Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (Grammy Awards)

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media has been awarded since 1960. Until 2001, the award was presented to the composer of the music alone. From 2001 to 2006, the producer and engineers shared in this award. In 2007, the award reverted to a composer-only award. The award is presented to composer for an original score created for a film, a TV show or series, video games or other visual media. There have been several minor changes to the name of the award: In 1959 the award was known as Best Sound Track Album â€“ Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television From 1961 to 1962 it was awarded as Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television From 1964 to 1968 it was awarded as Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show From 1969 to 1973 and in 1978 it was awarded as Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special From 1974 to 1977 it was awarded as Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special From 1979 to 1986 it was awarded as Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special From 1988 to 1990 it was awarded as Best Album or Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television

Check all the winners of Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media presented under Grammy Awards since 1959 .

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Thomas Newman

Honored for : Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alexandre Desplat	Argo
Craig Armstrong	The Orchestral Score from Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby
Mychael Danna	Life of Pi: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
John Williams	Lincoln
Thomas Newman	Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Alexandre Desplat	Zero Dark Thirty: Original Soundtrack

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Blumpy, Alan Moulder

Honored for : The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

(Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers and producers. Blumpy & Alan Moulder, engineers/mixers.)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Williams	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn composer
Ludovic Bource	The Artist composer
Hans Zimmer	The Dark Knight Rises composer
Trent Reznor	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers and producers. Blumpy & Alan Moulder, engineers/mixers.
Atticus Ross	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers and producers. Blumpy & Alan Moulder, engineers/mixers.
Blumpy	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers and producers. Blumpy & Alan Moulder, engineers/mixers.
Alan Moulder	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers and producers. Blumpy & Alan Moulder, engineers/mixers.
Howard Shore	Hugo composer
Austin Wintory	Journey composer
Daft Punk	TRON: Legacy

Alexandre Desplat

Honored for : The King's Speech

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alexandre Desplat	The King's Speech
Clint Mansell	Black Swan
Alexandre Desplat	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Ryan Shore	The Shrine

Randy Newman, David Boucher

Honored for : Toy Story 3

(Composer, Engineer/mixer)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Randy Newman	Toy Story 3 2011 Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
David Boucher	Toy Story 3 2011 Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Danny Elfman	Alice in Wonderland
James Horner	Avatar: Music from the Motion Picture
Hans Zimmer	Inception
Hans Zimmer	Sherlock Holmes
Michael Giacchino	Star Trek

Michael Giacchino, Dan Wallin

Honored for : Up

(Composer, Engineer/Mixer)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alexandre Desplat	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nicholas Hooper	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Danny Elfman	Milk
Michael Giacchino	Star Trek
Michael Giacchino	Up
Dan Wallin	Up

Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Alan Meyerson, Geoff Foster, Alex Gibson

Honored for : The Dark Knight

(Producers, Engineers, Composers/Producers)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Williams	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Ramin Djawadi	Iron Man
Jonny Greenwood	There Will Be Blood
Hans Zimmer	The Dark Knight
James Newton Howard	The Dark Knight
Lorne Balfe	The Dark Knight
Alan Meyerson	The Dark Knight
Geoff Foster	The Dark Knight
Alex Gibson	The Dark Knight
Thomas Newman	WALL·E

Michael Giacchino, Dan Wallin

Honored for : Ratatouille

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Pan's Labyrinth
Michael Giacchino	Ratatouille
Dan Wallin	Ratatouille
	Babel
	Happy Feet
	Blood Diamond
	The Departed

John Williams, Shawn Murphy

Honored for : Memoirs of a Geisha

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Williams	Memoirs of a Geisha
Shawn Murphy	Memoirs of a Geisha

Taylor Hackford, David Donaldson, Craig Armstrong, Geoff Foster

Honored for : Ray

(Engineer/mixer, Producer, Composer, Engineer)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Incredibles
	Million Dollar Baby
David Donaldson	Ray
Craig Armstrong	Ray
Taylor Hackford	Ray
Geoff Foster	Ray
	Classic FM: Star Wars Suite and Other Great Film Music
	The Aviator

Howard Shore, John J. Kurlander

Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

(Composer, Engineer/Mixer)

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Danny Elfman	Big Fish
Thomas Newman	Angels in America
John Williams	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Jon Brion	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Peter Cobbin, Howard Shore, John J. Kurlander

Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

(composer, engineer/mixer, engineer)

