maurice Jarre / Prince (1984)
* John Barry (1985)
* Herbie Hancock (1986)
* Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su (1987)
* Dave Grusin (1988)
* Alan Menken (1989)

1990s|

* John Barry (1990)
* Alan Menken (1991)
* Alan Menken (1992)
* John Williams (1993)
* Hans Zimmer (1994)
* Luis Bacalov / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995)
* Gabriel Yared / Rachel Portman (1996)
* James Horner / Anne Dudley (1997)
* Nicola Piovani / Stephen Warbeck (1998)
* John Corigliano (1999)

2000s|

* Tan Dun (2000)
* Howard Shore (2001)
* Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
* Howard Shore (2003)
* Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (2004)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
* Dario Marianelli (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)

2010s|

* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
* Ludovic Bource (2011)
* Mychael Danna (2012)
* Steven Price (2013)
* Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Ennio Morricone (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* Ludwig Göransson (2018)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)

2020s|

* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Volker Bertelmann (2022)
* Ludwig Göransson (2023)

* v
* t
* e

Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production

* Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995)
* Randy Newman (1996)
* Randy Newman (1997)
* Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith (1998)
* Michael Kamen (1999)
* Randy Newman (2000)
* John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams (2001)
* Joe Hisaishi (2002)
* Thomas Newman (2003)
* Michael Giacchino (2004)
* Julian Nott (2005)
* Randy Newman (2006)
* Michael Giacchino (2007)
* Hans Zimmer and John Powell (2008)
* Bruno Coulais (2009)
* John Powell (2010)
* John Williams (2011)
* Henry Jackman, Skrillex, Adam Young, Matthew Thiessen, Jamie Houston and Yasushi Akimoto (2012)
* Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez and Christophe Beck (2013)
* John Powell and Jónsi (2014)
* Michael Giacchino (2015)
* Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey, and Camille (2016)
* Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco, Adrian Molina and Michael Giacchino (2017)
* Michael Giacchino (2018)
* Dan Levy (2019)
* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Germaine Franco and Lin-Manuel Miranda (2021)
* Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale (2022)
* Daniel Pemberton and Metro Boomin (2023)

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BAFTA Award for Best Original Music

1968–2000|

* John Barry (1968)
* Mikis Theodorakis (1969)
* Burt Bacharach (1970)
* Michel Legrand (1971)
* Nino Rota (1972)
* Alan Price (1973)
* Richard Rodney Bennett (1974)
* John Williams (1975)
* Bernard Herrmann (1976)
* John Addison (1977)
* John Williams (1978)
* Ennio Morricone (1979)
* John Williams (1980)
* Carl Davis (1981)
* John Williams (1982)
* Ryuichi Sakamoto (1983)
* Ennio Morricone (1984)
* Maurice Jarre (1985)
* Ennio Morricone (1986)
* Ennio Morricone (1987)
* John Williams (1988)
* Maurice Jarre (1989)
* Andrea and Ennio Morricone (1990)
* Jean-Claude Petit (1991)
* David Hirschfelder (1992)
* John Williams (1993)
* Don Was (1994)
* Luis Bacalov (1995)
* Gabriel Yared (1996)
* Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries (1997)
* David Hirschfelder (1998)
* Thomas Newman (1999)
* Tan Dun (2000)

2001–present|

* Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries (2001)
* Philip Glass (2002)
* T Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared (2003)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2004)
* John Williams (2005)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
* Christopher Gunning (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* Alexandre Desplat (2010)
* Ludovic Bource (2011)
* Thomas Newman (2012)
* Steven Price (2013)
* Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Ennio Morricone (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, and Lukas Nelson (2018)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
* Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross (2020)
* Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Volker Bertelmann (2022)
* Ludwig Göransson (2023)

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Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score

1990s|

* Michael Nyman (1993)
* Randy Newman (1994)
* Hans Zimmer (1995)
* Carter Burwell (1996)
* James Horner (1997)
* Burkhard Dallwitz (1998)
* Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (1999)

2000s|

* Tan Dun (2000)
* Howard Shore (2001)
* Elmer Bernstein (2002)
* Howard Shore (2003)
* Howard Shore (2004)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
* Clint Mansell (2006)
* Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007)
* Thomas Newman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)

