British film industry award
TheBAFTA Award for Best Original Music , formerly known as theAnthony Asquith Award for Film Music , is afilm award that is presented tofilm composers by theBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts . It has been presented annually at theBritish Academy Film Awards since 1968.
With seven wins out of sixteen nominations,John Williams is both the most nominated and most awarded in this category.Ennio Morricone is the only composer to win in consecutive years; forThe Mission The Untouchables [ 1] George Fenton andHoward Shore share the record of most nominations without a win (six each).
Only six composers—John Williams (in 1978; his two mentions in 1975 counted as one nomination),Vangelis (in 1982),Maurice Jarre (in 1985),Hans Zimmer (in 2017), and the composing duoTrent Reznor andAtticus Ross (in 2020)—have received two nominations in the same year. In 2019,Lady Gaga became the first woman ever to win this award forA Star Is Born Hildur Guðnadóttir became the first woman ever credited for a solo win in this category forJoker [ 2] Hans Zimmer won this award on his tenth nomination forDune [ 3]
In the following lists, the titles and names inbold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
Winners and nominees [ edit ] indicates the winner
Multiple wins and nominations [ edit ] Multiple nominations [ edit ] 16 nominations 12 nominations 10 nominations 7 nominations 6 nominations 4 nominations 3 nominations 2 nominations
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