Satellite Awards / Film / Best Score

The Satellite Award for Best Film Music honors the outstanding soundtrack of a film.

statistics
Most frequently honored composers	Hans Zimmer (four wins)
Most frequently nominated composers	Hans Zimmer (eleven nominations)
Most frequently nominated composers without a win	John Williams (seven nominations)

The composers of a film from the previous year are always honored.

Nominations and winners

1996-1999

year	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
1996	Gabriel Yared	The English patient	Patrick Doyle for Hamlet Danny Elfman for Mars Attacks! Elliot Goldenthal for Michael Collins Daniel Lanois for Sling Blade
1997	James Horner	Titanic	John Williams for Amistad David Newman for Anastasia Jerry Goldsmith for LA Confidential Mike Figgis for One Night Stand
1998	Hans Zimmer	The fine line	Rachel Portman for Human Child Gabriel Yared for City of Angels Randy Newman for Pleasantville - Too Good to Be True John Williams for Saving Private Ryan
1999	Danny Elfman	Sleepy Hollow	Ennio Morricone for The Legend of Ocean Pianist Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman for Ravenous - Friss oder Die John Corigliano for The Red Violin James Newton Howard for Snow That Falls on Cedars Bill Conti for The Thomas Crown Affair

2000-2009

year	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
2000	Hans Zimmer	gladiator	Rachel Portman for The Legend of Bagger Vance Ennio Morricone for The Magic of Malèna Danny Elfman for Signs of Life - Proof of Life Cliff Martinez for Traffic - Power of the Cartel
2001	Craig Armstrong	Moulin Rouge	James Horner for A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn Hans Zimmer for Hannibal Rolfe Kent for Naturally Blond Harry Gregson-Williams for Spy Game - The final countdown
2002	Elliot Goldenthal	Frida	Liz Gallacher for 24 Hour Party People Terence Blanchard for 25 hours Damon Gough for About a Boy or: The Day of the Dead Duck Craig Wedren for Sex for Beginners
2003	Hans Zimmer	Last samurai	Stephen Trask for Star Camp Gabriel Yared for On the Road to Cold Mountain Thomas Newman for Finding Nemo Howard Shore for The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King James Horner for The Missing Randy Newman for Seabiscuit - With the Will to Success
2004	John Swihart	Napoleon Dynamite	Mick Jagger , John Powell and David A. Stewart for Alfie Howard Shore for Aviator Jan AP Kaczmarek for When Dreams Learn to Fly Michael Giacchino for The Incredibles Danny Elfman for Spider-Man 2
2005	Harry Gregson-Williams	Kingdom of heaven	Alberto Iglesias for The Eternal Gardener John Williams for The Geisha Danny Elfman for Corpse Bride Robert Rodriguez , Graeme Revell and John Debney for Sin City Gustavo Santaolalla for Brokeback Mountain
2006	Gustavo Santaolalla	Babel	Nathan Johnson for Brick Hans Zimmer for The Da Vinci Code Clint Eastwood for Flags of Our Fathers Gabriel Yared for The Lives of Others Philip Glass for Diary of a Scandal
2007	Alberto Iglesias	Kite runner	Dario Marianelli for Atonement James Newton Howard for The Rules of Violence Michael Giacchino for Ratatouille Howard Shore for Fatal Promises - Eastern Promises Nick Cave for The Assassination of Jesse James by Coward Robert Ford
2008	AR Rahman	Slumdog millionaire	David Hirschfelder for Australia John Powell for Horton hears a who! Danny Elfman for Milk David Arnold for Quantum of Solace Thomas Newman for WALL · E - The last one cleans up the earth
2009	Rolfe Kent	Up in the air	Gabriel Yared for Amelia Elliot Goldenthal for Public Enemies Marvin Hamlisch for Der Informant! Michael Giacchino for Above Carter Burwell and Karen Orzolek for Where the Wild Things Are

2010-2019

year	Award winners	Movie	Nominations
2010	Hans Zimmer	Inception	Harry Gregson-Williams for Unstoppable Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network A. R. Rahman for 127 Hours Clint Mansell for Black Swan Fionnuala Ní Chiosáin for The Eclipse Alexandre Desplat for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 James Newton Howard for salt
2011	Marco Beltrami	Soul surfer	Cliff Martinez for Drive Alexandre Desplat for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Michael Giacchino for Super 8 John Williams for Companion James Newton Howard for Water for the Elephants
2012	Alexandre Desplat	Argo	Dario Marianelli for Anna Karenina Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer for Beasts of the Southern Wild John Williams for Lincoln Jonny Greenwood for The Master Thomas Newman for James Bond 007: Skyfall
2013	Steven Price	Gravity	Hans Zimmer for 12 Years a Slave John Williams for The Book Thief Arcade Fire for Her Alexandre Desplat for Philomena Theodore Shapiro for The Amazing Life of Walter Mitty
2014	Antonio Sánchez	Birdman or (The Unexpected Power of Cluelessness)	Alexandre Desplat for The Imitation Game - A Top Secret Life Steven Price for Hearts of Steel Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Gone Girl - The Perfect Sacrifice Hans Zimmer for Interstellar Thomas Newman for The Judge - Right or Honor
2015	Carter Burwell	Carol	Michael Giacchino for Everything is Head Alexandre Desplat for The Danish Girl Harry Gregson-Williams for Der Martianer - Saving Mark Watney Thomas Newman for James Bond 007: Specter Howard Shore for Spotlight
2016	Justin Hurwitz	La La Land	John Williams for BFG - Big Friendly Giant Rupert Gregson-Williams for Hacksaw Ridge - The decision John Debney for The Jungle Book Lesley Barber for Manchester by the Sea Hans Zimmer , Pharrell Williams and Benjamin Wallfisch for Hidden Figures - Unrecognized heroines
2017	Rupert Gregson-Williams	Wonder Woman	Carter Burwell for Wonderstruck Alexandre Desplat for Shape of Water - The Whispering of Water Michael Giacchino for Planet of the Apes: Survival Dario Marianelli for The Darkest Hour Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk
2018	Justin Hurwitz	Departure to the moon	Thomas Adès for Colette Terence Blanchard for BlacKkKlansman Nicholas Britell for If Beale Street Could Talk Alexandre Desplat for The Sisters Brothers Hans Zimmer for Widows - Tödliche Widwen
2019	Hildur Guðnadóttir	joker	Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders for Le Mans 66 - Against Any Chance Terence Blanchard for Harriet - The Road to Freedom Randy Newman for Marriage Story Thomas Newman for 1917 Robbie Robertson for The Irishman