British Academy Film Award / Best Score
Winners and nominees in the category Best Original Score (Best Original Music) since it was first presented at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA Awards) in 1969. The category was originally formed as Anthony Asquith Memorial Award in memory of the late British film director Anthony Asquith ( 1902–1968) launched. The Anthony Asquith Memorial Fund presented the award winners with a Wedgwood plaque made of green jasper depicting Asquith. From 1979, the price category then operated under changing names such as Original Film Music (1980–1981, 1990–1992),Score for a Film (1982–1987), Original Film Score (1988–1989) or Score (1992), before being renamed the Anthony Asquith Award for Achievement in Film Music from 1993 to 2006 .
The winner agreed with the Oscar- winning film composer 19 times , most recently in 2020 when the award was given to the Icelander Hildur Guđnadóttir ( Joker ) . Hans Zimmer (1992, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2018) and Marc Streitenfeld (2008) were the only composers from German-speaking countries to be nominated, but they could not win the British Academy Film Award.
According to the current regulations, films that have more than fifty percent original compositions can qualify if these were created directly for film production. The composers are named as the persons responsible for the overall work of a film, which includes not only instrumental music but also songs (there is no separate category for film songs, such as those awarded at the Oscars or Golden Globe Awards ). If the composers have created less than half of the original music, additional contributing musicians can receive mentions. The composers of the films submitted must state in advance in writing using so-called “cue sheets” which compositions they have created themselves and which they have not.
| statistics | Surname | number | year |
| Most frequent awards | John Williams | 7th | 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1989, 1994, 2006 |
| Most frequent nominations | John Williams | 14th | 1976, 1979, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Most frequent nominations without a win | George Fenton | 6th | 1983, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2006 |
The films listed below are given with their German distribution title (if this can be determined), followed by the original title in the respective national language in brackets in italics. The original title is not mentioned if the German and original film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted first.
1960s
1969
John Barry - The Lion in Winter (The Lion in Winter)
- John Addison - The Charge of the Light Brigade (The Charge of the Light Brigade)
- Francis Lai - Live life ( Vivre pour vivre )
- Nino Rota - Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
1970s
1970
- Richard Rodney Bennett - The Woman From Nowhere (Secret Ceremony)
- Georges Delerue - Women in Love (Women in Love)
- Michel Legrand - Thomas Crown is unbelievable (The Thomas Crown Affair)
1971
Burt Bacharach - Two bandits (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
- Richard Rodney Bennett - In the sights of the Falcon (Figures in a Landscape)
- Johnny Douglas - The Railway Children
- Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant
1972
Michel Legrand - Summer of '42 (Summer of '42)
1973
Nino Rota - The Godfather (The Godfather)
- Richard Rodney Bennett - The Great Love of Lady Caroline (Lady Caroline Lamb)
- Alfred Ralston - The Young Lion (Young Winston)
- The Third Ear Band - Macbeth (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
1974
Alan Price - The Successful (O Lucky Man!)
- Bob Dylan - Pat Garrett Chases Billy the Kid (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid)
- Taj Mahal - The Year Without a Father (Sounder)
- Mikis Theodorakis - The Invisible Revolt (État de siège)
1975
Richard Rodney Bennett - Murder on the Orient Express (Murder on the Orient Express)
- Jerry Goldsmith - Chinatown
- Francis Lai - A Happy Year (La bonne année)
- Michel Legrand - The Three Musketeers (The Three Musketeers)
- Mikis Theodorakis - Serpico
1976
John Williams - The Towering Inferno (The Towering Inferno) and Jaws (Jaws)
- Jerry Goldsmith - The Wind and the Lion (The Wind and the Lion)
- Nino Rota - The Godfather - Part II (The Godfather: Part II)
- David Shire - Stopping the Death Ride of Subway 123 (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three)
1977
Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver
- Jack Nitzsche - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
- Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman - Cinderella's Silver Shoe (The Slipper and the Rose)
- Paul Williams - Bugsy Malone
1978
John Addison - The Bridge of Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far)
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Equus - Blind Horses (Equus)
- Marvin Hamlisch - The Spy Who Loved Me (The Spy Who Loved Me)
- Paul Williams , Barbra Streisand , Kenny Ascher , Rupert Holmes , Leon Russell , Kenny Loggins , Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman - A Star Is Born
1979
John Williams - Star Wars (Star Wars)
- The Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (Saturday Night Fever)
- Georges Delerue - Julia
- John Williams - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)
1980s
1980