2010s|

* Clint Mansell (2010)
* Cliff Martinez (2011)
* Jonny Greenwood (2012)
* Arcade Fire (2013)
* Micachu (2014)
* Ennio Morricone (2015)
* Micachu (2016)
* Jonny Greenwood (2017)
* Nicholas Britell (2018)
* Alexandre Desplat (2019)

2020s|

* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Jonny Greenwood (2021)
* Justin Hurwitz (2022)
* Robbie Robertson (2023)

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* e

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score

* John Williams (1998)
* Gabriel Yared (1999)
* Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer (2000)
* Howard Shore (2001)
* John Williams (2002)
* Howard Shore (2003)
* Howard Shore (2004)
* John Williams (2005)
* Philip Glass (2006)
* Jonny Greenwood (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
* Ludovic Bource (2011)
* John Williams (2012)
* Steven Price (2013)
* Antonio Sánchez (2014)
* Ennio Morricone (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* Justin Hurwitz (2018)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2022)
* Ludwig Göransson (2023)

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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Musical Score

2010s|

* John Williams (2012)
* Steven Price (2013)
* Hans Zimmer (2014)
* Bryce Dessner, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* Alexandre Desplat (2018)
* Thomas Newman (2019)

2020s|

* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020)
* Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Alexandre Desplat (2022)
* Robbie Robertson (2023)

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European Film Award for Best Composer

* Yuri Khanon (1988)
* Andrew Dickson (1989)
* Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (1991)
* Vincent van Warmerdam (1992)
* Bruno Coulais (2004)
* Rupert Gregson-Williams and Andrea Guerra (2005)
* Alberto Iglesias (2006)
* Alexandre Desplat (2007)
* Max Richter (2008)
* Alberto Iglesias (2009)
* Alexandre Desplat (2010)
* Ludovic Bource (2011)
* Alberto Iglesias (2012)
* Ennio Morricone (2013)
* Mica Levi (2014)
* Faris Badwan and Rachel Zeffira (2015)
* Evgueni and Sacha Galperine (2017)
* Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas (2018)
* John Gürtler (2019)
* Dascha Dauenhauer (2020)
* Peter Brötzmann and Nils Petter Molvær (2021)
* Paweł Mykietyn (2022)
* Markus Binder (2023)
* Frederikke Hoffmeier (2024)

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Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

1940s|

* Life with Father – Max Steiner (1947)
* The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale (1948)
* The Inspector General – Johnny Green (1949)

1950s|

* Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman (1950)
* September Affair – Victor Young (1951)
* High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin (1952)
* On the Beach – Ernest Gold (1959)

1960s|

* The Alamo – Dimitri Tiomkin (1960)
* The Guns of Navarone – Dimitri Tiomkin (1961)
* To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein (1962)
* (1963)
* The Fall of the Roman Empire – Dimitri Tiomkin (1964)
* Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1965)
* Hawaii – Elmer Bernstein (1966)
* Camelot – Frederick Loewe (1967)
* The Shoes of the Fisherman – Alex North (1968)
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1969)

1970s|

* Love Story – Francis Lai (1970)
* Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971)
* The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972)
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973)
* The Little Prince – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (1974)
* Jaws – John Williams (1975)
* A Star is Born – Kenneth Ascher and Paul Williams (1976)
* Star Wars – John Williams (1977)
* Midnight Express – Giorgio Moroder (1978)
* Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola (1979)

1980s|

* The Stunt Man – Dominic Frontiere (1980)
* No Award (1981)
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982)
* Flashdance – Giorgio Moroder (1983)
* A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre (1984)
* Out of Africa – John Barry (1985)
* The Mission – Ennio Morricone (1986)
* The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su (1987)
* Gorillas in the Mist – Maurice Jarre (1988)
* The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken (1989)

1990s|

* The Sheltering Sky – Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990)
* Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1991)
* Aladdin – Alan Menken (1992)
* Heaven & Earth – Kitarō (1993)
* The Lion King – Hans Zimmer (1994)
* A Walk in the Clouds – Maurice Jarre (1995)
* The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1996)
* Titanic – James Horner (1997)
* The Truman Show – Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass (1998)
* The Legend of 1900 – Ennio Morricone (1999)

