BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
| BAFTA Award for Best Original Music | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in film music |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Currently held by | Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross for Soul (2020) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
This is a list of winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, formerly known as the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, which is presented to film composers, given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts since 1968.
With seven wins out of seventeen nominations, John Williams is both the most nominated and most awarded in this category. Ennio Morricone is the only composer to win in consecutive years; for The Mission in 1987 and The Untouchables in 1988.[1] Morricone also has the highest perfect score and record, with six wins from six nominations. With nine nominations, Hans Zimmer remains the composer with highest nominations without a win.[2] Only six composers, John Williams (in 1975 and 1978), Vangelis (in 1982), Maurice Jarre (in 1985), Hans Zimmer (in 2017), and the composing duo Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (in 2020), have received two nominations in the same year. In 2019, Lady Gaga became the first woman to win this award for A Star Is Born. In 2020, Hildur Guðnadóttir became the first solo woman ever to win this award for Joker.[3]
Winners and nominees[]
1960s[]
- Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 (22nd) |
The Lion in Winter | John Barry |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | John Addison | |
| Live For Life (Vivre Pour Vivre) | Francis Lai | |
| Romeo and Juliet | Nino Rota | |
| 1969 (23rd) |
Z | Mikis Theodorakis |
| Secret Ceremony | Richard Rodney Bennett | |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | Michel Legrand | |
| Women in Love | Georges Delerue |
1970s[]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 (24th) |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Burt Bacharach |
| Alice's Restaurant | Arlo Guthrie | |
| Figures in a Landscape | Richard Rodney Bennett | |
| The Railway Children | Johnny Douglas | |
| 1971 (25th) |
Summer of '42 | Michel Legrand |
| Little Big Man | John Hammond | |
| Shaft | Isaac Hayes | |
| Traffic | Charles Dumont | |
| 1972 (26th) |
The Godfather | Nino Rota |
| Lady Caroline Lamb | Richard Rodney Bennett | |
| The Tragedy of Macbeth | Third Ear Band | |
| Young Winston | Alfred Ralston | |
| 1973 (27th) |
O Lucky Man! | Alan Price |
| Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Bob Dylan | |
| Sounder | Taj Mahal | |
| State of Siege | Mikis Theodorakis | |
| 1974 (28th) |
Murder on the Orient Express | Richard Rodney Bennett |
| Chinatown | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| Happy New Year | Francis Lai | |
| Serpico | Mikis Theodorakis | |
| The Three Musketeers | Michel Legrand | |
| 1975 (29th) |
Jaws and The Towering Inferno | John Williams |
| The Godfather Part II | Nino Rota | |
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | David Shire | |
| The Wind and the Lion | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| 1976 (30th) |
Taxi Driver | Bernard Herrmann |
| Bugsy Malone | Paul Williams | |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Jack Nitzsche | |
| The Slipper and the Rose | Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman | |
| 1977 (31st) |
A Bridge Too Far | John Addison |
| Equus | Richard Rodney Bennett | |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | Marvin Hamlisch | |
| A Star Is Born | Paul Williams, Barbra Streisand, Kenny Ascher, Rupert Holmes, Leon Russell, Kenny Loggins, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, and Donna Weiss | |
| 1978 (32nd) |
Star Wars | John Williams |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | John Williams | |
| Julia | Georges Delerue | |
| Saturday Night Fever | Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb | |
| 1979 (33rd) |
Days of Heaven | Ennio Morricone |
| Alien | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| Apocalypse Now | Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola | |
| Yanks | Richard Rodney Bennett |
1980s[]
- Best Original Film Music
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 (34th) |
The Empire Strikes Back | John Williams |
| Breaking Glass | Hazel O'Connor | |
| Fame | Michael Gore | |
