Bruce Broughton

American composer

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Bruce Broughton

Birth name| Bruce Harold Broughton
Born|  (1945-03-08) March 8, 1945 (age 80)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)| Composer, arranger
Years active| 1970–present

Musical artist

Bruce Harold Broughton (born March 8, 1945[1]) is an American orchestral composer of television, film, and video game scores and concert works. He has composed several highly acclaimed soundtracks over his extensive career and has contributed many pieces to music archives, including the 1994 version of the 20th Century Fox fanfare with short versions for 20th Century Fox Television and Foxstar Productions and conducting the Cinergi Pictures logo composed by Jerry Goldsmith. He has won ten Emmy Awards and has been nominated once for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Broughton is currently a lecturer in composition at UCLA.

## Career

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Broughton has composed the score for many notable films including Disney films such as The Rescuers Down Under (1990), All I Want for Christmas (1991), Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and its sequel, Lost in San Francisco (1996), as well as popular westerns such as Silverado (1985) and Tombstone (1993). Other films scored by Broughton include Young Sherlock Holmes (1985), Baby's Day Out (1994), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Miracle on 34th Street (1994), and The Boy Who Could Fly (1986). Additionally, he composed music for the video game Heart of Darkness and the animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures. In 1994, Broughton also conducted the fanfare for the 20th Century Fox logo that was composed by Alfred Newman. Furthermore, he also conducted the fanfare for Cinergi Pictures that was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.

Broughton composed music for Disney theme park attractions including Soarin', Spaceship Earth, and Ellen's Energy Adventure.[2]

Silverado earned him an Academy Award nomination, though he lost the Oscar to Out of Africa. He has won nearly a dozen Emmy awards.[3][4][5]

Broughton is a member of the Board of Directors of ASCAP, a former Governor of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a Past President of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and a lecturer at UCLA and USC.

### Academy Awards controversy

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Broughton's song "Alone yet Not Alone", from the film with the same name, was originally nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song at the 86th Academy Awards. But on January 29, 2014, the nomination was revoked after the Motion Picture Academy discovered that Broughton, a former Academy governor who, at the time, was an executive committee member of the Academy's music branch, had improperly contacted other branch members.[6][7]

"No matter how well-intentioned the communication, using one's position as a former governor and current executive committee member to personally promote one's own Oscar submission creates the appearance of an unfair advantage," Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy's president, said in a statement.[8] Not everyone agreed with the Academy's actions.[9][10]

## Filmography

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### Television

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Year  | Title  | Notes

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1973-1975 | Gunsmoke | 5 episodes
1973-1979 | Hawaii Five-O | 18 episodes

Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Best Music Composition - For a Series, a Single Program of a Series

1977 | The Oregon Trail | 4 episodes
1977-1983 | Quincy, M.E. | 64 episodes
1978-1979 | Barnaby Jones | 2 episodes
How the West Was Won | 11 episodes
1979  | The Paradise Connection | Television film
1979-1985 | Dallas | 52 episodes

Won - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)

1980 | The Return of Frank Cannon | Television film
Desperate Voyage
1981 | The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 5 episodes
Won - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
Killjoy | Television film
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
1982 | Desperate Lives | Television film
The Blue and the Gray | Miniseries
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
One Shoe Makes It Murder | Television film
1983 | M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
Cowboy
This Girl for Hire
1984 | The Master of Ballantrae
Passions
The Cowboy and the Ballerina
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Miniseries

Won - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)

1985 | Stormin' Home |
1986  | George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation |
1985-1986 | Amazing Stories | 4 episodes
1989  | Sorry, Wrong Number | Television film
1990  | The Old Man and the Sea | Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
1990-1992 | Tiny Toon Adventures | 11 episodes

Won - Daytime Emmy Award for Best Original Song

1991 | Dinosaurs | 5 episodes
1992  | O Pioneers! | Television film

Won - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)

1992 | ‘’Capitol Critters‘’
1995  | JAG | 2 episodes
Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
1997 | True Women | Miniseries
1998  | Glory & Honor

Won - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie (Dramatic Underscore)

| Television film
Jeremiah | Television film
1999  | Night Ride Home | Television film
2001  | The Ballad of Lucy Whipple | Television film
2002  | Roughing It | Television film
Damaged Care | Television film
First Monday | 2 episodes
Bobbie's Girl | Television film
The Locket | Television film
2003  | Eloise at the Plaza | Television film

