The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Horror Film is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). It is presented to the composers who have composed the best "original" score, written specifically for a sci-fi/fantasy motion picture. It was grouped with "sci-fi/fantasy" films, until it was given its own category in 2020. The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards.
Winners and nominees
2010s Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Year Film Nominees (2014) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Howard Shore Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Michael Giacchino Guardians of the Galaxy Tyler Bates Maleficent James Newton Howard Noah Clint Mansell Transformers: Age of Extinction Steve Jablonsky (2015) Mad Max: Fury Road Junkie XL Ant-Man Christophe Beck Avengers: Age of Ultron Danny Elfman and Brian Tyler Cinderella Patrick Doyle The Martian Harry Gregson-Williams Tomorrowland Michael Giacchino (2016) The Jungle Book John Debney Arrival Jóhann Jóhannsson Doctor Strange Michael Giacchino Midnight Special David Wingo 10 Cloverfield Lane Bear McCreary X-Men: Apocalypse John Ottman Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film Year Film Nominees (2017) The Shape of Water Alexandre Desplat Blade Runner 2049 Benjamin Wallfisch & Hans Zimmer Get Out Michael Abels Logan Marco Beltrami Thor: Ragnarok Mark Mothersbaugh Wonder Woman Rupert Gregson-Williams (2018) Black Panther Ludwig Göransson Ant-Man and the Wasp Christophe Beck Deadpool 2 Tyler Bates Mary Poppins Returns Marc Shaiman A Quiet Place Marco Beltrami Ready Player One Alan Silvestri
Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Horror Film Year Film Nominees (2019) Us Michael Abels The Curse of La Llorona Joseph Bishara The Dead Don't Die SQÜRL It Chapter Two Benjamin Wallfisch Zombieland: Double Tap Dave Sardy
2020s Year Film Nominees (2020) The Invisible Man Benjamin Wallfisch Antebellum Nate Wonder, Roman GianArthur The Dark and the Wicked Tom Schraeder The Empty Man Christopher Young, Lustmord Swallow Nathan Halpern (2021) A Quiet Place Part II Marco Beltrami Army of the Dead Tom Holkenborg In the Earth Clint Mansell Last Night in Soho Steven Price Old Trevor Gureckis (2022) Nope Michael Abels Barbarian Anna Drubich Halloween Ends John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies Scream: Legacy Lance Treviño The Black Phone Mark Korven The Menu Colin Stetson (2023) A Haunting in Venice Hildur Guðnadóttir Deliver Us Tóti Guðnason Knock at the Cabin Herdís Stefánsdóttir M3GAN Anthony Willis The Boogeyman Patrick Jonsson The Exorcist: Believer David Wingo, Amman Abbasi (2024) Nosferatu Robin Carolan A Quiet Place: Day One Alexis Grapsas Here After Fabrizio Mancinelli Longlegs Zilgi Speak No Evil Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans The Substance Raffertie (2025) Wolf Man Benjamin Wallfisch Black Phone 2 Atticus Derrickson Bring Her Back Cornel Wilczek The Other Holly Amber Church Heart Eyes Jay Wadley Dangerous Animals Michael Yezerski
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