| Flash Gordon | John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, and Howard Blake | |
| 1981 (35th) |
The French Lieutenant's Woman | Carl Davis |
| Chariots of Fire | Vangelis | |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | John Williams | |
| Arthur | Burt Bacharach |
- Best Score for a Film
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 (36th) |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | John Williams |
| Gandhi | George Fenton and Ravi Shankar | |
| Blade Runner | Vangelis | |
| Missing | ||
| 1983 (37th) |
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| Flashdance | Giorgio Moroder | |
| Local Hero | Mark Knopfler | |
| An Officer and a Gentleman | Jack Nitzsche | |
| 1984 (38th) |
Once Upon a Time in America | Ennio Morricone |
| Carmen | Paco de Lucía | |
| The Killing Fields | Mike Oldfield | |
| Paris, Texas | Ry Cooder | |
| 1985 (39th) |
Witness | Maurice Jarre |
| Beverly Hills Cop | Harold Faltermeyer | |
| The Emerald Forest | Brian Gascoigne and Junior Homrich | |
| A Passage to India | Maurice Jarre | |
| 1986 (40th) |
The Mission | Ennio Morricone |
| Out of Africa | John Barry | |
| A Room with a View | Richard Robbins | |
| Round Midnight | Herbie Hancock | |
| 1987 (41st) |
The Untouchables | Ennio Morricone |
| Cry Freedom | George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa | |
| Hope and Glory | Peter Martin | |
| Wish You Were Here | Stanley Myers | |
| 1988 (42nd) |
Empire of the Sun | John Williams |
| Bird | Lennie Niehaus | |
| The Last Emperor | Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, and Cong Su | |
| Moonstruck | Dick Hyman |
- Best Original Film Score
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 (43rd) |
Dead Poets Society | Maurice Jarre |
| Dangerous Liaisons | George Fenton | |
| Mississippi Burning | Trevor Jones | |
| Working Girl | Carly Simon |
1990s[]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 (44th) |
Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) | Andrea Morricone and Ennio Morricone |
| The Fabulous Baker Boys | Dave Grusin | |
| Memphis Belle | George Fenton | |
| Postcards from the Edge | Carly Simon | |
| 1991 (45th) |
Cyrano de Bergerac | Jean-Claude Petit |
| Dances with Wolves | John Barry | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Howard Shore | |
| Thelma & Louise | Hans Zimmer | |
| 1992 (46th) |
Strictly Ballroom | David Hirschfelder |
| Beauty and the Beast | Howard Ashman and Alan Menken | |
| Hear My Song | John Altman | |
| The Last of the Mohicans | Randy Edelman and Trevor Jones | |
| 1993 (47th) |
Schindler's List | John Williams |
| Aladdin | Alan Menken | |
| The Piano | Michael Nyman | |
| Sleepless in Seattle | Marc Shaiman |
- Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 (48th) |
Backbeat | Don Was |
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Guy Gross | |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | Richard Rodney Bennett | |
| The Lion King | Hans Zimmer | |
| 1995 (49th) |
The Postman (Il postino) | Luis Enríquez Bacalov |
| Braveheart | James Horner | |
| The Madness of King George | George Fenton | |
| Sense and Sensibility | Patrick Doyle | |
| 1996 (50th) |
The English Patient | Gabriel Yared |
| Brassed Off | Trevor Jones | |
| Evita | Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber | |
| Shine | David Hirschfelder | |
| 1997 (51st) |
Romeo + Juliet | Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong, and Marius de Vries |
| The Full Monty | Anne Dudley | |
| L.A. Confidential | Jerry Goldsmith | |
| Titanic | James Horner | |
| 1998 (52nd) |
Elizabeth | David Hirschfelder |
| Hilary and Jackie | Barrington Pheloung | |
| Saving Private Ryan | John Williams | |
| Shakespeare in Love | Stephen Warbeck | |
| 1999 (53rd) [4] |
American Beauty | Thomas Newman |
| Buena Vista Social Club | Ry Cooder and Nick Gold | |
| The End of the Affair | Michael Nyman | |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | Gabriel Yared |
2000s[]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 2000 [5][6] |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) | Tan Dun |
| Almost Famous | Nancy Wilson | |
| Billy Elliot | Stephen Warbeck | |
| Gladiator | Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer | |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | T Bone Burnett and Carter Burwell | |
| 2001 2001 [7] |
Moulin Rouge! | Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries |
| Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) | Yann Tiersen | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Howard Shore | |
| Mulholland Dr. | Angelo Badalamenti | |
| Shrek | Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell | |
| 2002 2002 [8] |
The Hours | Philip Glass |
| Catch Me If You Can | John Williams | |
| Chicago | Fred Ebb, Danny Elfman, and John Kander | |
| Gangs of New York | Howard Shore | |
| The Pianist | Wojciech Kilar | |
| 2003 2003 [9] |
Cold Mountain | T Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Alexandre Desplat | |
| Kill Bill: Volume 1 | RZA | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Howard Shore | |
| Lost in Translation | Brian Reitzell and Kevin Shields | |
| 2004 2004 [10] |
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| The Aviator | Howard Shore | |
| The Chorus (Les choristes) | Bruno Coulais | |
| Finding Neverland | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek | |
| Ray | Craig Armstrong | |
| 2005 2005 [11] |
Memoirs of a Geisha | John Williams |
| Brokeback Mountain | Gustavo Santaolalla | |
| The Constant Gardener | Alberto Iglesias | |
| Mrs Henderson Presents | George Fenton | |
| Walk the Line | T Bone Burnett | |
| 2006 2006 [12] |
Babel | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| Casino Royale | David Arnold | |
| Dreamgirls | Henry Krieger | |
| Happy Feet | John Powell | |
| The Queen | Alexandre Desplat |
- Best Music
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 2007 [13] |
La Vie en Rose (La môme) | Christopher Gunning |
| American Gangster | Marc Streitenfeld | |
| Atonement | Dario Marianelli | |
| The Kite Runner | Alberto Iglesias | |
| There Will Be Blood | Jonny Greenwood | |
| 2008 2008 [14] |
Slumdog Millionaire | A. R. Rahman |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Alexandre Desplat | |
| The Dark Knight | James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer | |
| Mamma Mia! | Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus | |
| WALL-E | Thomas Newman | |
| 2009 2009 [15] |
Up | Michael Giacchino |
| Avatar | James Horner | |
| Crazy Heart | T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton | |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | Alexandre Desplat | |
| Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Chaz Jankel |
2010s[]
- Best Original Music
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 (64th) [16] |
The King's Speech | Alexandre Desplat |
| 127 Hours | A. R. Rahman | |
| Alice in Wonderland | Danny Elfman | |
| How to Train Your Dragon | John Powell | |
| Inception | Hans Zimmer | |
| 2011 (65th) [17] |
The Artist | Ludovic Bource |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | |
| Hugo | Howard Shore | |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Alberto Iglesias | |
| War Horse | John Williams | |
| 2012 (66th) [18] |
Skyfall | Thomas Newman |
| Anna Karerina | Dario Marianelli | |
| Argo | Alexandre Desplat | |
| Life of Pi | Mychael Danna | |
| Lincoln | John Williams | |
| 2013 (67th) [19] |
Gravity | Steven Price |
| 12 Years a Slave | Hans Zimmer | |
| The Book Thief | John Williams | |
| Captain Phillips | Henry Jackman | |
| Saving Mr. Banks | Thomas Newman | |
| 2014 (68th) [20] |
The Grand Budapest Hotel | Alexandre Desplat |
| Birdman | Antonio Sánchez | |
| Interstellar | Hans Zimmer | |
| The Theory of Everything | Jóhann Jóhannsson | |
| Under the Skin | Mica Levi | |
| 2015 (69th) [21] |
The Hateful Eight | Ennio Morricone |
| Bridge of Spies | Thomas Newman | |
| The Revenant | Ryuichi Sakamoto and Carsten Nicolai | |
| Sicario | Jóhann Jóhannsson | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | John Williams | |
| 2016 (70th) [22] |
La La Land | Justin Hurwitz |
| Arrival | Jóhann Jóhannsson | |
| Jackie | Mica Levi | |
| Lion | Hauschka and Dustin O'Halloran | |
| Nocturnal Animals | Abel Korzeniowski | |
| 2017 (71st) [23] |
The Shape of Water | Alexandre Desplat |
| Blade Runner 2049 | Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer | |
| Darkest Hour | Dario Marianelli | |
| Dunkirk | Hans Zimmer | |
| Phantom Thread | Jonny Greenwood | |
| 2018 (72nd) [24] |
A Star Is Born | Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, and Lukas Nelson |
| BlacKkKlansman | Terence Blanchard | |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Nicholas Britell | |
| Isle of Dogs | Alexandre Desplat | |
| Mary Poppins Returns | Marc Shaiman | |
| 2019 (73rd) [25] |
Joker | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 1917 | Thomas Newman | |
