# Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score

The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score is an annual award given by the Houston Film Critics Society.

## Winners
### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Composer(s) |
| 2007 | Atonement | Dario Marianelli |
| 2007 | 3:10 to Yuma | Marco Beltrami |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Michael Brook, Kaki King, and Eddie Vedder |
| 2007 | Lust, Caution | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2007 | Once | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová |
| 2007 | There Will Be Blood | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2008 | Miracle at St. Anna | Terence Blanchard |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard |
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Thomas Newman |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | A. R. Rahman |
| 2009 | Up | Michael Giacchino |
| 2009 | Avatar | James Horner |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2009 | The Informant! | Marvin Hamlisch |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Hans Zimmer |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Composer(s) |
| 2010 | Inception | Hans Zimmer |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | A. R. Rahman |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | John Powell |
| 2010 | The Social Network | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2010 | True Grit | Carter Burwell |
| 2011 | The Artist | Ludovic Bource |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | John Williams |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2011 | Shame | Harry Escott |
| 2011 | War Horse | John Williams |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, and Tom Tykwer |
| 2012 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin |
| 2012 | Hitchcock | Danny Elfman |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | Mychael Danna |
| 2012 | Lincoln | John Williams |
| 2012 | The Master | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Thomas Newman |
| 2013 | Gravity | Steven Price |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Hans Zimmer |
| 2013 | Her | Will Butler and Owen Pallett |
| 2013 | Man of Steel | Hans Zimmer |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | Thomas Newman |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2014 | Birdman | Antonio Sánchez |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Hans Zimmer |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything | Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Ennio Morricone |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Michael Giacchino |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Junkie XL |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, and Bryce Dessner |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs | Daniel Pemberton |
| 2016 | La La Land | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2016 | Arrival | Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| 2016 | Jackie | Mica Levi |
| 2016 | Moonlight | Nicholas Britell |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Abel Korzeniowski |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Hans Zimmer |
| 2017 | The Post | John Williams |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | Michael Giacchino |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Nicholas Britell |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2018 | First Man | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2018 | Suspiria | Thom Yorke |
| 2019 | 1917 | Thomas Newman |
| 2019 | Joker | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 2019 | Little Women | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Randy Newman |
| 2019 | Us | Michael Abels |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Composer(s) |
| 2020 | Soul | Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2020 | Mank | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2020 | The Midnight Sky | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2020 | News of the World | James Newton Howard |
| 2020 | Tenet | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2021 | Dune | Hans Zimmer |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall | Jeymes Samuel |
| 2021 | Spencer | Jonny Greenwood |