Satellite Award for Best Original Score

The Satellite Award for Best Original Score is an annual award given by the International Press Academy. Hans Zimmer is both the most awarded and the most nominated composer in this category, with five wins and ten nominations.

Satellite Award for Best Original Score
Awarded for	Best Score
Country	United States
Presented by	International Press Academy
First award	1996
Currently held by	Laura Karpman – American Fiction (2023)

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Winners and nominees	Composer(s)
1996	The English Patient	Gabriel Yared
	Hamlet	Patrick Doyle
	Mars Attacks!	Danny Elfman
	Michael Collins	Elliot Goldenthal
	Sling Blade	Daniel Lanois
1997	Titanic	James Horner
	Amistad	John Williams
	Anastasia	David Newman
	L.A. Confidential	Jerry Goldsmith
	One Night Stand	Mike Figgis
1998	The Thin Red Line	Hans Zimmer
	Beloved	Rachel Portman
	City of Angels	Gabriel Yared
	Pleasantville	Randy Newman
	Saving Private Ryan	John Williams
1999	Sleepy Hollow	Danny Elfman
	The Legend of 1900	Ennio Morricone
	The Red Violin	John Corigliano
	Snow Falling on Cedars	James Newton Howard
	The Thomas Crown Affair	Bill Conti

2000s

Year	Winners and nominees	Composer(s)
2000	Gladiator	Hans Zimmer
	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Rachel Portman
	Malèna	Ennio Morricone
	Proof of Life	Danny Elfman
	Traffic	Cliff Martinez
2001	Moulin Rouge!	Craig Armstrong
	A Beautiful Mind	James Horner
	Hannibal	Hans Zimmer
	Legally Blonde	Rolfe Kent
	Spy Game	Harry Gregson-Williams
2002	Frida	Elliot Goldenthal
	24 Hour Party People	Liz Gallacher
	25th Hour	Terence Blanchard
	About a Boy	Damon Gough
	Roger Dodger	Craig Wedren
2003	The Last Samurai	Hans Zimmer
	Camp	Stephen Trask
	Cold Mountain	Gabriel Yared
	Finding Nemo	Thomas Newman
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Howard Shore
	The Missing	James Horner
	Seabiscuit	Randy Newman
2004	Napoleon Dynamite	John Swihart
	Alfie	Mick Jagger, John Powell, and David A. Stewart
	The Aviator	Howard Shore
	Finding Neverland	Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
	The Incredibles	Michael Giacchino
	Spider-Man 2	Danny Elfman
2005	Kingdom of Heaven	Harry Gregson-Williams
	Brokeback Mountain	Gustavo Santaolalla
	The Constant Gardener	Alberto Iglesias
	Corpse Bride	Danny Elfman
	Memoirs of a Geisha	John Williams
	Sin City	Robert Rodriguez
2006	Babel	Gustavo Santaolalla
	Brick	Nathan Johnson
	The Da Vinci Code	Hans Zimmer
	Flags of Our Fathers	Clint Eastwood
	The Lives of Others	Gabriel Yared
	Notes on a Scandal	Philip Glass
2007	The Kite Runner	Alberto Iglesias
	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Nick Cave
	Atonement	Dario Marianelli
	Eastern Promises	Howard Shore
	The Lookout	James Newton Howard
	Ratatouille	Michael Giacchino
2008	Slumdog Millionaire	A. R. Rahman
	Australia	David Hirschfelder
	Horton Hears a Who!	John Powell
	Milk	Danny Elfman
	Quantum of Solace	David Arnold
	WALL-E	Thomas Newman
2009	Up in the Air	Rolfe Kent
	Amelia	Gabriel Yared
	The Informant!	Marvin Hamlisch
	Public Enemies	Elliot Goldenthal
	Up	Michael Giacchino
	Where the Wild Things Are	Carter Burwell and Karen O

2010s

Year	Winners and nominees	Composer(s)
2010	Inception	Hans Zimmer
	127 Hours	A. R. Rahman
	Black Swan	Clint Mansell
	The Eclipse	Fionnuala Ní Chiosáin
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Alexandre Desplat
	Salt	James Newton Howard
	The Social Network	Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Howard Shore
2011	Soul Surfer	Marco Beltrami
	Drive	Cliff Martinez
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Alexandre Desplat
	Super 8	Michael Giacchino
	War Horse	John Williams
	Water for Elephants	James Newton Howard
2012	Argo	Alexandre Desplat
	Anna Karenina	Dario Marianelli
	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer
	Lincoln	John Williams
	The Master	Jonny Greenwood
	Skyfall	Thomas Newman
2013	Gravity	Steven Price
	12 Years a Slave	Hans Zimmer
	The Book Thief	John Williams
	Her	Arcade Fire
	Philomena	Alexandre Desplat
	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Theodore Shapiro
2014	Birdman	Antonio Sánchez
	Fury	Steven Price
	Gone Girl	Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
	The Imitation Game	Alexandre Desplat
	Interstellar	Hans Zimmer
	The Judge	Thomas Newman
2015 [1]	Carol	Carter Burwell
	The Danish Girl	Alexandre Desplat
	Inside Out	Michael Giacchino
	The Martian	Harry Gregson-Williams
	Spectre	Thomas Newman
	Spotlight	Howard Shore
2016 [2]	La La Land	Justin Hurwitz
	The BFG	John Williams
	Hacksaw Ridge	Rupert Gregson-Williams
	Hidden Figures	Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, and Benjamin Wallfisch
	The Jungle Book	John Debney
	Manchester by the Sea	Lesley Barber
2017 [3]	Wonder Woman	Rupert Gregson-Williams
	Darkest Hour	Dario Marianelli
	Dunkirk	Hans Zimmer
	The Shape of Water	Alexandre Desplat
	War for the Planet of the Apes	Michael Giacchino
	Wonderstruck	Carter Burwell
2018 [4]	First Man	Justin Hurwitz
	Colette	Thomas Adès
	BlacKkKlansman	Terence Blanchard
	If Beale Street Could Talk	Nicholas Britell
	The Sisters Brothers	Alexandre Desplat
	Widows	Hans Zimmer
2019 [5]	Joker	Hildur Guðnadóttir
	1917	Thomas Newman
	Ford v Ferrari	Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
	Harriet	Terence Blanchard
	The Irishman	Robbie Robertson
	Marriage Story	Randy Newman

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2020 [6][7]	The Midnight Sky	Alexandre Desplat
	Mank	Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
	Minari	Emile Mosseri
	News of the World	James Newton Howard
	One Night in Miami...	Terence Blanchard
	Tenet	Ludwig Göransson
2021 [8]	Dune	Hans Zimmer
	The French Dispatch	Alexandre Desplat
	The Harder They Fall	Jeymes Samuel
	The Last Duel	Harry Gregson-Williams
	Parallel Mothers	Alberto Iglesias
	The Power of the Dog	Jonny Greenwood
	Spencer
2022 [9]	Babylon	Justin Hurwitz
	The Banshees of Inisherin	Carter Burwell
	The Fabelmans	John Williams
	Top Gun: Maverick	Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga, and Hans Zimmer
	The Woman King	Terence Blanchard
	Women Talking	Hildur Guðnadóttir
2023 [10]	American Fiction	Laura Karpman
	Killers of the Flower Moon	Robbie Robertson (posthumous)
	Oppenheimer	Ludwig Göransson
	Poor Things	Jerskin Fendrix
	Society of the Snow	Michael Giacchino
	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Daniel Pemberton