James Horner

For other people named James Horner, see James Horner (disambiguation).

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James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film scores. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music.

Horner's first major score was in 1979 for The Lady in Red, but he did not establish himself as an eminent film composer until his work on the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. His score for James Cameron's Titanic is the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He also wrote the score for the highest-grossing film of all time, James Cameron's Avatar. Horner also scored other notable films including Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Aliens (1986), Field of Dreams (1989), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Deep Impact (1998), A Beautiful Mind (2001) and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).

Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Don Bluth, James Cameron, Joe Johnston, Walter Hill, Ron Howard, Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells; producers including George Lucas, David Kirschner, Jon Landau, Brian Grazer and Steven Spielberg; and songwriters including Will Jennings, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. He won two Academy Awards, six Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, three Satellite Awards, three Saturn Awards, and was nominated for three BAFTA Awards.

Horner, who was an avid pilot, died at the age of 61 in a single-fatality crash while flying his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft.

Early life

Horner was born in 1953 in Los Angeles, California, to Jewish immigrant parents.

His father, Harry Horner, was born in Holice, Bohemia, then a part of Austria-Hungary. He emigrated to the United States in 1935 and worked as a set designer and art director. His mother, Joan Ruth (née Frankel), was born into a prominent Canadian family. His brother Christopher is a writer and documentary filmmaker.

Horner started playing piano at the age of five. He also played violin. He spent his early years in London, where he attended the Royal College of Music, where he studied with György Ligeti. He returned to America, where he attended Verde Valley School in Sedona, Arizona, and later received his bachelor's degree in music from the University of Southern California. After earning a master's degree, he started work on his doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he studied with Paul Reale, among others. After several scoring assignments with the American Film Institute in the 1970s, he finished teaching a course in music theory at UCLA, then turned to film scoring. Horner was also an avid pilot and owned several small airplanes.

Career

Horner's first credit as a feature-film composer was for B-movie director and producer Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars. As his work gained notice in Hollywood, Horner was invited to take on larger projects. One of his first major scores was for 1979's The Lady in Red.

Horner's big break came in 1982 when he was asked to score Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. It established him as an A-list Hollywood composer. Director Nicholas Meyer quipped that Horner was hired because the studio could no longer afford the first Trek movie's composer, Jerry Goldsmith; but that by the time Meyer returned to the franchise with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the studio could not afford Horner either.

Horner continued writing high-profile film scores in the 1980s, including 48 Hrs. (1982), Krull (1983), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Commando (1985), Cocoon (1985), Aliens (1986), *batteries not included (1987), Willow (1988), Glory and Field of Dreams (both 1989). Cocoon was the first of his many collaborations with director Ron Howard.

In 1987, Horner's original score for Aliens brought him his first Academy Award nomination. "Somewhere Out There," which he co-composed and co-wrote with Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil for An American Tail, was also nominated that year for Best Original Song.

Throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, Horner wrote orchestral scores for family films (particularly those produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment), with credits for An American Tail (1986); The Land Before Time (1988); The Rocketeer and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991); Once Upon a Forest and We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); The Pagemaster (1994); Casper, Jumanji and Balto (1995); Mighty Joe Young (1998); and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).

Horner scored six films in 1995, including his commercially successful and critically acclaimed works for Braveheart and Apollo 13, both of which received Academy Award nominations.

Horner's biggest critical and financial success came in 1997 with his score for James Cameron's Titanic. At the 70th Academy Awards, Horner received the Oscar for Best Original Dramatic Score, and shared the Oscar for Best Original Song with co-writer Will Jennings for "My Heart Will Go On". The film's score and song also won three Grammy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. (Ten years earlier, Horner had vowed never to work with Cameron again, referring to the highly stressful scoring sessions for Aliens as "a nightmare.")

After Titanic, Horner continued to compose for major productions, including The Perfect Storm, A Beautiful Mind, Enemy at the Gates, The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro, House of Sand and Fog and Bicentennial Man. He also worked on smaller projects such as Iris, Radio and Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius. He received his eighth and ninth Academy Award nominations for A Beautiful Mind (2001) and House of Sand and Fog (2003), but lost on both occasions to composer Howard Shore.