Won - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)

The Wonderful World of Disney | 2 episodes
Lucy | Television film
Eloise at Christmastime | Television film

Won - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)

2005  | Warm Springs | Television film

Won - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)

The Dive from Clausen's Pier | Television film
2009  | Safe Harbor | Television film
2015 | Texas Rising | Miniseries; with John Debney

Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music

2017 | The Orville | Main title theme and "Old Wounds" score

with Joel McNeely, John Debney, and Andrew Cottee

### Film

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Year  | Title  | Director  | Studio  | Notes

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1983  | The Prodigal | James F. Collier  | Worldwide Entertainment  |
1984  | The Ice Pirates | Stewart Raffill | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
United Artists
1985  | Silverado | Lawrence Kasdan | Columbia Pictures | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Score
Young Sherlock Holmes | Barry Levinson | Amblin Entertainment
Paramount Pictures | Won - Saturn Award for Best Music
1986 | Sweet Liberty | Alan Alda | Universal Pictures |
The Boy Who Could Fly | Nick Castle | Lorimar Motion Pictures
20th Century Fox
1987 | Square Dance | Daniel Petrie
Michael Nesmith | Island Pictures
NBC Productions
Harry and the Hendersons | William Dear | Amblin Entertainment
Universal Pictures
The Monster Squad | Fred Dekker | HBO Pictures
TriStar Pictures | Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Music
Big Shots | Robert Mandel | Lorimar Motion Pictures
20th Century Fox |
Cross My Heart | Armyan Bernstein | Universal Pictures
1988 | The Presidio | Peter Hyams | Paramount Pictures
The Rescue | Ferdinand Fairfax | Touchstone Pictures
Moonwalker | Jerry Kramer
Will Vinton
Jim Blashfield

Colin Chilvers

| MJJ Productions
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Warner Bros. | Underscore for the "Speed Demon" and "Smooth Criminal" segments
Last Rites | Donald P. Bellisario | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
1989 | Jacknife | David Jones | Kings Road Entertainment
Cineplex Odeon Films
1990  | Betsy's Wedding | Alan Alda | Touchstone Pictures
Narrow Margin | Peter Hyams | Carolco Pictures
TriStar Pictures (US)
Universal Pictures (International)
The Rescuers Down Under | Hendel Butoy
Mike Gabriel | Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Feature Animation | Broughton's first score for animated film
1991 | All I Want for Christmas | Robert Lieberman | Paramount Pictures
1992  | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Randal Kleiser | Walt Disney Pictures
Stay Tuned | Peter Hyams | Morgan Creek Productions
Warner Bros.
1993 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Duwayne Dunham | Walt Disney Pictures
So I Married an Axe Murderer | Thomas Schlamme | TriStar Pictures
For Love or Money | Barry Sonnenfeld | Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures
Tombstone | George P. Cosmatos | Cinergi Pictures
Hollywood Pictures (US)
Entertainment Film Distributors (UK)
1994 | Holy Matrimony | Leonard Nimoy | Interscope Communications
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Hollywood Pictures
Baby's Day Out | Patrick Read Johnson | 20th Century Fox
Miracle on 34th Street | Les Mayfield
1996 | Carried Away | Bruno Barreto | CineTel Films
Fine Line Features
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | David R. Ellis | Walt Disney Pictures
House Arrest | Harry Winer | Rysher Entertainment
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Infinity | Matthew Broderick | First Look Pictures
1997 | Shadow Conspiracy | George P. Cosmatos | Cinergi Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
A Simple Wish | Michael Ritchie | The Bubble Factory
Universal Pictures
1998 | Krippendorf's Tribe | Todd Holland | Touchstone Pictures
Lost in Space | Stephen Hopkins | Jim Henson's Creature Shop
New Line Cinema
One Tough Cop | Bruno Barreto | Stratosphere Entertainment
2004 | Last Flight Out | Jerry Jameson | Worldwide Entertainment

River Stone Productions

| Direct-to-video
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | Donovan Cook | DisneyToon Studios
Walt Disney Pictures
2006 | Bambi II | Brian Pimental | DisneyToon Studios
Walt Disney Pictures
2011 | The Pledge | J.W. Myers  | Phase 4 Films
2013 | A Christmas Tree Miracle | Route 40 Films