2000s|

* Gladiator – Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer (2000)
* Moulin Rouge! – Craig Armstrong (2001)
* Frida – Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore (2003)
* The Aviator – Howard Shore (2004)
* Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2005)
* The Painted Veil – Alexandre Desplat (2006)
* Atonement – Dario Marianelli (2007)
* Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (2008)
* Up – Michael Giacchino (2009)

2010s|

* The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
* The Artist – Ludovic Bource (2011)
* Life of Pi – Mychael Danna (2012)
* All Is Lost – Alex Ebert (2013)
* The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson (2014)
* The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone (2015)
* La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* First Man – Justin Hurwitz (2018)
* Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)

2020s|

* Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Dune – Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Babylon – Justin Hurwitz (2022)
* Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson (2023)

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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

1950s|

* No Award (1958)
* Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959)

1960s|

* Exodus – Ernest Gold (1960)
* Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1961)
* No Award (1962)
* Tom Jones – John Addison (1963)
* Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1964)
* The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1965)
* Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1966)
* Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1967)
* The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1968)
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1969)

1970s|

* Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) (1970)
* Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971)
* The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972)
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973)
* The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1974)
* Jaws – John Williams (1975)
* Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1976)
* Star Wars – John Williams (1977)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1978)
* Superman – John Williams (1979)

1980s|

* The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1980)
* Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1981)
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982)
* Flashdance – Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Doug Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello & Shandi Sinnamon (1983)
* Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1984)
* Beverly Hills Cop – Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen & Allee Willis (1985)
* Out of Africa – John Barry (1986)
* The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone (1987)
* The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1988)
* The Fabulous Baker Boys – Dave Grusin (1989)

1990s|

* Glory – James Horner (1990)
* Dances with Wolves – John Barry (1991)
* Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1992)
* Aladdin – Alan Menken (1993)
* Schindler's List – John Williams (1994)
* Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer (1995)
* Independence Day – David Arnold (1996)
* The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1997)
* Saving Private Ryan – John Williams (1998)
* A Bug's Life – Randy Newman (1999)

2000s|

* American Beauty – Thomas Newman (2000)
* Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2001)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2003)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004)
* Ray – Craig Armstrong (2005)
* Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2006)
* Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino (2007)
* The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (2008)
* Up – Michael Giacchino (2009)

2010s|

* Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman (2010)
* The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat (2011)
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2012)
* Skyfall – Thomas Newman (2013)
* The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2015)
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams (2016)
* La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2017)
* Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (2018)
* Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)

2020s|

* Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2020)
* The Queen's Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera / Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2021)
* Encanto – Germaine Franco (2022)
* Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson (2023)

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Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in an Animated Film

* John Powell (2014)
* Christophe Beck (2015)
* Alexandre Desplat (2016)
* Michael Giacchino (2017)
* Alexandre Desplat (2018)
* John Powell (2019)
* Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste (2020)
* Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna (2021)
* Alexandre Desplat (2022)
* Daniel Pemberton (2023)

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Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film

* Howard Shore (2014)
* Junkie XL (2015)
* John Debney (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* Ludwig Göransson (2018)
* Alan Silvestri (2019)
* Ludwig Göransson (2020)
* Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Danny Elfman (2022)
* Laura Karpman (2023)

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Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in an Animated Film

2010s|

* "Everything Is Awesome" – Written by Shawn Patterson, Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone (2014)
* "Dancing in the Dark" – Written by Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Ester Dean, Maureen Anne McDonald, and Rihanna (2015)
* "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Written by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, and Shellback (2016)
* "Confident" – Written by Demi Lovato, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Savan Kotecha, and Max Martin (2017)
* "Stronger Than I Ever Was" – Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin (2018)
* "Beautiful Life" – Written by Bebe Rexha, David Saint Fleur, Samuel James Zammarelli, Nicholas Black, and Christopher Tempest (2019)

2020s|

* "Just Sing" – Written by Max Martin, Justin Timberlake, Ludwig Göransson, and Sarah Aarons (2020)
* "Good Mood" – Written by Karl Johan Schuster, Savan Kotecha, Oscar Görres, and Adam Levine (2021)
* "Ciao Papa" – Written by Alexandre Desplat, Roeben Katz, and Guillermo del Toro (2022)
* "Better Place" – Written by Shellback, Justin Timberlake, and Amy Allen (2023)