Horner composed the 2006–2011 theme for the CBS Evening News, which was introduced during the debut of anchor Katie Couric on September 5, 2006. He wrote various treatments of the theme, explaining, "One night the show might begin with the Iranians obtaining a nuclear device, and another it might be something about a flower show... The tone needs to match the news."

Horner collaborated again with James Cameron on his 2009 film Avatar, which became the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing Cameron's own Titanic. Horner worked exclusively on Avatar for over two years. He said, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on, and the biggest job I have undertaken... I work from four in the morning to about ten at night, and that's been my way of life since March.Template:Clarify timeframe That's the world I'm in now, and it makes you feel estranged from everything. I'll have to recover from that and get my head out of [it]."

Avatar brought Horner his tenth Academy Award nomination, as well as nominations for the Golden Globe Award, British Academy Film Award and Grammy Award, all of which he lost to Michael Giacchino for Up.

After Avatar, Horner wrote the score for the 2010 version of The Karate Kid, replacing Atli Örvarsson. In 2011, he scored Cristiada (also known as For Greater Glory), which was released a year later; and Black Gold. In 2012 he scored The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield. In an interview on his website, Horner revealed that he didn't return to compose the score for the sequel because he didn't like how the movie resulted in comparison to the first movie, calling it "dreadful." He was replaced by Hans Zimmer. James Horner's theme for The Amazing Spider-Man would later be incorporated into the film Spider-Man: No Way Home, composed by Michael Giacchino.

In early 2015, after a three-year hiatus, Horner wrote the music for the adventure film Wolf Totem, his fourth collaboration with director Jean-Jacques Annaud.

At the time of his death, Horner had scored two films yet to be released:

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In July 2015, a month after his death, it was discovered Horner had also written the score for the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven, planning it as a surprise.

Horner's scores are also heard in trailers for other films. The climax of Bishop's Countdown, from his score for Aliens, ranks as the 5th most commonly used soundtrack cue in trailers.

Horner also wrote the theme music for the Horsemen P-51 Aerobatic Team, and appears in "The Horsemen Cometh", a documentary about the team and the P-51 Mustang fighter plane. The theme is heard at the team's airshow performances.

Orchestral work

Pas de Deux, a double concerto for violin, cello and Orchestra with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the work was premiered on November 12, 2014 by Mari and Håkon Samuelsen, with the orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko. Horner also composed Collage, a concerto for four horns, premiered on March 27, 2015 at London's Royal Festival Hall by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jaime Martín, with soloists David Pyatt, John Ryan, James Thatcher and Richard Watkins. Two early works, Spectral Shimmers (1978) and A Forest Passage (2000), are to be performed and recorded for the first time in 2021.

Influences

Horner stated composers like Benjamin Britten, John Williams, Thomas Tallis, Maurice Jarre, Elmer Bernstein, Max Steiner, Henry Mancini, Sergei Prokofiev, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, John Barry and Nino Rota as influences.

Musical "borrowing"

Horner was criticized more than once for reusing passages from his earlier compositions, and for featuring brief excerpts and reworked themes from classical composers. For example, his scores from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock include excerpts from Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky and Romeo and Juliet; the famous action ostinato from Aliens is originally from Wolfen and the film's main title is almost identical to Aram Khachaturian's Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) (already used in an outer space context in 2001: A Space Odyssey); the heroic theme from Willow is based on that of Robert Schumann's Rhenish Symphony; Field of Dreams includes cues from the "Saturday Night Waltz" portion of Aaron Copland's ballet Rodeo and Copland's score from Our Town; Horner blended part of an early theme from the third movement of Shostakovich's Symphony no. 5 into an action scene in Patriot Games, and the climactic battle scene in Glory includes excerpts from Wagner and Orff. Some critics felt these propensities made Horner's compositions inauthentic or unoriginal. In a 1997 issue of Film Score Monthly, an editorial review of Titanic said Horner was "skilled in the adaptation of existing music into films with just enough variation to avoid legal troubles".

Several critics have noted stark similarities between Braveheart's "Main Theme" and an earlier theme song, Kaoru Wada's "Pai Longing" from the 1991 Japanese anime series 3×3 Eyes.

