The Artist (soundtrack)

2011 soundtrack album by Ludovic Bource

The Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Soundtrack album by

Ludovic Bource

Released| 10 October 2011
Recorded| 2011
Studio| Studio 4, Flagey
Genre| Soundtrack
Length| 77:39
Label| Sony Classical Records

The Artist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2011 French comedy-drama film of the same name directed by Michel Hazanavicius, and stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo in the lead. The film features original score composed by Ludovic Bource, Michel's norm collaborator, and the album consists of 24 tracks of Bource's score, which also incorporates works from other composers such as Alberto Ginastera's "Estancia".[1]

Bource recorded the score in April 2011 in collaboration with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra and Brussels Jazz Orchestra in Belgium. Most of the score was written when the film was under post-production, so that the composer and editor can create the score of their choice.[2] As it was a silent film and the story takes place during the silent era of Hollywood (between 1927 and 1932), Michel and Bource studied about the methods of the filming of the popular directors during that era, and influenced yesteryear compositions in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, to work on the score.

The score album was released in France on 10 October 2011 and in the United Kingdom and United States on 21 October, distributed by Sony Classical Records.[3] The album and Bource's score was positively received, with praise directing on the compositions and orchestrations, reflecting the time period. It topped the Billboard Top Soundtracks charts in the United States, and various other chart listings.[4] The soundtrack won several awards, including Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Critics' Choice awards for "Best Original Score" to Bource, in addition to various awards and nominations in that category in other ceremonies.

## Composition

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The original score is composed by French film composer Ludovic Bource, who has been a regular collaborator of director Michel Hazanavicius, since Mes amis (1999), OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009).[5] Most of the score was written in the editing and post-production stage, as for music playing a bigger part than normal in the story, it required numerous adjustments. Bource said that "We really couldn't afford any misinterpretation, any contradictory directions. Therefore we had to reduce certain pieces according to the editing, throw lots of them away, and write new ones, adapt them, following each step of the film that was being made. Michel and I didn't stop fine-tuning, refining."[6]

More than 80 musicians from the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra performed the orchestral music, which was conducted by Ernst Van Tiel, and Brussels Jazz Orchestra also co-operated. In addition, he collaborated with the Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra in Brussels for recording the score. The key musical members, consisted of 50 string players, 4 French horns, 4 trombones, 5 percussionists, a harpist, 10 technicians, 5 orchestrators and 3 mixers during the recording process, and was scored within six days during April 2011 at Flagey's Studio 4 in Brussels.[2]

## Influences

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As a tribute to silent film directors and their ways of filming and acting during that period, and to learn about orchestral music, Michel and Bource had to learn about some of the iconic scores during that time. He inspired works from the music featured in Charlie Chaplin films, and the compositions of Max Steiner, Franz Waxman and Bernard Herrmann.[6][7]

The film's climactic scene is set to Bernard Herrmann's "Scène d'amour" from his score to Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo. In Vertigo, that composition similarly accompanies an extended scene without dialogue. Only one song (sung, with lyrics) is used in the soundtrack, "Pennies from Heaven", sung by Rose "Chi-Chi" Murphy (uncredited). This song was written in 1936 although the film is set between 1927 and 1932. He called creating a separate theme for Jean Dujardin's character George was toughest, as the main idea is to "respect the combination of comedy and emotion".

While composing for the tap dance theme,[8] Bource said that the theme, was "less complicated than the rest. It's big band music, jazz dance music. Technically, it was risky. They had recorded the tap dancing parts to a Cole Porter piece and we had to find exactly the same rhythm, fitting George and Peppy's choreography to the very fortieth of second."[9] The theme "The Sound of Tears" was inspired from Johannes Brahms's "Sapphic Ode".[7]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Filmtracks|
Screen Invasion[usurped]|
Static Mass Emporium|

The score was positively received by critics. Filmtracks.com wrote "The most important element of success in the score is its extroverted and generally optimistic personality; this kind of music was never meant to be subtle, and the composer responds with a tone so emotionally communicative that it may overflow with exuberance to too great of an extent for some listeners. Bource and Hazanavicius, who played this genre of music on set to put the actors in the right mood for the shoot, very consciously attempted to avoid creating a parody. The hopelessly chipper attitude of the music will cause the score to sound like a parody to some listeners nevertheless, and if you have misgivings about this sound to begin with, then be aware that The Artist could drive a person mad. Along with a handful of source pieces on the very long album, the score will predictably expose generational divides and likely have difficulty earning more than intellectual respect from those solely accustomed to the Digital Age of film music."[10]

