# Mainichi Film Award for Best Music

The Mainichi Film Award for Best Music is a film award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.

## Award Winners

| Year | Film | Composer |
| 1946 | Minshū no Teki | Fumio Hayasaka |
| 1947 | Joyū | Fumio Hayasaka |
| 1948 | Yoidore Tenshi Niji o Idaku Shojo Fuji Sanchō | Fumio Hayasaka |
| 1949 | Stray Dog | Fumio Hayasaka |
| 1950 | Kikyō | Hiroshi Yoshizawa Toshiro Mayuzumi |
| 1951 | Fūsetsu 20-nen | Shinichi Takata |
| 1952 | The Life of Oharu Mother Lightning Himitsu | Ichirō Saitō |
| 1953 | Entotsu no Mieru Basho | Yasushi Akutagawa |
| 1954 | The Garden of Women Kono Hiroi Sora no Dokoka ni | Chūji Kinoshita |
| 1955 | Koko ni Izumi Ari | To the planner and the production staff concerned |
| 1956 | The Burmese Harp Onibi Mahiru no ankoku | Akira Ifukube |
| 1957 | Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate Kichigai Buraku | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
| 1958 | The Ballad of Narayama | Rokuzaemon Kineya Matsunosuke Nozawa |
| 1959 | Lucky Dragon No. 5 Niguruma no Uta Ningen no Kabe | Hikaru Hayashi |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well Chikuhō no Kodomo Tachi Dokuritsu Gurentai Nishi e | Masaru Sato |
| 1961 | Mozu Bad Boys | Toru Takemitsu |
| 1962 | Harakiri Pitfall | Toru Takemitsu |
| 1963 | Bad Girl The Insect Woman | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
| 1964 | Assassination The Woman in the Dunes | Toru Takemitsu |
| 1965 | Tokyo Olympiad | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
| 1966 | The Face of Another Akogare | Toru Takemitsu |
| 1967 | Chōhen Manga Shōnen Jack to Mahō Tsukai | Seiichrō Uno |
| 1968 | The Human Bullet Gion Matsuri Kubi | Masaru Sato |
| 1969 | The Love Suicides at Amijima | Toru Takemitsu |
| 1970 | Apart from Life | Teizo Matsumura |
| 1971 | Inochi Bō ni Furō Silence The Ceremony | Toru Takemitsu |
| 1972 | The Long Darkness | Teizo Matsumura |
| 1973 | Seigenki Tōi Hi no Haha wa Utsukushiku | Toru Takemitsu |
| 1974 | Castle of Sand | Yasushi Akutagawa Mitsuaki Kanno |
| 1975 | The Fossil | Toru Takemitsu |
| 1976 | The Inugamis | Yuji Ohno |
| 1977 | The Yellow Handkerchief | Masaru Sato |
| 1978 | Empire of Passion | Toru Takemitsu |
| 1979 | Ah! Nomugi Toge | Masaru Sato |
| 1980 | Kagemusha | Shin’ichirō Ikebe |
| 1981 | Station | Ryudo Uzaki |
| 1982 | The Go Masters | Hikaru Hayashi 江定仙 |
| 1983 | Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| 1984 | MacArthur's Children | Shin’ichirō Ikebe |
| 1985 | Sorekara Tomo Yo, Shizuka ni Nemure | Shigeru Umebayashi |
| 1986 | Uhohho tankentai | Saeko Suzuki |
| 1987 | A Taxing Woman | Toshiyuki Honda |
| 1988 | Rock yo shizukani nagareyo | Hiroaki Yoshino |
| 1989 | Untamagiru | Kōji Ueno |
| 1990 | Dreams Childhood Days | Shin’ichirō Ikebe |
| 1991 | A Scene at the Sea | Joe Hisaishi |
| 1992 | Porco Rosso Seishun Dendeke Dekedeke | Joe Hisaishi |
| 1993 | Bloom in the Moonlight | Masaru Sato |
| 1994 | Ghost Pub Tokarefu | Shigeru Umebayashi |
| 1995 | Maborosi | Chen Ming-chang |
| 1996 | Numuru Otoko | Toshio Hosokawa |
| 1997 | A Lost Paradise | Michiru Ōshima |
| 1998 | Dr. Akagi | Yōsuke Yamashita |
| 1999 | M/Other | Haruyuki Suzuki |
| 2000 | Nabbie's Love | Kenichirō Isoda |
| 2001 | Spirited Away | Joe Hisaishi Youmi Kimura |
| 2002 | Amidadō Dayori | Takashi Kako |
| 2003 | Hotel Hibiscus | Kenichirō Isoda |
| 2004 | Tōkō no Ki | Terumasa Hino |
| 2005 | Break Through! | Kazuhiko Katō |
| 2006 | The Housekeeper and the Professor | Takashi Kako |
| 2007 | A Gentle Breeze in the Village | Rei Harakami |
| 2008 | Children of the Dark | Taro Iwashiro |
| 2009 | Watashi wa Neko Stalker | Shigeomi Hasumi |
| 2010 | Sketches of Kaitan City | Jim O'Rourke |
| 2011 | Postcard | Hikaru Hayashi |
| 2012 | Bokutachi Kyūkō A Ressha de Ikou | Michiru Ōshima |
| 2013 | The Devil's Path | Gorō Yasukawa |
| 2014 | Lady Maiko | Yoshikazu Suo |
| 2015 | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| 2016 | In This Corner of the World | Kotringo |
| 2017 | Bangkok Nites | Soi48 Young-G |
| 2018 | And Your Bird Can Sing | Hi'Spec |
| 2019 | Weathering with You | Radwimps |
| 2020 | Midnight Swan | Keiichirō Shibuya |
| 2021 | Under the Open Sky | Masaki Hayashi |
| 2022 | This Is Amiko | Ichiko Aoba |
| 2023 | Yoko | Jim O'Rourke |
| 2024 | Evil Does Not Exist | Eiko Ishibashi |