BAFTA Award for Best Original Music

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

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	Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker (2019)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

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 four composers, Vangelis (in 1983), Maurice Jarre (in 1986), Hans Zimmer (in 2018) and John Williams have received two nominations in the same year; with Williams achieving this feat twice (1976 and 1979). 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

1968: The Lion in Winter – John Barry

• The Charge of the Light Brigade – John Addison
• Live for Life – Francis Lai
• Romeo and Juliet – Nino Rota

1969: Z – Mikis Theodorakis

• Secret Ceremony – Richard Rodney Bennett
• The Thomas Crown Affair – Michel Legrand
• Women in Love – Georges Delerue

1970s

1970: 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: Summer of '42 – Michel Legrand

• Little Big Man – John Hammond
• Shaft – Isaac Hayes
• Traffic – Charles Dumont

1972: The Godfather – Nino Rota

• Lady Caroline Lamb – Richard Rodney Bennett
• The Tragedy of Macbeth – Third Ear Band
• Young Winston – Alfred Ralston

1973: O Lucky Man! – Alan Price

• Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid – Bob Dylan
• Sounder – Taj Mahal
• State of Siege – Mikis Theodorakis

1974: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Days of Heaven – Ennio Morricone

• Alien – Jerry Goldsmith
• Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola
• Yanks – Richard Rodney Bennett

1980s

1980: 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: The French Lieutenant's Woman – Carl Davis

• Arthur – Burt Bacharach
• Chariots of Fire – Vangelis
• Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams

1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams

• Blade Runner – Vangelis
• Gandhi – George Fenton and Ravi Shankar
• Missing – Vangelis

1983: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence – Ryuichi Sakamoto

• Flashdance – Giorgio Moroder
• Local Hero – Mark Knopfler
• An Officer and a Gentleman – Jack Nitzsche

1984: Once Upon a Time in America – Ennio Morricone

• Carmen – Paco de Lucía
• The Killing Fields – Mike Oldfield
• Paris, Texas – Ry Cooder

1985: Witness – Maurice Jarre

• Beverly Hills Cop – Harold Faltermeyer
• The Emerald Forest – Brian Gascoigne and Junior Homrich
• A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre

1986: The Mission – Ennio Morricone

• Out of Africa – John Barry
• A Room with a View – Richard Robbins
• Round Midnight – Herbie Hancock

1987: The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone

• Cry Freedom – George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa
• Hope and Glory – Peter Martin
• Wish You Were Here – Stanley Myers

1988: Empire of the Sun – John Williams

• Bird – Lennie Niehaus
• The Last Emperor – Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, and Cong Su
• Moonstruck – Dick Hyman

1989: Dead Poets Society – Maurice Jarre

• Dangerous Liaisons – George Fenton
• Mississippi Burning – Trevor Jones
• Working Girl – Carly Simon

1990s

1990: 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: Cyrano de Bergerac – Jean-Claude Petit

• Dances with Wolves – John Barry
• The Silence of the Lambs – Howard Shore
• Thelma & Louise – Hans Zimmer

1992: 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

Best Score

1993: Schindler's List – John Williams

• Aladdin – Alan Menken
• The Piano – Michael Nyman
• Sleepless in Seattle – Marc Shaiman

Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music

1994: 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: The Postman (Il postino) - Luis Enríquez Bacalov

• Braveheart – James Horner
• The Madness of King George – George Fenton
• Sense and Sensibility – Patrick Doyle

1996: The English Patient – Gabriel Yared

• Brassed Off – Trevor Jones
• Evita – Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Shine – David Hirschfelder

1997: Romeo + Juliet – Nellee Hooper, Craig Armstrong, and Marius de Vries

• The Full Monty – Anne Dudley
• L.A. Confidential – Jerry Goldsmith
• Titanic – James Horner

1998: Elizabeth – David Hirschfelder

• Hilary and Jackie – Barrington Pheloung
• Saving Private Ryan – John Williams
• Shakespeare in Love – Stephen Warbeck

1999: 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

2000: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla

• Casino Royale – David Arnold
• Dreamgirls – Henry Krieger
• Happy Feet – John Powell
• The Queen – Alexandre Desplat

2007: 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: 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: 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

2010: 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: 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: Skyfall – Thomas Newman

• Anna Karerina – Dario Marianelli
• Argo – Alexandre Desplat
• Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
• Lincoln – John Williams

2013: Gravity – Steven Price

• 12 Years a Slave – Hans Zimmer
• The Book Thief – John Williams
• Captain Phillips – Henry Jackman
• Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat

• Birdman – Antonio Sánchez
• Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
• The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson
• Under the Skin – Mica Levi

2015: 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: La La Land – Justin Hurwitz

• Arrival – Jóhann Jóhannsson
• Jackie – Mica Levi
• Lion – Hauschka and Dustin O'Halloran
• Nocturnal Animals – Abel Korzeniowski

2017: 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: 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: Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir

• 1917 – Thomas Newman
• Jojo Rabbit – Michael Giacchino
• Little Women – Alexandre Desplat
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – John Williams

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple nominations This list is incomplete. You can help by expanding it. The following individuals have been nominated for two or more awards: Nominations Recipient 17 John Williams 10 Alexandre Desplat 9 Hans Zimmer 7 Richard Rodney Bennett 6 Thomas Newman Ennio Morricone Howard Shore George Fenton 4 Jerry Goldsmith T Bone Burnett 3 John Barry James Horner Craig Armstrong Maurice Jarre Gustavo Santaolalla Gabriel Yared David Hirschfelder Jóhann Jóhannsson Vangelis Michel Legrand Nino Rota Alberto Iglesias Dario Marianelli John Powell Mikis Theodorakis Trevor Jones Ryuichi Sakamoto 2 Francis Lai Michael Giacchino Marius De Vries Danny Elfman Alan Menken A. R. Rahman Jonny Greenwood Mica Levi Marc Shaiman Stephen Warbeck Georges Delerue Jack Nitzsche Michael Nyman Carly Simon Burt Bacharach Paul Williams John Addison Ry Cooder

Multiple wins This list is incomplete. You can help by expanding it. The following individuals have won multiple awards: Wins Recipient 7 John Williams 6 Ennio Morricone 3 Alexandre Desplat 2 Craig Armstrong David Hirschfelder Maurice Jarre Thomas Newman Gustavo Santaolalla Gabriel Yared Marius De Vries

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

1. http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=ennio+morricone
2. http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=hans+zimmer
3. https://www.classicfm.com/composers/gudnadottir/hildur-first-solo-female-bafta-winner-joker/

External links

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