Flyover Films

2017 | Shot | Jeremy Kagan | Paladin  |

## Concert work

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### Orchestral

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Year  | Title  | Publisher

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| A Tiny Symphony for Strings  | Black Squirrel Music
| American Hero for Orchestra  | Black Squirrel Music
| Concerto for Piccolo and Chamber Orchestra  | Meridian Publishing LLC
| Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra  | Edwin F. Kalmus & Co.
| English Music for Horn and Strings  | Chester Music and Novello & Co.
| Fanfares: Mosaic for Orchestra  | Brubel Music
| Four Kinds of Walking: Suite for Strings  | Brubel Music
| Mixed Elements for Orchestra  | Brubel Music
| Saloon Music for B♭ Cornet and Pit Orchestra  | Brubel Music
| Silverado for Orchestra  | EMI Golden Torch Music Corp.
| The Magic Horn For Orchestra and Narrator  | Shardice
| Triptych for Violin and Chamber Orchestra  | Shardice

### Chamber music

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Year  | Title  | Publisher

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| Blowhard for Horn and Piano  | Brubel Music
| Sonata for Horn and Piano  | Ballad for Trombone and Piano
| Sonata (Concerto) for Tuba and Piano  | Edwin F. Kalmus & Co.
| Chambers for Solo Trumpet  | Curnow Music
| In Memoriam for Solo Trumpet  | Brubel Music
| Turbulance for Tuba and Piano  | Brubel Music
| Oliver's Birthday for Trumpet and Piano  | Black Squirrel Music
| Tent Meeting Revival with Hallelujah Wind-up for Euphonium and Piano  | Brubel Music
| Remembrance for alto Saxophone and Piano  | Black Squirrel Music
| Medium, Big, and Small Duos for Alto flute, Piccolo, and Piano  | Brubel Music
| Bounce for Bassoon, Double String Quartet and Bass  | Brubel Music
| Variations for Flute and Piano  | Black Squirrel Music
| Gold Rush Songs  | Brubel Music
| Concerto for Violoncello and 10 Instruments  | Brubel Music
| Short Stories for Marimba and Piano  | C. Alan Publications
| Five Pieces for Piano  | Brubel Music
| Three  | Eighth Note Publications
| Bipartition  | Shardice
| There is Always Something to Do (For Morelle)  | Fatrock Ink
| Timeline (1945 - )  | Brubel Music
| Tyvek Wood  | Fatrock Ink
| The Fingerprints of Childhood  | Brubel Music
| Bi  | Brubel Music
| NeBRASSka  | Brubel Music
| Conversations  | Brubel Music
| Three American Porraits  | Black Squirrel Music
| when a body meets a body  | Brubel Music
| Hornworks for Five Horns and Tuba  | Brubel Music
| Concert Piece for Eight Trumpets  | Black Squirrel Music
| Euphonies  | Black Squirrel Music
| Hudson River Valley  | Brubel Music
| Fanfare for 16 Horns  | Brubel Music

### Symphonic Band / Wind Ensemble

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Year  | Title  | Publisher

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| A Frontier Overture for Brass Band  | Winwood Music
| American Hero for Symphonic Band  | Black Squirrel Music
| California Legend for Brass Band  | Winwood Music
| Celebration for Symphonic Winds  | Brubel Music
| Concerto for Piccolo and Wind Ensemble  | Randol Music
| Concerto (Sonata) for Tuba and Winds  | Edwin F. Kalmus & Co.
| Excursions for Trumpet and Band  | Black Squirrel Music
| Fanfares, Marches, Hymns & Finale  | Masters Music
| Harlequin  | Winwood Music
| In the World of Spirits  | Brubel Music
| Masters of Space and Time  | Chester Music and Novello & Co.
| New Era  | Ludwig Music Publishing Co.
2018  | Quaternity for Trombone and Symphonic Winds  | Brubel Music

