The Cannes Soundtrack Award is an independent award of the Cannes Film Festival dedicated to original scores from main competition films.
History Created by Vincent Doerr, the prize highlights music during the Cannes Film Festival. It rewards composers of films selected to the main competition. The award is given by a jury of independent journalists.
American composer Mark Snow was the first winner for Alain Resnais's You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, during the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias won twice for two films directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory (2019) and Bitter Christmas (2026).
Only two musicals have won the prize: Leto (2018) and Emilia Pérez (2024).
Winners Year Winner(s) English Title Original title2012Mark SnowYou Ain't Seen Nothin' YetVous n'avez encore rien vu 2013 Jozef van Wissem Only Lovers Left Alive 2014 Howard Shore Maps to the Stars 2015 Lim Giong The Assassin 刺客聶隱娘 2016 Cliff Martinez The Neon Demon 2017 Oneohtrix Point Never Good Time 2018 Roma Zver and German Osipov Leto Лето 2019 Alberto Iglesias Pain and Glory Dolor y Gloria Jean-Michel Blais Matthias & Maxime Matthias et Maxime 2021 Rone Paris, 13th District Les Olympiades 2022 Paweł Mykietyn EO IO 2023 Mica Levi The Zone of Interest 2024 Clément Ducol and Camille Emilia Pérez 2025 Kangding Ray Sirāt 2026 Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine Minotaur Минотавр Alberto Iglesias Bitter Christmas Amarga Navidad
Other awards
Honorary prize Year Winner(s) Ref. 2025 Cerrone
Best Synchronised Music Year Winner(s) English Title Original title 2016 Bruno Dumont for the use of Guillaume Lekeu's "prélude du 2nd de Barberine" Slack BayMa Loute
See also Academy Award for Best Original Score
References
External links Cannes Film Festival at IMDb