| Saturn Award for Best Music | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Bestcomposition of anoriginal score for agenre film of the year |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |
| First award | 1975 |
| Currently held by | John Williams forIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2022/23) |
| Website | www |
TheSaturn Award for Best Music is one of the annual awards given by theAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. TheSaturn Awards, which are the oldestfilm-specialized awards to rewardscience fiction,fantasy, andhorror achievements (theHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time as a juried award at the2nd Saturn Awards in 1975, but was later given out competitively beginning with the6th Saturn Awards in 1979 onward.
John Williams holds the record for most wins and nominations in this category, with 10 wins out of 23 nominations.
| Year | Composer | Film |
|---|---|---|
1973 (2nd) | Bernard Herrmann(for his career) | |
1974/1975 (3rd) | Miklós Rózsa(for his career) | |
1976 (4th) | David Raksin(for his career) | |
1977 (5th) | John Williams (TIE) | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| Star Wars | ||
1978 (6th) | John Williams | Superman |
| Paul Giovanni | The Wicker Man | |
| Jerry Goldsmith | The Boys from Brazil | |
| Magic | ||
| Dave Grusin | Heaven Can Wait | |
1979 (7th) | Miklós Rózsa | Time After Time |
| John Barry | The Black Hole | |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | |
| Ken Thorne | Arabian Adventure | |
| Paul Williams | The Muppet Movie | |