## Awards

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* Emmy Award wins:
* Warm Springs: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2005
* Eloise at Christmastime: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2004
* Eloise at the Plaza: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2003
* Glory & Honor: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1998
* O Pioneers!: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1992
* Tiny Toon Adventures: Outstanding Original Song for main title theme (shared with lyricists Wayne Kaatz and Tom Ruegger), 1991
* The First Olympics: Athens 1896: Part 1, Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1984
* Dallas: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for episode "The Letter", 1984
* Dallas: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for episode "The Ewing Blues", 1983
* Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for episode "The Satyr", 1981
* Emmy Award nominations:
* The Dive from Clausen's Pier: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 2006
* First Monday: Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, 2002
* True Women: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1997
* JAG: Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, 1995
* The Old Man and the Sea: Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1990
* Two Marriages: Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song "Home Here" (shared with lyricist Dory Previn), 1984
* The Blue and the Gray: Part 2: Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1983
* Quincy, M.E.: Outstanding Music and Lyrics for the song "Quincy's Wedding Song" from the episode "Quincy's Wedding", part 2 (shared with lyricist Mark Mueller), 1983
* Killjoy: Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore), 1982
* Dallas: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "The Search," 1982
* Dallas: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "The Lost Child," 1980
* Hawaii Five-O, Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for the episode "The $100,000 Nickel," 1974
* Academy Award nominations
* Silverado, Best Original Score (1986)
* Grammy Award nomination
* Young Sherlock Holmes
* Saturn Award
* Young Sherlock Holmes: Best Music, 1985

## References

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1. ^ "Broughton, Bruce 1945– | Encyclopedia.com".
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Filmmusicsociety.org
4. ^ The New York Times
5. ^ Sound and Vision by Jon Burlingame, Billboard Books, 2000, p. 49
6. ^ Timothy Grey, "Oscar Rescinds 'Alone' Song Nomination", Variety, January 29, 2014.
7. ^ Breznican, Anthony (January 29, 2014). "Oscars kill Original Song nomination for 'Alone Yet Not Alone'". Entertainment Weekly.
8. ^ "Academy Rescinds Original Song Nomination for "Alone Yet Not Alone"". August 21, 2014.
9. ^ Zeitchik, Steven; Whipp, Glenn (January 31, 2014). "Voices rising amid 'Alone Yet Not Alone's' removal from Oscar running". LA Times.
10. ^ Feinberg, Scott (January 30, 2014). "Was Academy's Disqualification of Song Contender 'Alone Yet Not Alone' Justified? (Opinion)". The Hollywood Reporter.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)

* Laurence Rosenthal (1966)
* No Award (1967)
* Earle Hagen (1968)
* John Williams (1969)
* Morton Stevens (1970)
* David Rose (1971)
* Pete Rugolo (1972)
* Charles Fox (1973)
* Morton Stevens (1974)
* Billy Goldenberg (1975)
* Alex North (1976)
* Quincy Jones and Gerald Fried (1977)
* Billy Goldenberg (1978)
* David Rose (1979)
* Patrick Williams (1980)
* Bruce Broughton (1981)
* David Rose (1982)
* Bruce Broughton (1983)
* Bruce Broughton (1984)
* John Addison (1985)
* Arthur B. Rubinstein (1986)
* Joel Rosenbaum (1987)
* Lee Holdridge (1988)
* Joel Rosenbaum (1989)
* Don Davis (1990)
* John Debney (1991)
* Bruce Babcock (1992)
* Joel McNeely (1993)
* Laurence Rosenthal (1994)
* Don Davis (1995)
* Hummie Mann (1996)
* John Debney and Louis Febre (1997)
* Christophe Beck (1998)
* Carl Johnson (1999)
* Joseph LoDuca (2000)
* Jay Chattaway (2001)
* George Fenton (2002)
* Sean Callery (2003)
* Velton Ray Bunch (2004)
* Michael Giacchino (2005)
* Sean Callery (2006)
* George Fenton (2007)
* James Dooley (2008)
* Joseph LoDuca (2009)
* Sean Callery (2010)
* Garth Neustadter (2011)
* John Lunn (2012)
* John Lunn (2013)
* Alan Silvestri (2014)
* Jeff Beal (2015)
* Mac Quayle (2016)
* Jeff Beal (2017)
* Ramin Djawadi (2018)
* Ramin Djawadi (2019)
* Ludwig Göransson (2020)
* Ludwig Göransson (2021)
* Theodore Shapiro (2022)
* Cristobal Tapia de Veer (2023)
* Siddhartha Khosla (2024)

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

1950s|

* Walter Schumann (1955)
* No Award (1956–1959)

1960s|

* No Award (1960–1961)
* Richard Rodgers (1962)
* Robert Russell Bennett (1963)
* Elmer Bernstein (1964)
* No Award (1965–1969)