On at least one occasion, Horner's musical "borrowing" almost led to litigation. Horner's main title for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) incorporates cues from the score by Nino Rota from Federico Fellini's film Amarcord (1973) and Raymond Scott's piece "Powerhouse B" (1937), the latter often referenced in Carl Stalling's Warner Bros. cartoon scores. Scott's piece was used without payment or credit, leading his estate to threaten legal action against Disney. Disney paid an undisclosed sum in an out-of-court settlement and changed the film's cue sheets to credit Scott.

Death

Horner died on June 22, 2015, when his turboprop aircraft, a Short Tucano with registration number N206PZ, crashed into the Los Padres National Forest near Ventucopa, California. Horner was the only occupant of the aircraft when it took off after fueling at Camarillo Airport. Three days later, on June 25, the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the crash an accident. He was survived by his wife, Sara Elizabeth Horner (née Nelson), and two daughters.

Tributes

Contemporaries and collaborators around the world paid their respects to Horner, including composers Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Paul Williams and Alan Menken, and directors Ron Howard and James Cameron. Horner was reported to have been committed to the Avatar franchise; Cameron said he and Horner "were looking forward to our next gig." Horner's assistant, Sylvia Patrycja, wrote on her Facebook page, "We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart and unbelievable talent [who] died doing what he loved." Many celebrities, including Russell Crowe, Diane Warren and Celine Dion, also gave their condolences. Dion, who sang "My Heart Will Go On", one of Horner's most popular compositions, which is considered Dion's signature song, wrote on her website that she and husband René Angélil were "shaken by the tragic death" of their friend and "will always remember his kindness and great talent that changed [her] career." Leona Lewis, who recorded Horner's "I See You" for Avatar, said working with him "was one of the biggest moments of my life." Composer Michael Giacchino honored Horner’s work by incorporating his themes from the score for The Amazing Spider-Man (film) to the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Aftermath

Post-accident investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that the leading cause of the accident was Horner's inability to maintain clearance from terrain during low-level airwork. During the flight, Horner contacted the Southern California Air Route Traffic Control Center, from whom he received advisories while flying over the Chumash Wilderness area. The NTSB interviewed two witnesses of the flight, who were in their homes when Horner flew over them; one said that the plane was flying at between . FAA radar data showed that the plane had made multiple low-altitude turns and performed rapid altitude change maneuvers, flying low through Quatal Canyon and skimming mountain ridgelines by less than .

In addition to Horner's failing to maintain clearance, the NTSB determined there were other key factors that led to the accident. Foremost among these was Horner's use of prescription medications for pain relief and headaches. Toxicology testing found butalbital, codeine, and ethanol in Horner's body (although the ethanol may have been produced by microbial activity after his death).

Dedicated movies

• The World of James Horner - Hollywood in Vienna 2013, directed by Sandra Tomek (2013)

Awards and nominations

Horner won two Academy Awards, for Best Original Dramatic Score (Titanic) and Best Original Song ("My Heart Will Go On") in 1998, and was nominated for an additional eight Oscars. He also won two Golden Globe Awards, three Satellite Awards, three Saturn Awards, six Grammys, and was nominated for three British Academy Film Awards.

In October 2013, Horner received the Max Steiner Award at the Hollywood in Vienna Gala, an award given for extraordinary achievement in the field of film music.

AFI

In 2005, the American Film Institute unveiled their list of the top twenty-five American film scores. Five of Horner's scores were among 250 nominees, making him the most nominated composer to not make the top twenty-five.

• Field of Dreams (1989)
• Glory (1989)
• Apollo 13 (1995)
• Braveheart (1995)
• Titanic (1997)

