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.
Winners and nominees
1990s YearWinners and nomineesComposer(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
YearWinners and nomineesComposer(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
YearWinners and nomineesComposer(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 Carol Carter Burwell The Danish Girl Alexandre Desplat Inside Out Michael Giacchino The Martian Harry Gregson-Williams Spectre Thomas Newman Spotlight Howard Shore 2016 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 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 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 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 YearFilmRecipient(s) 2020 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 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 Babylon Justin Hurwitz The Banshees of Inisherin Carter Burwell The Fablemans John Williams Top Gun: Maverick Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga, and Hans Zimmer The Woman King Terence Blanchard Women Talking Hildur Guðnadóttir 2023 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 2024 Emilia Pérez Clément Ducol and Camille The Room Next Door Alberto Iglesias The Brutalist Daniel Blumberg Dune: Part Two Hans Zimmer The Wild Robot Kris Bowers Conclave Volker Bertelmann 2025 Sinners Ludwig Göransson Frankenstein Alexandre Desplat F1 Hans Zimmer One Battle After Another Jonny Greenwood Hamnet Max Richter A House of Dynamite Volker Bertelmann
References
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