| Jojo Rabbit | Michael Giacchino | |
| Little Women | Alexandre Desplat | |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | John Williams |
2020s[]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 (74th) [26] |
Soul | Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross |
| Minari | Emile Mosseri | |
| News of the World | James Newton Howard | |
| Promising Young Woman | Anthony Willis | |
| Mank | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | |
| 2021 (75th) [27] |
Being the Ricardos | Daniel Pemberton |
| Don't Look Up | Nicholas Britell | |
| Dune | Hans Zimmer | |
| The French Dispatch | Alexandre Desplat | |
| The Power of the Dog | Jonny Greenwood |
Multiple nominations and wins[]
Multiple nominations[]This list is incomplete. You can help by expanding it. The following individuals have been nominated for the award multiple times:
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See also[]
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
References[]
- ^ "BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards".
- ^ "BAFTA Awards Search | BAFTA Awards".
- ^ "'Joker' composer Hildur Guðnadóttir is first solo female to win Best Original Music BAFTA".
- ^ "American Beauty shines at Baftas". BBC News. 9 April 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Gladiator, Crouching Tiger do battle in Bafta nominations". The Guardian. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Gladiator conquers the Baftas". BBC News. 25 February 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "'Lord of the Rings' dominates BAFTAs, wins best film award". The Irish Times. 22 February 2002. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Hernandez, Eugene (24 February 2003). "Top BAFTA Awards For "The Pianist"". Indiewire. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Rings rule at Bafta film awards". BBC News. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Aviator flies off with Bafta for Best Film". The Scotsman. 13 February 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Hernandez, Eugene (20 February 2006). ""Brokeback Mountain" Wins 4 BAFTA Awards, Including Best Picture". Indiewire. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Baftas 2007: The winners". BBC News. 11 February 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Dawtrey, Adam (10 February 2008). "'Atonement' tops BAFTA Awards". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Turner, Mimi (8 February 2009). "'Slumdog Millionaire' wins 7 BAFTA nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ King, Susan (21 February 2010). "'Hurt Locker' wins big at BAFTA Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Brown, Mark (14 February 2011). "Baftas 2011: The King's Speech sweeps the board". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (12 February 2012). "Orange BAFTA Film Awards 2012 winners list - in full". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Brooks, Xan (11 February 2013). "Baftas 2013 – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Baftas: Gravity and 12 Years a Slave share glory". BBC News. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Brown, Mark (8 February 2015). "Baftas 2015: Boyhood wins top honours but Grand Budapest Hotel checks out with most". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Lodderhose, Diana (14 February 2016). "'The Revenant,' Leonardo DiCaprio Dominate BAFTA Awards". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Grater, Tom. "Baftas 2017: 'La La Land' scoops five as 'Moonlight', 'Nocturnal Animals' are shutout". Screendaily. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Bafta Film Awards 2018: Three Billboards wins top prizes". BBC. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Nordine, Michael (10 February 2019). "BAFTA Awards 2019: 'Roma' Wins Best Film as 'The Favourite' Takes Home the Most Prizes". Indiewire. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Baftas 2020: Sam Mendes film 1917 dominates awards". BBC. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Shoard, Catherine (12 April 2021). "Baftas 2021: Nomadland wins big as Promising Young Woman and Anthony Hopkins surprise". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Film | Editing in 2022". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
External links[]
- "Awards Database – The BAFTA Site". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
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- Film music awards