List of accolades

Award	Year	Project	Category	Outcome
Academy Awards	1987	Aliens	Best Original Score	Nominated
		"Somewhere Out There" (from An American Tail; shared with Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann)	Best Original Song	Nominated
	1990	Field of Dreams	Best Original Score	Nominated
	1996	Apollo 13	Best Original Dramatic Score	Nominated
		Braveheart	Best Original Dramatic Score	Nominated
	1998	Titanic	Best Original Dramatic Score	Won
		"My Heart Will Go On" (from Titanic; shared with Will Jennings)	Best Original Song	Won
	2002	A Beautiful Mind	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2004	House Of Sand And Fog	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2010	Avatar	Best Original Score	Nominated
BAFTA Awards	1996	Braveheart	Best Film Music	Nominated
	1998	Titanic	Best Film Music	Nominated
	2010	Avatar	Best Film Music	Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association	1997	Titanic	Best Original Score	Won
	2001	A Beautiful Mind	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2009	Avatar	Best Original Score	Nominated
Golden Globe Awards	1987	"Somewhere Out There" (from An American Tail; shared with Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann)	Best Original Song	Nominated
	1990	Glory	Best Original Score	Nominated
	1992	"Dreams to Dream" (from An American Tail: Fievel Goes West; shared with Will Jennings)	Best Original Song	Nominated
	1995	Legends of the Fall	Best Original Score	Nominated
	1996	Braveheart	Best Original Score	Nominated
	1998	Titanic	Best Original Score	Won
		"My Heart Will Go On" (from Titanic; shared with Will Jennings)	Best Original Song	Won
	2002	A Beautiful Mind	Best Original Score	Nominated
	2010	Avatar	Best Original Score	Nominated
		"I See You" (from Avatar; shared with Kuk Harrell and Simon Franglen)	Best Original Song	Nominated
Satellite Awards	1997	Titanic	Best Original Score	Won
		"My Heart Will Go On" (from Titanic; shared with Will Jennings)	Best Original Song	Won
	2001	A Beautiful Mind	Best Original Score	Nominated
		"All Love Can Be" (from A Beautiful Mind; shared with Will Jennings)	Best Original Song	Won
	2003	The Missing	Best Original Score	Nominated
Saturn Awards	1983	Brainstorm	Best Music	Won
		Krull	Best Music	Nominated
		Something Wicked This Way Comes	Best Music	Nominated
	1985	Cocoon	Best Music	Nominated
	1986	An American Tail	Best Music	Nominated
	1989	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Best Music	Nominated
	1995	Braveheart	Best Music	Nominated
	2000	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Best Music	Won
	2009	Avatar	Best Music	Won

Grammy Awards

• 1988: An American Tail – Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
• 1988: "Somewhere Out There" (from: An American Tail, Winner) – Song of The Year
• 1988: "Somewhere Out There" (from: An American Tail, Winner) – Best Song Written specifically For a Motion Picture or Television
• 1990: Field of Dreams – Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
• 1991: Glory (Winner) – Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television
• 1996: "Whatever You Imagine" (from: The Pagemaster) – Best Song Written specifically For a Motion Picture or Television
• 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" (from: Titanic, Winner) – Record of The Year
• 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" (from: Titanic, Winner) – Song of The Year
• 1999: "My Heart Will Go On" (from: Titanic, Winner) – Best Song Written For A Motion Picture or for Television
• 2003: A Beautiful Mind – Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
• 2011: Avatar – Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
• 2011: "I See You" (from: Avatar) – Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media

List of scores

Main article(s): List of compositions by James Horner

External links

• James Horner on IMDb
• James Horner at Film Music
• James Horner interview (1983) from CinemaScore magazine

