This is a list of winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, formerly known as the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, which is presented to film composers, given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts since 1968. With seven wins out of seventeen nominations,

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is both the most nominated and most awarded in this category.

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is the only composer to win in consecutive years; for '' The Mission'' in 1987 and '' The Untouchables'' in 1988. Morricone also has the highest perfect score and record, with six wins from six nominations. George Fenton and

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share the record of most nominations without a win (six each). Only six composers,

(in 1975 and 1978), Vangelis (in 1982), Maurice Jarre (in 1985), Hans Zimmer (in 2017), and the composing duo Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (in 2020), have received two nominations in the same year. In 2019, Lady Gaga became the first woman ever to win this award for '' A Star Is Born''. In 2020, Hildur Guðnadóttir became the first woman ever credited for a solo win in this award for '' Joker''. In 2022, after 10 nominations, Hans Zimmer finally won this award (for ''

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''); setting the record for most nominations before first award.

Winners and nominees

1960s

; Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music

1970s

1980s

; Best Original Film Music ; Best Score for a Film ; Best Original Film Score

1990s

; Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music

2000s

; Best Music

2010s

; Best Original Music

2020s

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple nominations

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Multiple wins

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References

External links

* {{BAFTA Film Awards Chron British Academy Film Awards Film music awards