Ennio Morricone - In the Embers of the South (Days of Heaven)
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Yanks - Yesterday We Were Strangers (Yanks)
- Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
- Jerry Goldsmith - Alien - The creepy creature from an alien world (Alien)
1981
John Williams - The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
- Queen and Howard Blake - Flash Gordon
- Michael Gore - Fame - The Road to Fame (Fame)
- Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass
1982
Carl Davis - The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)
- Burt Bacharach - Arthur - No Child of Sadness (Arthur)
- Vangelis Papathanassiou - The Hour of the Victor (Chariots of Fire)
- John Williams - Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
1983
John Williams - ET the Extra-Terrestrial
- George Fenton and Ravi Shankar - Gandhi
- Vangelis Papathanassiou - Blade Runner
- Vangelis Papathanassiou - Missing (Missing)
1984
Ryūichi Sakamoto - Furyo - Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)
- Mark Knopfler - Local Hero
- Giorgio Moroder - Flashdance
- Jack Nitzsche - An Officer and a Gentleman
1985
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon a Time in America (Once Upon a Time in America)
- Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas
- Paco de Lucía - Carmen
- Mike Oldfield - The Killing Fields - Schreiendes Land (The Killing Fields)
1986
Maurice Jarre - The Only Witness
- Harold Faltermeyer - Beverly Hills Cop - I'll definitely solve the case (Beverly Hills Cop)
- Brian Gascoigne and Junior Homrich - The Emerald Forest (The Emerald Forest)
- Maurice Jarre - Journey to India (A Passage to India)
1987
Ennio Morricone - Mission (The Mission)
- John Barry - Out of Africa (Out of Africa)
- Herbie Hancock - At midnight (Round Midnight)
- Richard Robbins - Room with a View (A Room with a View)
1988
Ennio Morricone - The Untouchables (The Untouchables)
- George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa - Cry Freedom (Cry Freedom)
- Peter Martin - Hope and Glory
- Stanley Myers - Wish You Were Here - Wish You Were Here
1989
John Williams - Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun)
- David Byrne , Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su - The Last Emperor (The Last Emperor)
- Dick Hyman - Moonstruck (Moonstruck)
- Lennie Niehaus - Bird
1990s
1990
Maurice Jarre - The Dead Poets Society
- George Fenton - Dangerous Liaisons (Dangerous Liaisons)
- Trevor Jones - Mississippi Burning - The Root of Hatred (Mississippi Burning)
- Carly Simon - The Weapons of Women (Working Girl)
1991
Ennio Morricone and Andrea Morricone - Cinema Paradiso
- George Fenton - Memphis Belle
- Dave Grusin - The Fabulous Baker Boys (The Fabulous Baker Boys)
- Carly Simon - Greetings from Hollywood (Postcards from the Edge)
1992
Jean-Claude Petit - Cyrano of Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac)
- John Barry - The Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)
- Howard Shore - The Silence of the Lambs (The Silence of the Lambs)
- Hans Zimmer - Thelma & Louise
1993
David Hirschfelder - Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all rules (Strictly Ballroom)
- John Altman - Hear My Song
- Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman - The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)
- Alan Menken and Howard Ashman - Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)
1994
John Williams - Schindler's List (Schindler's List)
- Alan Menken - Aladdin
- Michael Nyman - Das Piano (The Piano)
- Marc Shaiman - Sleepless in Seattle (Sleepless in Seattle)
1995
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Four Weddings and a Funeral (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
- Guy Gross - Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
- Hans Zimmer - The Lion King (The Lion King)
1996
Luis Bacalov - The Postman (Il Postino)
- Patrick Doyle - Sense and Sensibility (Sense and Sensibility)
- George Fenton - King George - The Madness of King George
- James Horner - Braveheart
1997
Gabriel Yared - The English Patient (The English Patient)
- David Hirschfelder - Shine - The Path into Light (Shine)
- Trevor Jones - Brassed Off - With Timpani and Trumpets (Brassed Off)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice - Evita
1998
Nellee Hooper , Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)
- Anne Dudley - All Or Not (The Full Monty)
- Jerry Goldsmith - LA Confidential
- James Horner - Titanic
1999
David Hirschfelder - Elizabeth
- Barrington Pheloung - Hilary & Jackie (Hilary and Jackie)
- Stephen Warbeck - Shakespeare in Love
- John Williams - Saving Private Ryan (Saving Private Ryan)
2000s
2000
Thomas Newman - American Beauty
- Ry Cooder and Nick Gold - Buena Vista Social Club
- Michael Nyman - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- Gabriel Yared - The Talented Mr. Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
2001
Tan Dun - Tiger & Dragon (臥虎藏龍, Wòhǔ Cánglóng)
- T-Bone Burnett and Carter Burwell - O Brother, Where Art Thou? - A Mississippi Odyssey (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
- Stephen Warbeck - Billy Elliot - I Will Dance (Billy Elliot)
- Nancy Wilson - Almost Famous - Almost Famous
- Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard - Gladiator
2002
Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries - Moulin Rouge (Moulin Rouge!)