v - e - dAwards for James Horner

v - e - dAcademy 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) v - e - dAcademy Award for Best Original Song 1934–1940 "The Continental" Music: Con Conrad Lyrics: Herb Magidson (1934) "Lullaby of Broadway" Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Al Dubin (1935) "The Way You Look Tonight" Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Dorothy Fields (1936) "Sweet Leilani" Music and lyrics: Harry Owens (1937) "Thanks for the Memory" Music: Ralph Rainger Lyrics: Leo Robin (1938) "Over the Rainbow" Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg (1939) "When You Wish Upon a Star" Music: Leigh Harline Lyrics: Ned Washington (1940) 1941–1950 "The Last Time I Saw Paris" Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1941) "White Christmas" Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin (1942) "You'll Never Know" Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Mack Gordon (1943) "Swinging on a Star" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Johnny Burke (1944) "It Might as Well Be Spring" Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (1945) "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1946) "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Music: Allie Wrubel Lyrics: Ray Gilbert (1947) "Buttons and Bows" Music: Jay Livingston Lyrics: Ray Evans (1948) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" Music and lyrics: Frank Loesser (1949) "Mona Lisa" Music and lyrics: Ray Evans and Jay Livingston (1950) 1951–1960 "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" Music: Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1951) "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" Music: Dimitri Tiomkin Lyrics: Ned Washington (1952) "Secret Love" Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1953) "Three Coins in the Fountain" Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1954) "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1955) "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" Music and lyrics: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (1956) "All the Way" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1957) "Gigi" Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner (1958) "High Hopes" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1959) "Never on Sunday" Music and lyrics: Manos Hatzidakis (1960) 1961–1970 "Moon River" Music: Henry Mancini Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1961) "Days of Wine and Roses" Music: Henry Mancini Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (1962) "Call Me Irresponsible" Music: Jimmy Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn (1963) "Chim Chim Cher-ee" Music and lyrics: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (1964) "The Shadow of Your Smile" Music: Johnny Mandel Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster (1965) "Born Free" Music: John Barry Lyrics: Don Black (1966) "Talk to the Animals" Music and lyrics: Leslie Bricusse (1967) "The Windmills of Your Mind" Music: Michel Legrand Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1968) "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David (1969) "For All We Know" Music: Fred Karlin Lyrics: Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin (1970) 1971–1980 "Theme from Shaft" Music and lyrics: Isaac Hayes (1971) "The Morning After" Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1972) "The Way We Were" Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1973) "We May Never Love Like This Again" Music and lyrics: Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn (1974) "I'm Easy" Music and lyrics: Keith Carradine (1975) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Music: Barbra Streisand Lyrics: Paul Williams (1976) "You Light Up My Life" Music and lyrics: Joseph Brooks (1977) "Last Dance" Music and lyrics: Paul Jabara (1978) "It Goes Like It Goes" Music: David Shire Lyrics: Norman Gimbel (1979) "Fame" Music: Michael Gore Lyrics: Dean Pitchford (1980) 1981–1990 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" Music and lyrics: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen (1981) "Up Where We Belong" Music: Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie Lyrics: Will Jennings (1982) "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Music: Giorgio Moroder Lyrics: Keith Forsey and Irene Cara (1983) "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Music and lyrics: Stevie Wonder (1984) "Say You, Say Me" Music and lyrics: Lionel Richie (1985) "Take My Breath Away" Music: Giorgio Moroder Lyrics: Tom Whitlock (1986) "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Music: Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz Lyrics: Franke Previte (1987) "Let the River Run" Music and lyrics: Carly Simon (1988) "Under the Sea" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman (1989) "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" Music and lyrics: Stephen Sondheim (1990) 1991–2000 "Beauty and the Beast" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman (1991) "A Whole New World" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Tim Rice (1992) "Streets of Philadelphia" Music and lyrics: Bruce Springsteen (1993) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Music: Elton John Lyrics: Tim Rice (1994) "Colors of the Wind" Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz (1995) "You Must Love Me" Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice (1996) "My Heart Will Go On" Music: James Horner Lyrics: Will Jennings (1997) "When You Believe" Music and lyrics: Stephen Schwartz (1998) "You'll Be in My Heart" Music and lyrics: Phil Collins (1999) "Things Have Changed" Music and lyrics: Bob Dylan (2000) 2001–2010 "If I Didn't Have You" Music and lyrics: Randy Newman (2001) "Lose Yourself" Music: Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Lyrics: Eminem (2002) "Into the West" Music and lyrics: Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox (2003) "Al otro lado del río" Music and lyrics: Jorge Drexler (2004) "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" Music and lyrics: Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul (2005) "I Need to Wake Up" Music and lyrics: Melissa Etheridge (2006) "Falling Slowly" Music and lyrics: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007) "Jai Ho" Music: A. R. Rahman Lyrics: Gulzar (2008) "The Weary Kind" Music and lyrics: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2009) "We Belong Together" Music and lyrics: Randy Newman (2010) 2011–2020 "Man or Muppet" Music and lyrics: Bret McKenzie (2011) "Skyfall" Music and lyrics: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (2012) "Let It Go" Music and lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2013) "Glory" Music and lyrics: John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn (2014) "Writing's on the Wall" Music and lyrics: James Napier and Sam Smith (2015) "City of Stars" Music: Justin Hurwitz Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016) "Remember Me" Music and lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (2017) "Shallow" Music and lyrics: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt (2018) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" Music: