Stephen Schwartz is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. The following are a list of his wins and nominations for awards in film, music, and stage.
Schwartz has won three Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He has received six Tony Award nominations (also receiving the Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2015). He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008. Inducted into both the American Theater Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1995 Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Pocahontas Best Original Song "Colors of the Wind" 1996 Best Original Musical or Comedy Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1998 The Prince of Egypt Best Original Song "When You Believe" 2007 "Happy Working Song" "So Close" "That's How You Know" 2024 Best Original Score Wicked
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1995 Best Original Song "Colors of the Wind" 1998 "When You Believe" 2007 "That's How You Know" 2025 "The Girl in the Bubble" "No Place Like Home"
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1971 Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album Godspell 1973 Best Score from the Original Cast Show Album Pippin 1974 The Magic Show 1995 Best Musical Album for Children Pocahontas Sing-Along Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television "Colors of the Wind" 1999 Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media "When You Believe" 2004 Best Musical Show Album Wicked 2008 Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media "Ever Ever After" "That's How You Know" 2020 Best Musical Theater Album The Prince of Egypt 2021 Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots 2025 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Wicked: The Soundtrack Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Wicked Best Instrumental Composition "Train to Emerald City"
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1990 Musical of the Year The Baker's Wife
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1973 Best Original Score Pippin 1977 Godspell 1978 Best Book of a Musical Working Best Original Score 1987 Rags 2004 Wicked 2015 Isabelle Stevenson Award
Miscellaneous awards Annie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1995 Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production Pocahontas 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Astra Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2024 Best Original Score Wicked 2025 Best Original Song "The Girl in the Bubble" "No Place Like Home"
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2024 Best Original Score Wicked
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1998 Best Song "When You Believe" 2007 "That's How You Know" 2025 "The Girl in the Bubble"
Drama Desk Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1971 Most Promising Composer Godspell Most Promising Lyricist 1978 Outstanding Musical Working Outstanding Director of a Musical 1986 Outstanding Musical Personals 2004 Wicked Outstanding Music Outstanding Lyrics
Gold Derby Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007 Best Original Song "Happy Working Song" "That's How You Know"
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Year Category Result Ref. 2024 Icon Award
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2025 Best Original Score – Feature Film Wicked: For Good Best Original Song – Feature Film "The Girl in the Bubble" "No Place Like Home"
Houston Film Critics Society Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2007 Best Original Song "Happy Working Song"
International Film Music Critics Association Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2024 Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film Wicked 2025 Wicked: For Good
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2024 Best Music Wicked
New York Film Critics Online Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2024 Best Use of Music Wicked
Online Film & Television Association Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1996 Best Score The Hunchback of Notre Dame Best Original Song "Someday" 1998 Best Family Score The Prince of Egypt Best Original Song "Deliver Us" "When You Believe" 2007 "That's How You Know" 2024 Best Adapted Song "Defying Gravity" 2025 Best Original Song "The Girl in the Bubble" "No Place Like Home" Best Adapted Song "As Long as You're Mine" "For Good" "No Good Deed"
Outer Critics Circle Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2004 Outstanding Broadway Musical Wicked
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2024 Best Use of Music Wicked
Satellite Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1998 Best Original Song "When You Believe" 2025 "The Girl in the Bubble" "No Place Like Home"
Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2024 Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film Wicked 2025 Wicked: For Good Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production "The Girl in the Bubble" "No Place Like Home" Lifetime Achievement Award
World Soundtrack Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2026 Best Original Song "No Place Like Home"
Special honors American Theater Hall of Fame Year Honor Result Ref. 2009 American Theater Hall of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame Year Honor Result Ref. 2008 Hollywood Walk of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame Year Honor Result Ref. 2009 Songwriters Hall of Fame
Other honors Schwartz received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University in May 2015.
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