Simon Gage of Daily Express wrote "the soundtrack harks back to the glory days of Chaplin and Buster Keaton while bringing sweeping orchestral pieces in for good measure".[11] A. O. Scott of The New York Times stated "There is a lot of music on the soundtrack and also a few strategic moments of onscreen noise that are both delightfully surprising and wildly illogical. The Artist," as aggressively entertaining as any musical, is measured in its mourning and eclectic in its nostalgia for old movies. There is a bit of music lifted from Bernard Herrmann's 'Vertigo' score, a breakfast-table montage inspired by 'Citizen Kane' and a story line that makes 'The Artist,' in essence, the latest (and also in a way the earliest, but surely not the last) remake of A Star Is Born".[12]

Several review websites including, The Hollywood Reporter[13] and IndieWire,[14] listed as one of the "Best Scores of 2011" and Collider,[15] IndieWire,[16] RogerEbert.com[17] and Insider Inc.[18] listed The Artist's score as one of the "best scores of the decade".

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Performer(s)| Length

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1.| "The Artist Ouverture"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 1:02
2.| "1927: A Russian Affair"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 3:36
3.| "George Valentin"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 5:35
4.| "Pretty Peppy"| Brussels Jazz Orchestra| 2:32
5.| "At the Kinograph Studios"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 1:37
6.| "Fantaisie d'amour"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 3:09
7.| "Waltz for Peppy"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 3:22
8.| "Estancia Op. 8 Movement 2" (written by Alberto Ginastera)| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 3:40
9.| "Imagination"| Red Nichols and His Five Pennies| 2:56
10.| "Silent Rumble"| Brussels Jazz Orchestra| 1:16
11.| "1929"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 1:30
12.| "In the Stairs"| Brussels Jazz Orchestra| 3:15
13.| "Jubilee Stomp"| Duke Ellington| 2:33
14.| "Comme une rosée de larmes"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 3:24
15.| "The Sound of Tears"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 4:47
16.| "Pennies from Heaven"| Rose Murphy| 2:13
17.| "1931"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 4:44
18.| "Jungle Bar"| Brussels Jazz Orchestra| 2:07
19.| "L'Ombre des flammes"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 5:57
20.| "Happy Ending..."| Brussels Jazz Orchestra| 5:43
21.| "Charming Blackmail"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 2:12
22.| "Ghosts from the Past"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 2:00
23.| "My Suicide (Dedicated to 29 March 1967)"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 6:24
24.| "Peppy and George"| Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra| 2:05

## Chart positions

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Chart (2012)  | Peak
position

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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] | 52
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] | 70
French Albums (SNEP)[21] | 37
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] | 34
US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)[23][failed verification] | 19

## Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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France (SNEP)[24] | Platinum  | 100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

## Accolades

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Award  | Date of ceremony[a] | Category  | Recipients  | Result  | Ref.

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Academy Awards | 26 February 2012 | Best Original Score | Ludovic Bource | Won  | [25]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 10 January 2012  | Best Film Music or Score  | Nominated  | [26]
[27]
BMI Film & TV Awards | 17 May 2012  | Film Music Award  | Won  | [28]
British Academy Film Awards | 12 February 2012 | Best Music | Won  | [29]
César Awards | 24 February 2012 | Best Music Written for a Film | Won  | [30]
Chicago Film Critics Association | 7 January 2012 | Best Original Score | Nominated  | [31]
[32]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 12 January 2012 | Best Composer | Won  | [33]
European Film Awards | 3 December 2011  | Best Composer | Won  | [34]
Golden Globe Awards | 15 January 2012 | Best Original Score | Won  | [35]
Grammy Awards | 10 February 2013 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Nominated  | [36]
Houston Film Critics Society | 14 December 2011 | Best Score  | Won  | [37]
New York Film Critics Online | 11 December 2011 | Best Original Score  | Won  | [38]
San Diego Film Critics Society | 14 December 2011 | Best Score  | Nominated  | [39]
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association | 19 December 2011 | Best Music  | Won  | [40]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 5 December 2011 | Best Original Score  | Won  | [41]

## Notes

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1. ^ Each date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

## References

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1. ^ "Ludovic Bource - the man behind the music for The Artist". Classic FM. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
2. ^ a b "Soundtrack for 'The artist' recorded at Brussels". Brussels Philharmonic. October 3, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
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8. ^ Ambrosino, Brandon (July 13, 2018). "The dance styles of So You Think You Can Dance, explained". Vox. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
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18. ^ Ge, Linda. "20 best movie and TV soundtracks of the decade, according to critics". Insider. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
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21. ^ "Lescharts.com – Soundtrack / Ludovic Bource – The Artist". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
22. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Soundtrack / Ludovic Bource – The Artist". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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31. ^ "Tree of Life Leads CFCA Nominations with 7; Descendants, Drive Follow with 6". Chicago Film Critics Association. 2011. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
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Awards for The Artist

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* t
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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)
* Daniel Blumberg (2024)

* v
* t
* e

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)
* Daniel Blumberg (2024)

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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)
* Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (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)
* Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2024)

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