1970s|

* Pete Rugolo (1970)
* Walter Scharf (1971)
* John Williams (1972)
* Jerry Goldsmith (1973)
* Fred Karlin (1974)
* Jerry Goldsmith (1975)
* Jerry Goldsmith (1976)
* Leonard Rosenman, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1977)
* Jimmie Haskell (1978)
* Leonard Rosenman (1979)

1980s|

* Jerry Fielding (1980)
* Jerry Goldsmith (1981)
* Patrick Williams (1982)
* Billy Goldenberg (1983)
* Bruce Broughton (1984)
* Allyn Ferguson (1985)
* Laurence Rosenthal (1986)
* Laurence Rosenthal (1987)
* Laurence Rosenthal (1988)
* Basil Poledouris (1989)

1990s|

* James Di Pasquale (1990)
* Richard Bellis (1991)
* Bruce Broughton (1992)
* Patrick Williams (1993)
* Lennie Niehaus (1994)
* Laurence Rosenthal (1995)
* Ernest Troost (1996)
* Laurence Rosenthal (1997)
* Bruce Broughton (1998)
* Richard Hartley (1999)

2000s|

* John Altman (2000)
* Arturo Sandoval (2001)
* Adrian Johnston (2002)
* Bruce Broughton (2003)
* Bruce Broughton (2004)
* Bruce Broughton (2005)
* Geoff Zanelli (2006)
* Jeff Beal (2007)
* Jeff Beal (2008)
* Howard Goodall (2009)

2010s|

* Alex Wurman (2010)
* Carter Burwell (2011)
* Javier Navarrete (2012)
* Mychael Danna (2013)
* David Arnold and Michael Price (2014)
* Rachel Portman (2015)
* Victor Reyes (2016)
* Jeff Russo (2017)
* Cyril Aufort (2018)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)

2020s|

* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020)
* Carlos Rafael Rivera (2021)
* Cristobal Tapia de Veer (2022)
* Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson (2023)
* Carlos Rafael Rivera (2024)

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International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for Television

* Steve Bartek / Danny Elfman (2004)
* Michael Giacchino (2005)
* George Fenton (2006)
* Joe Hisaishi (2007)
* Robert Lane and Joseph Vitarelli (2008)
* Bear McCreary (2009)
* Bear McCreary (2010)
* Arnau Bataller (2011)
* Murray Gold (2012)
* Federico Jusid (2013)
* Federico Jusid (2014)
* Federico Jusid (2015)
* Ramin Djawadi (2016)
* Bruce Broughton, John Debney, Joel McNeely and Andrew Cottee (2017)
* Christopher Lennertz (2018)
* Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
* Carlos Rafael Rivera (2020)
* Bear McCreary (2021)
* Bear McCreary and Howard Shore (2022)
* James Newton Howard (2023)

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Saturn Award for Best Music

1970s|

* Bernard Herrmann (1973)
* Miklós Rózsa (1974/75)
* David Raksin (1976)
* John Williams/John Williams (1977)
* John Williams (1978)
* Miklós Rózsa (1979)

1980s|

* John Barry (1980)
* John Williams (1981)
* John Williams (1982)
* James Horner (1983)
* Jerry Goldsmith (1984)
* Bruce Broughton (1985)
* Alan Menken (1986)
* Alan Silvestri (1987)
* Christopher Young (1988)
* Alan Silvestri (1989/90)

1990s|

* Loek Dikker (1991)
* Angelo Badalamenti (1992)
* Danny Elfman (1993)
* Howard Shore (1994)
* John Ottman (1995)
* Danny Elfman (1996)
* Danny Elfman (1997)
* John Carpenter (1998)
* Danny Elfman (1999)

2000s|

* James Horner (2000)
* John Williams (2001)
* Danny Elfman (2002)
* Howard Shore (2003)
* Alan Silvestri (2004)
* John Williams (2005)
* John Ottman (2006)
* Alan Menken (2007)
* James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer (2008)
* James Horner (2009)

2010s|

* Hans Zimmer (2010)
* Michael Giacchino (2011)
* Danny Elfman (2012)
* Frank Ilfman (2013)
* Hans Zimmer (2014)
* John Williams (2015)
* Justin Hurwitz (2016)
* Michael Giacchino (2017)
* Marc Shaiman (2018/19)
* John Williams (2019/20)

2020s|

* Danny Elfman (2021/22)
* John Williams (2022/23)
* Danny Elfman (2023/24)

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