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Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score

* Dario Marianelli (2007)
* Terence Blanchard (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* Hans Zimmer (2010)
* Ludovic Bource (2011)
* Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, and Tom Tykwer (2012)
* Steven Price (2013)
* Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Ennio Morricone (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* Nicholas Britell (2018)
* Thomas Newman (2019)
* Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross (2020)
* Jonny Greenwood / Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Alexandre Desplat (2022)

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* e

International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film

* Jerry Goldsmith / James Horner (1998)
* Michael Giacchino (2004)
* James Newton Howard (2005)
* Hans Zimmer (2006)
* John Powell (2007)
* John Williams (2008)
* James Peterson (2009)
* Alexandre Desplat (2010)
* Cliff Martinez (2011)
* Thomas Newman (2012)
* Víctor Reyes (2013)
* Christopher Young (2014)
* Joe Kraemer (2015)
* Christopher Young (2016)
* Benjamin Wallfisch (2017)
* James Newton Howard (2018)
* Thomas Newman (2019)
* John Powell (2020)
* James Newton Howard (2021)

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* e

International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film

* John Powell (2006)
* Michael Giacchino (2007)
* Thomas Newman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* John Powell (2010)
* John Williams (2011)
* Alexandre Desplat (2012)
* Joe Hisaishi (2013)
* John Powell (2014)
* Michael Giacchino (2015)
* Laurent Perez Del Mar (2016)
* Theodore Shapiro (2017)
* Mark McKenzie (2018)
* John Powell (2019)
* Bruno Coulais (2020)
* James Newton Howard (2021)
* Alexandre Desplat (2022)

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International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film

* Randy Newman (1998)
* John Williams (2004)
* Julian Nott (2005)
* Hans Zimmer (2006)
* Alan Menken (2007)
* Carter Burwell (2008)
* Marvin Hamlisch (2009)
* Pinar Toprak (2010)
* Christopher Young (2011)
* Walter Murphy (2012)
* Theodore Shapiro (2013)
* Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Douglas Pipes (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Christopher Willis (2017)
* Marc Shaiman (2018)
* Michael Giacchino (2019)
* Christopher Willis (2020)
* Nicholas Britell (2021)

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International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Drama Film

* John Williams (1998)
* Howard Shore (2004)
* John Williams (2005)
* Mark Isham (2006)
* Dario Marianelli (2007)
* Alexandre Desplat (2008)
* Abel Korzeniowski (2009)
* Alexandre Desplat (2010)
* John Williams (2011)
* John Williams (2012)
* Abel Korzeniowski (2013)
* Marco Beltrami (2014)
* James Horner (2015)
* Abel Korzeniowski (2016)
* Jonny Greenwood (2017)
* Max Richter (2018)
* Alexandre Desplat (2019)
* Tarō Iwashiro (2020)
* Simon Franglen (2021)

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International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film

* Jerry Goldsmith (1998)
* Edward Shearmur (2004)
* Patrick Doyle (2005)
* James Newton Howard (2006)
* Alexandre Desplat (2007)
* Javier Navarrete (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* Daft Punk (2010)
* Michael Giacchino (2011)
* Michael Giacchino (2012)
* Roque Baños (2013)
* James Newton Howard (2014)
* John Williams (2015)
* James Newton Howard (2016)
* Michael Giacchino (2017)
* John Powell (2018)
* John Williams (2019)
* Hans Zimmer (2020)
* Maurizio Malagnini (2021)

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International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Composer of the Year

* Jerry Goldsmith (1998)
* Jerry Goldsmith (1999)
* Michael Giacchino (2004)
* John Williams (2005)
* Alexandre Desplat (2006)
* Alexandre Desplat (2007)
* Danny Elfman (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* Alexandre Desplat (2010)
* John Williams (2011)
* Danny Elfman (2012)
* Abel Korzeniowski (2013)
* Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Michael Giacchino (2015)
* Michael Giacchino (2016)
* Alexandre Desplat (2017)
* James Newton Howard (2018)
* Bear McCreary (2019)
* Daniel Pemberton (2020)
* James Newton Howard (2021)

