# Satellite Award for Best Original Score

The Satellite Award for Best Original Score is an annual award given by the International Press Academy. Hans Zimmer is both the most awarded and the most nominated composer in this category, with five wins and ten nominations.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Composer(s) |
| 1996 | The English Patient | Gabriel Yared |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Patrick Doyle |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Danny Elfman |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Elliot Goldenthal |
| 1996 | Sling Blade | Daniel Lanois |
| 1997 | Titanic | James Horner |
| 1997 | Amistad | John Williams |
| 1997 | Anastasia | David Newman |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Jerry Goldsmith |
| 1997 | One Night Stand | Mike Figgis |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Hans Zimmer |
| 1998 | Beloved | Rachel Portman |
| 1998 | City of Angels | Gabriel Yared |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Randy Newman |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | John Williams |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Danny Elfman |
| 1999 | The Legend of 1900 | Ennio Morricone |
| 1999 | The Red Violin | John Corigliano |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | James Newton Howard |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Bill Conti |

### 2000s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Composer(s) |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Hans Zimmer |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Rachel Portman |
| 2000 | Malèna | Ennio Morricone |
| 2000 | Proof of Life | Danny Elfman |
| 2000 | Traffic | Cliff Martinez |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Craig Armstrong |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | James Horner |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Hans Zimmer |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde | Rolfe Kent |
| 2001 | Spy Game | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2002 | Frida | Elliot Goldenthal |
| 2002 | 24 Hour Party People | Liz Gallacher |
| 2002 | 25th Hour | Terence Blanchard |
| 2002 | About a Boy | Damon Gough |
| 2002 | Roger Dodger | Craig Wedren |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Hans Zimmer |
| 2003 | Camp | Stephen Trask |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Gabriel Yared |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Thomas Newman |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Howard Shore |
| 2003 | The Missing | James Horner |
| 2003 | Seabiscuit | Randy Newman |
| 2004 | Napoleon Dynamite | John Swihart |
| 2004 | Alfie | Mick Jagger, John Powell, and David A. Stewart |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Howard Shore |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Michael Giacchino |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Danny Elfman |
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| 2005 | The Constant Gardener | Alberto Iglesias |
| 2005 | Corpse Bride | Danny Elfman |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | John Williams |
| 2005 | Sin City | Robert Rodriguez |
| 2006 | Babel | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| 2006 | Brick | Nathan Johnson |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Hans Zimmer |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | Clint Eastwood |
| 2006 | The Lives of Others | Gabriel Yared |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Philip Glass |
| 2007 | The Kite Runner | Alberto Iglesias |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nick Cave |
| 2007 | Atonement | Dario Marianelli |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | Howard Shore |
| 2007 | The Lookout | James Newton Howard |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Michael Giacchino |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | A. R. Rahman |
| 2008 | Australia | David Hirschfelder |
| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! | John Powell |
| 2008 | Milk | Danny Elfman |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | David Arnold |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Thomas Newman |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Rolfe Kent |
| 2009 | Amelia | Gabriel Yared |
| 2009 | The Informant! | Marvin Hamlisch |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Elliot Goldenthal |
| 2009 | Up | Michael Giacchino |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Carter Burwell and Karen O |

### 2010s

| Year | Winners and nominees | Composer(s) |
| 2010 | Inception | Hans Zimmer |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | A. R. Rahman |
| 2010 | Black Swan | Clint Mansell |
| 2010 | The Eclipse | Fionnuala Ní Chiosáin |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2010 | Salt | James Newton Howard |
| 2010 | The Social Network | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Howard Shore |
| 2011 | Soul Surfer | Marco Beltrami |
| 2011 | Drive | Cliff Martinez |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2011 | Super 8 | Michael Giacchino |
| 2011 | War Horse | John Williams |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | James Newton Howard |
| 2012 | Argo | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Dario Marianelli |
| 2012 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer |
| 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 | The Book Thief | John Williams |
| 2013 | Her | Arcade Fire |
| 2013 | Philomena | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Theodore Shapiro |
| 2014 | Birdman | Antonio Sánchez |
| 2014 | