| BAFTA Award for Best Original Music | |
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| Awarded For: | Excellence in film music |
| Presenter: | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Holder: | Ludwig Göransson for Oppenheimer (2023) |
| Website: | http://www.bafta.org/ |
This is a list of winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, formerly known as the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, which is presented to film composers, given out by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts 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; for The Mission in 1987 and The Untouchables in 1988.[1] Morricone also has the highest perfect score and record, with six wins from six nominations. George Fenton and Howard Shore share the record of most nominations without a win (six each).
Only six composers—John Williams (in 1978; his double citation in 1975 counted as one nomination), Vangelis (in 1982), Maurice Jarre (in 1985), Hans Zimmer (in 2017), and the composing duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (in 2020)—have received two nominations in the same year. In 2019, Lady Gaga became the first woman ever to win this award for A Star Is Born. In 2020, Hildur Guðnadóttir became the first woman ever credited for a solo win in this category for Joker.[2] In 2022, Hans Zimmer won this award on his tenth nomination for Dune, setting the record for most nominations in this category before the first win.[3]
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold 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.
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Asquith Award for Original Film Music | ||
| The Lion in Winter | John Barry | |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | John Addison | |
| Live for Life | Francis Lai | |
| Romeo and Juliet | Nino Rota | |
| Z | Mikis Theodorakis | |
| Secret Ceremony | Richard Rodney Bennett | |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | Michel Legrand | |
| Women in Love | Georges Delerue | |
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The following individuals have been nominated for the award multiple times:
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The following individuals have won the award multiple times:
| Wins | Recipient |
|---|---|
| John Williams | |
| Ennio Morricone | |
| Alexandre Desplat | |
| 2 | |
| Maurice Jarre | |
| Thomas Newman | |
| Gustavo Santaolalla | |
| Gabriel Yared | |
| Marius De Vries |
A: John Williams received a single citation for his work on two different films in the same category.[4]