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Williams	Catch Me If You Can
Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Randy Newman	Seabiscuit
John Williams	Catch Me if You Can
Philip Glass	The Hours
John Williams	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Howard Shore, John J. Kurlander

Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
John J. Kurlander	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
	A Beautiful Mind
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
	Monsters, Inc.
	Spider-Man: Original Motion Picture Score

Tan Dun, Steven Epstein, Lu Xiao Xing, Xu Gou Qin, Richard King

Honored for : Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rachel Portman	Chocolat
Danny Elfman	Planet of the Apes
John Williams	A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Mark Isham	Men of Honor
Cliff Martinez	Traffic
Lu Xiao Xing	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Tan Dun	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Steven Epstein	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Xu Gou Qin	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Richard King	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Bill Bernstein, Thomas Newman, Dennis Sands

Honored for : American Beauty

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dennis Sands	American Beauty
Bill Bernstein	American Beauty
Thomas Newman	American Beauty

Randy Newman

Honored for : A Bug's Life: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Randy Newman	A Bug's Life: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack

John Williams

Honored for : Saving Private Ryan

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Williams	Saving Private Ryan

Gabriel Yared

Honored for : The English Patient

(Composer)

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Gabriel Yared	The English Patient

David Arnold

Honored for : Independence Day

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
David Arnold	Independence Day

Hans Zimmer

Honored for : Crimson Tide

(composer)

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hans Zimmer	Crimson Tide

John Williams

Honored for : Schindler's List

(Composer)

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Williams	Schindler's List

Alan Menken

Honored for : Aladdin

(Composer)

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alan Menken	Aladdin

Alan Menken

Honored for : Beauty and the Beast

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alan Menken	Beauty and the Beast

John Barry

Honored for : Dances With Wolves

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Barry	Dances With Wolves

James Horner

Honored for : Glory

(Composer)

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
James Horner	Glory

Dave Grusin

Honored for : The Fabulous Baker Boys

(Composer)

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dave Grusin	The Fabulous Baker Boys

Cong Su, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne

Honored for : The Last Emperor

(Composers)

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ryuichi Sakamoto	The Last Emperor
Cong Su	The Last Emperor
David Byrne	The Last Emperor

Ennio Morricone

Honored for : The Untouchables

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ennio Morricone	The Untouchables

Micki Free, Bunny Hull, Allee Willis, Keith Forsey, Jon Gilutin, Howard Hewett, Howie Rice, Dan Sembello, Sharon Robinson, Marc Benno, Hawk Wolinski, Harold Faltermeyer, Sue Sheridan, Richard Charles Theisen II

Honored for : Beverly Hills Cop

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dan Sembello	Beverly Hills Cop
Allee Willis	Beverly Hills Cop
Bunny Hull	Beverly Hills Cop
Micki Free	Beverly Hills Cop
Howie Rice	Beverly Hills Cop
Richard Charles Theisen II	Beverly Hills Cop
Marc Benno	Beverly Hills Cop
Howard Hewett	Beverly Hills Cop
Jon Gilutin	Beverly Hills Cop
Harold Faltermeyer	Beverly Hills Cop
Sue Sheridan	Beverly Hills Cop
Sharon Robinson	Beverly Hills Cop
Hawk Wolinski	Beverly Hills Cop
Keith Forsey	Beverly Hills Cop

Wendy Melvoin, John L. Nelson, Lisa Coleman, Prince

Honored for : Purple Rain

(Composers)

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lisa Coleman	Purple Rain
Prince	Purple Rain
Wendy Melvoin	Purple Rain
John L. Nelson	Purple Rain

Phil Ramone, Irene Cara, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Michael Boddicker, Shandi Sinnamon, Keith Forsey, Michael Sembello, Giorgio Moroder, Kim Carnes, Dennis Matkosky, Jerry Hey, Douglas Cotler, Ronald Magness, Richard Gilbert

Honored for : Flashdance

(composers)

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Phil Ramone	Flashdance
Ronald Magness	Flashdance
Shandi Sinnamon	Flashdance
Dennis Matkosky	Flashdance
Giorgio Moroder	Flashdance
Craig Krampf	Flashdance
Duane Hitchings	Flashdance
Irene Cara	Flashdance
Jerry Hey	Flashdance
Kim Carnes	Flashdance
Michael Boddicker	Flashdance
Keith Forsey	Flashdance
Michael Sembello	Flashdance
Richard Gilbert	Flashdance
Douglas Cotler	Flashdance