- Angelo Badalamenti - Mulholland Drive - Street of Darkness (Mulholland Dr.)
- Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell - Shrek - The Daredevil Hero (Shrek)
- Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- Yann Tiersen - The fabulous world of Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
2003
Philip Glass - The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity (The Hours)
- Danny Elfman , John Kander and Fred Ebb - Chicago
- Wojciech Kilar - The Pianist (The Pianist)
- Howard Shore , Robbie Robertson and The Edge - Gangs of New York
- John Williams - Catch Me If You Can
2004
Gabriel Yared and T-Bone Burnett - On the Road to Cold Mountain (Cold Mountain)
- Alexandre Desplat - Girl with a Pearl Earring (Girl With a Pearl Earring)
- Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- Kevin Shields and Brian Reitzell - Lost in Translation
- The RZA - Kill Bill - Volume 1 (Kill Bill: Vol. 1)
2005
Gustavo Santaolalla - The Journey of the Young Che - Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
- Craig Armstrong - Ray
- Bruno Coulais - The Children of Monsieur Mathieu (Les choristes)
- Jan AP Kaczmarek - When dreams learn to fly
- Howard Shore - Aviator (The Aviator)
John Williams - The Geisha (Memoirs of a Geisha)
- T-Bone Burnett - Walk the Line
- George Fenton - Lady Henderson Presents (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
- Alberto Iglesias - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
- Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain
- David Arnold - James Bond 007: Casino Royale (Casino Royale)
- Alexandre Desplat - The Queen (The Queen)
- Henry Krieger - Dreamgirls
- John Powell - Happy Feet
Christopher Gunning - La vie en rose (La Môme)
- Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
- Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner (The Kite Runner)
- Dario Marianelli - Atonement (Atonement)
- Marc Streitenfeld - American gangster
AR Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
- Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight
- Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus - Mamma Mia!
- Thomas Newman - WALL E - The last one cleans up the earth (WALL E)
2010s
Michael Giacchino - Up (Up)
- James Horner - Avatar - Departure for Pandora (Avatar)
- T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton - Crazy Heart
- Alexandre Desplat - The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fantastic Mr. Fox)
- Chaz Jankel - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Alexandre Desplat - The King's Speech
- AR Rahman - 127 Hours
- Danny Elfman - Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
- John Powell - to Train Your Dragon (How to Train Your Dragon)
- Hans Zimmer - Inception
- Alberto Iglesias - Queen, King, As, Spy (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - delusion (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- Howard Shore - Hugo Cabret (Hugo)
- John Williams - Companions (War Horse)
Thomas Newman - James Bond 007: Skyfall (Skyfall)
- Mychael Danna - Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger (Life of Pi)
- Alexandre Desplat - Argo
- Dario Marianelli - Anna Karenina
- John Williams - Lincoln
- Henry Jackman - Captain Phillips
- Thomas Newman - Saving Mr. Banks
- John Williams - The Book Thief (The Book Thief)
- Hans Zimmer - 12 Years a Slave
Alexandre Desplat - Grand Budapest Hotel (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
- Jóhann Jóhannsson - The Discovery of Infinity (The Theory of Everything)
- Mica Levi - Under the Skin
- Antonio Sánchez - Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))
- Hans Zimmer - Interstellar
Ennio Morricone - The Hateful Eight
- Jóhann Jóhannsson - Sicario
- Thomas Newman - Bridge of Spies - The Negotiator (Bridge of Spies)
- Alva Noto , Ryūichi Sakamoto - The Revenant (The Revenant)
- John Williams - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran - Lion - The Long Way Home (Lion)
- Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival
- Abel Korzeniowski - Nocturnal Animals
- Mica Levi - Jackie: The First Lady (Jackie)
Alexandre Desplat - Shape of Water - The Shape of Water
- Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer - Blade Runner 2049
- Dario Marianelli - The Darkest Hour
- Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk
- Jonny Greenwood - The Silk Thread (Phantom Thread)
Bradley Cooper , Lady Gaga and Lukas Nelson - A Star Is Born
- Terence Blanchard - BlacKkKlansman
- Nicholas Britell - If Beale Street Could Talk
- Alexandre Desplat - Isle of Dogs - Ataris Tour (Isle of Dogs)
- Marc Shaiman - Mary Poppins' return (Mary Poppins Returns)
2020s
- Alexandre Desplat - Little Women
- Michael Giacchino - Jojo Rabbit
- Thomas Newman - 1917
- John Williams - Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker
Individual evidence
- ^ The changing face of Our Awards. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Rules and Guidelines 2011–2012 at bafta.org, p. 9 (PDF file; 235 KiB; accessed on July 2, 2011).