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International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Score of the Year

* Jerry Goldsmith (1998)
* Jerry Goldsmith (1999)
* Michael Giacchino (2004)
* John Williams (2005)
* James Newton Howard (2006)
* Dario Marianelli (2007)
* Alexandre Desplat (2008)
* Michael Giacchino (2009)
* John Powell (2010)
* John Williams (2011)
* Mychael Danna (2012)
* Abel Korzeniowski (2013)
* Hans Zimmer (2014)
* John Williams (2015)
* Jóhann Jóhannsson (2016)
* Jonny Greenwood (2017)
* John Powell (2018)
* John Williams (2019)
* Christopher Willis (2020)
* Maurizio Malagnini (2021)

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music

1990s|

* Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990)
* Zbigniew Preisner (1991)
* Zbigniew Preisner (1992)
* Zbigniew Preisner (1993)
* Howard Shore (1994)
* Patrick Doyle (1995)
* Hal Willner and The Hey Hey Club Musicians (1996)
* Philip Glass (1997)
* Elliot Goldenthal (1998)
* Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (1999)

2000s|

* Tan Dun (2000)
* Howard Shore (2001)
* Elmer Bernstein (2002)
* Benoît Charest (2003)
* Michael Giacchino (2004)
* Joe Hisaishi and Youmi Kimura (2005)
* Alexandre Desplat (2006)
* Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton (2009)

2010s|

* Alexandre Desplat / Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
* The Chemical Brothers (2011)
* Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin (2012)
* T Bone Burnett (2013)
* Jonny Greenwood / Mica Levi (2014)
* Carter Burwell (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
* Jonny Greenwood (2017)
* Nicholas Britell (2018)
* Dan Levy (2019)

2020s|

* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020)
* Alberto Iglesias (2021)
* M. M. Keeravani (2022)
* Mica Levi (2023)

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Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award

* John Barry (2009)
* Howard Shore (2010)
* Alan Silvestri (2011)
* Lalo Schifrin (2012)
* James Horner (2013)
* Randy Newman (2014)
* James Newton Howard (2015)
* Alexandre Desplat (2016)
* Danny Elfman (2017)
* Hans Zimmer (2018)
* Gabriel Yared (2019)
* Alan Menken (2022)

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Satellite Award for Best Original Score

* Gabriel Yared (1996)
* James Horner (1997)
* Hans Zimmer (1998)
* Danny Elfman (1999)
* Hans Zimmer (2000)
* Craig Armstrong (2001)
* Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
* Hans Zimmer (2003)
* John Swihart (2004)
* Harry Gregson-Williams (2005)
* Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
* Alberto Iglesias (2007)
* A. R. Rahman (2008)
* Rolfe Kent (2009)
* Hans Zimmer (2010)
* Marco Beltrami (2011)
* Alexandre Desplat (2012)
* Steven Price (2013)
* Antonio Sánchez (2014)
* Carter Burwell (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Rupert Gregson-Williams (2017)
* Justin Hurwitz (2018)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
* Alexandre Desplat (2020)
* Hans Zimmer (2021)
* Justin Hurwitz (2022)
* Laura Karpman (2023)

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World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year

2000s|

* Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain – Yann Tiersen (2001)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore (2002)
* Frida – Elliot Goldenthal (2003)
* Cold Mountain – Gabriel Yared (2004)
* War of the Worlds – John Williams (2005)
* The Constant Gardener – Alberto Iglesias (2006)
* The Fountain – Clint Mansell (2007)
* Atonement – Dario Marianelli (2008)
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat (2009)

2010s|

* Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat (2010)
* Inception – Hans Zimmer (2011)
* Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias (2012)
* Life of Pi – Mychael Danna (2013)
* The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2015)

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World Soundtrack Award for Film Composer of the Year

2000s|

* John Williams – A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
* Patrick Doyle – Gosford Park (2002)
* Elliot Goldenthal – Frida (2003)
* Gabriel Yared – Cold Mountain (2004)
* Angelo Badalamenti – Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2005)
* Alberto Iglesias – The Constant Gardener (2006)
* Alexandre Desplat – The Queen /  The Painted Veil (2007)
* James Newton Howard – Charlie Wilson's War / Michael Clayton / I Am Legend (2008)
* Alexandre Desplat – Cheri / Coco avant Chanel / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Largo Winch (2009)

