| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design | |
| Awarded For: | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical |
| Presenter: | Drama Desk |
| Location: | New York City |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Holder: | Nick Lidster for Autograph for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Cody Spencer for The Outsiders, and Walter Trarbach for Water for Elephants (2024) |
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
The award was established in 1980, with the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design being presented each year to any play or musical production. Starting in 2010, the singular award was replaced by separate play and musical categories.
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Acme Sound Partners | Ragtime | |
| Jonathan Deans | La Cage aux Folles | |
| Kurt Eric Fischer, Ashley Hanson and Brian Ronan | Everyday Rapture | |
| Peter Hylenski | The Scottsboro Boys | |
| Scott Lehrer | Finian's Rainbow | |
| Brian Ronan | Promises, Promises | |
| 2011 | ||
| Brian Ronan | Anything Goes | |
| Lindsay Jones | The Burnt Part Boys | |
| Michael Rasbury | Hello Again | |
| Brian Ronan | The Book of Mormon | |
| Jon Weston | In Transit | |
| 2012 | ||
| Acme Sound Partners | Porgy and Bess | |
| Jonathan Deans | Carrie | |
| Clive Goodwin | Once | |
| Kai Harada | Follies | |
| Steve Canyon Kennedy | Jesus Christ Superstar | |
| Jon Weston | Death Takes a Holiday | |
| 2013 | ||
| Steve Canyon Kennedy | Hands on a Hardbody | |
| Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy | Chaplin: The Musical | |
| Tony Meola | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | |
| Brian Ronan | Bring It On: The Musical | |
| Giant | ||
| Dan Moses Schreier | Passion | |
| 2014 | ||
| Brian Ronan | ||
| Kai Harada | Fun Home | |
| Peter Hylenski | Bullets Over Broadway | |
| Rocky the Musical | ||
| Dan Moses Schreier | A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder | |
| Jon Weston | The Bridges of Madison County | |
| 2015 | ||
| Nevin Steinberg | Hamilton | |
| Peter Hylenski | Side Show | |
| Scott Lehrer | The King and I | |
| Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy | Honeymoon in Vegas | |
| Brian Ronan | The Last Ship | |
| Jon Weston | An American in Paris | |
| 2016 | ||
| Dan Moses Schreier | American Psycho | |
| Mick Potter | School of Rock | |
| Brian Ronan | Lazarus | |
| Nevin Steinberg | Bright Star | |
| Scott Lehrer | Shuffle Along | |
| 2017 | ||
| Nicholas Pope | Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | |
| Simon Baker | 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips | |
| Peter Hylenski | Anastasia | |
| Scott Lehrer | Hello, Dolly! | |
| Mick Potter | Cats | |
| Brian Ronan | War Paint | |
| Matt Stine | ||
| 2018 | ||
| Kai Harada | The Band's Visit | |
| Scott Lehrer | Carousel | |
| Will Pickens | KPOP | |
| Dan Moses Schreier | Pacific Overtures | |
| 2019 | ||
| Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz | Hadestown | |
| Simon Baker | Girl from the North Country | |
| Drew Levy | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! | |
| Brian Ronan | Tootsie | |
| Mikaal Sulaiman | Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future |
| Year | Designer | Production |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Peter Hylenski | Moulin Rouge! | |
| Tom Gibbons | West Side Story | |
| Kai Harada | Soft Power | |
| Hidenori Nakajo | Octet | |
| Nevin Steinberg | The Wrong Man | |
| 2021 | colspan="2" | |
| 2022 | ||
| Gareth Owen | MJ | |
| Ian Dickinson for Autograph | Company | |
| Paul Gatehouse | Six | |
| Kai Harada | Kimberly Akimbo | |
| 2023 | ||
| Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann | Into the Woods | |
| Peter Hylenski | Almost Famous | |
| John Shivers | Shucked | |
| Joanna Lynne Staub | Weightless | |
| Jon Weston | Parade | |
| 2024 | ||
| Nick Lidster for Autograph | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | |
| Cody Spencer | The Outsiders | |
| Walter Trarbach | Water for Elephants | |
| Jason Crystal | Suffs | |
| Kai Harada and Joshua Millican | Dead Outlaw |