Elton John Lyrics: Bernie Taupin (2019) "Fight for You" Music: D'Mile and H.E.R. Lyrics: H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas (2020) 2021–present "No Time to Die" Music and lyrics: Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2021) v - e - dChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score Michael Nyman (1993) Randy Newman (1994) Hans Zimmer (1995) Carter Burwell (1996) James Horner (1997) Burkhard Dallwitz (1998) Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (1999) 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) 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) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020) Jonny Greenwood (2021) Justin Hurwitz (2022) v - e - dGolden 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) v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1960s v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (1960s) "Town Without Pity" – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington (1961) No Award (1962) No Award (1963) "Circus World" – Music by Dimitri Tiomkin; Lyrics by Ned Washington (1964) "Forget Domani" – Music by Riz Ortolani; Lyrics by Norman Newell (1965) "Strangers in the Night" – Music by Bert Kaempfert; Lyrics by Charles Singleton & Eddie Snyder (1966) "If Ever I Would Leave You" – Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner (1967) "The Windmills of Your Mind" – Music by Michel Legrand; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1968) "Jean" – Music and Lyrics by Rod McKuen (1969) Complete List (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) (2020s) 1970s v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (1970s) "Whistling Away the Dark" – Music by Henry Mancini; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1970) "Life Is What You Make It" – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1971) "Ben" – Music by Walter Scharf; Lyrics by Don Black (1972) "The Way We Were" – Music by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1973) "I Feel Love" – Music by Euel Box; Lyrics by Betty Box (1974) "I'm Easy" – Music and Lyrics by Keith Carradine (1975) "Evergreen" – Music by Barbra Streisand; Lyrics by Paul Williams (1976) "You Light Up My Life" – Music and Lyrics by Joseph Brooks (1977) "Last Dance" – Music and Lyrics by Paul Jabara (1978) "The Rose" – Music and Lyrics by Amanda McBroom (1979) Complete List (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) (2020s) 1980s v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (1980s) "Fame" – Music by Michael Gore; Lyrics by Dean Pitchford (1980) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" – Music and Lyrics by Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross & Carole Bayer Sager (1981) "Up Where We Belong" – Music by Jack Nitzsche & Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings (1982) "Flashdance... What a Feeling" – Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyrics by Irene Cara & Keith Forsey (1983) "I Just Called to Say I Love You" – Music and Lyrics by Stevie Wonder (1984) "Say You, Say Me" – Music and Lyrics by Lionel Richie (1985) "Take My Breath Away" – Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyrics by Tom Whitlock (1986) "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" – Music by John DeNicola & Donald Markowitz; Lyrics by Franke Previte (1987) "Let the River Run" – Music and Lyrics by Carly Simon / "Two Hearts" – Music by Lamont Dozier; Lyrics by Phil Collins (1988) "Under the Sea" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (1989) Complete List (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) (2020s) 1990s v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (1990s) "Blaze of Glory" – Music and Lyrics by Jon Bon Jovi (1990) "Beauty and the Beast" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman (1991) "A Whole New World" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Tim Rice (1992) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (1993) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" – Music by Elton John; Lyrics by Tim Rice (1994) "Colors of the Wind" – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (1995) "You Must Love Me" – Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Tim Rice (1996) "My Heart Will Go On" – Music by James Horner; Lyrics by Wilbur Jennings (1997) "The Prayer" – Music and Lyrics by David Foster, Tony Renis, Carole Bayer Sager & Alberto Testa (1998) "You'll Be in My Heart" – Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins (1999) Complete List (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) (2020s) 2000s v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (2000s) "Things Have Changed" – Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan (2000) "Until..." – Music and Lyrics by Sting (2001) "The Hands That Built America" – Music and Lyrics by Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr. (2002) "Into the West" – Music and Lyrics by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Frances Walsh (2003) "Old Habits Die Hard" – Music and Lyrics by Mick Jagger & David A. Stewart (2004) "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" – Music by Gustavo Santaolalla; Lyrics by Bernie Taupin (2005) "The Song of the Heart" – Music and Lyrics by Prince Rogers Nelson (2006) "Guaranteed" – Music and Lyrics by Eddie Vedder (2007) "The Wrestler" – Music and Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen (2008) "The Weary Kind" – Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (2009) Complete List (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) (2020s) 2010s v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (2010s) "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren (2010) "Masterpiece" – Music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost & Jimmy Harry (2011) "Skyfall" – Music and lyrics by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (2012) "Ordinary Love" – Music and lyrics by Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. & Danger Mouse (2013) "Glory" – Music and lyrics by Common & John Legend (2014) "Writing's on the Wall" – Music and lyrics by Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes (2015) "City of Stars" – Music by Justin Hurwitz; lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (2016) "This Is Me" – Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (2017) "Shallow" – Music and lyrics by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (2018) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" – Music by Elton John; lyrics by Bernie Taupin (2019) Complete List (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) (2020s) 2020s v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Song (2020s) "Io sì (Seen)" – Music by Diane Warren; Lyrics by Diane Warren, Laura Pausini & Niccolò Agliardi (2020) "No Time to Die" – Music and Lyrics by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell (2021) "Naatu Naatu" – Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose (2022) Complete List (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) (2020s) Complete List (1960s) (1970s) (1980s) (1990s) (2000s) (2010s) (2020s) v - e - dGrammy Award for Song of the Year 1959−1980 "Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1959) "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1960) "Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1961) "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1962) "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1964) "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1965) "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1966) "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1967) "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1968) "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1969) "Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1971) "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1974) "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1975) "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1976) "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1977) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1978) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1979) "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1980) 1981−2000 "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1982) "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1983) "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1985) "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1986) "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1987) "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1989) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1990) "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1991) "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1992) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1993) "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1994) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1996) "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1997) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1999) "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (2000) 2001−2020 "Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2001) "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2002) "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2003) "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2004) "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2005) "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2007) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2008) "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2009) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2010) "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2012) "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2013) "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2014) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2015) "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2016) "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2017) "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2018) "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2019) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2020) 2021−present "I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (songwriters) (2021) "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (songwriters) (2022) "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (songwriter) (2023) v - e - dGrammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 1959−1980 Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959) No Award (1960) Exodus – Ernest Gold (1961) Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1962) No Award (1963) Tom Jones – John Addison (1964) Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1965) The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1966) Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1967) Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1968) The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1969) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1970) Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) (1971) Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1972) The Godfather – Nino Rota (1973) Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1974) The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1975) Jaws – John Williams (1976) Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1977) Star Wars – John Williams (1978) Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1979) Superman – John Williams (1980) 1981−2000 The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1982) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1983) 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 (1984) Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1985) 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 (1986) Out of Africa – John Barry (1987) The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone (1988) The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1989) The Fabulous Baker Boys (Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Dave Grusin (1990) Glory – James Horner (1991) Dances with Wolves – John Barry (1992) Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1993) Aladdin – Alan Menken (1994) Schindler's List – John Williams (1995) Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer (1996) Independence Day – David Arnold (1997) The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1998) Saving Private Ryan – John Williams (1999) A Bug's Life – Randy Newman (2000) 2001−2020 American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score – Thomas Newman (2001) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2005) Ray – Craig Armstrong (2006) Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2007) Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino (2008) The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (2009) Up – Michael Giacchino (2010) Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman (2011) The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat (2012) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2013) Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Thomas Newman (2014) The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2015) Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2016) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams (2017) La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2018) Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (2019) Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2020) 2021−present Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2021) The Queen's Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera / Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2022) Encanto – Germaine Franco (2023) v - e - dInternational 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) v - e - dInternational 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) v- e - dMax 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 (2021) v - e - dSatellite Award for Best Original Score 1990s Gabriel Yared (1996) James Horner (1997) Hans Zimmer (1998) Danny Elfman (1999) 2000s 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) 2010s 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) 2020s Alexandre Desplat (2020) Hans Zimmer (2021) v - e - dSaturn 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 (2018/2019) John Williams (2019/2020) 2020s Danny Elfman (2021/2022)

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