2010s|

* Alexandre Desplat – Fantastic Mr. Fox / The Ghost Writer / Julie & Julia / The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2010)
* Alexandre Desplat – A Better Life / The Burma Conspiracy / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 / The King's Speech / The Tree of Life / The Well Digger's Daughter (2011)
* Alberto Iglesias – The Monk / The Skin I Live In / Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2012)
* Mychael Danna – Life of Pi (2013)
* Alexandre Desplat – Godzilla / The Grand Budapest Hotel / Marius / The Monuments Men / Philomena / Venus in Fur / Zulu (2014)
* Michael Giacchino – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes / Inside Out / Jupiter Ascending / Jurassic World / Tomorrowland (2015)
* Carter Burwell – Anomalisa / Carol / The Family Fang / The Finest Hours / Hail, Caesar! / Legend (2016)
* Jóhann Jóhannsson – Arrival (2017)
* Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Butcher, The Whore and the One-Eyed Man / Last and First Man / Mandy / Mary Magdalene / The Mercy (2018)
* Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk / Vice (2019)

2020s|

* Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker (2020)
* Daniel Pemberton – Enola Holmes / Rising Phoenix / The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2021)
* Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog / Spencer (2022)
* Hauschka – All Quiet on the Western Front / Memory of Water / War Sailor (2023)
* Jerskin Fendrix – Kinds of Kindness / Poor Things (2024)

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Venice Film Festival jury presidents

1935–1968|

* Giuseppe Volpi (1935)
* Giuseppe Volpi (1936)
* Giuseppe Volpi (1937)
* Giuseppe Volpi (1938)
* Giuseppe Volpi (1939)
* Vinicio Marinucci (1947)
* Luigi Chiarini (1948)
* Mario Gromo (1949)
* Mario Gromo (1950)
* Mario Gromo (1951)
* Mario Gromo (1952)
* Eugenio Montale (1953)
* Ignazio Silone (1954)
* Mario Gromo (1955)
* John Grierson (1956)
* René Clair (1957)
* Jean Grémillon (1958)
* Luigi Chiarini (1959)
* Marcel Achard (1960)
* Filippo Sacchi (1961)
* Luigi Chiarini (1962)
* Arturo Lanocita (1963)
* Mario Soldati (1964)
* Carlo Bo (1965)
* Giorgio Bassani (1966)
* Alberto Moravia (1967)
* Guido Piovene (1968)

1980–2000|

* Suso Cecchi d'Amico (1980)
* Italo Calvino (1981)
* Marcel Carné (1982)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1983)
* Michelangelo Antonioni (1984)
* Krzysztof Zanussi (1985)
* Alain Robbe-Grillet (1986)
* Irene Papas (1987)
* Sergio Leone (1988)
* Andrei Smirnov (1989)
* Gore Vidal (1990)
* Gian Luigi Rondi (1991)
* Dennis Hopper / Jiří Menzel (1992)
* Peter Weir (1993)
* David Lynch (1994)
* Jorge Semprún (1995)
* Roman Polanski (1996)
* Jane Campion (1997)
* Ettore Scola (1998)
* Emir Kusturica (1999)
* Miloš Forman (2000)

2001–present|

* Nanni Moretti (2001)
* Gong Li (2002)
* Mario Monicelli (2003)
* John Boorman (2004)
* Dante Ferretti (2005)
* Catherine Deneuve (2006)
* Zhang Yimou (2007)
* Wim Wenders (2008)
* Ang Lee (2009)
* Quentin Tarantino (2010)
* Darren Aronofsky (2011)
* Michael Mann (2012)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (2013)
* Alexandre Desplat (2014)
* Alfonso Cuarón (2015)
* Sam Mendes (2016)
* Annette Bening (2017)
* Guillermo del Toro (2018)
* Lucrecia Martel (2019)
* Cate Blanchett (2020)
* Bong Joon-ho (2021)
* Julianne Moore (2022)
* Damien Chazelle (2023)
* Isabelle Huppert (2024)

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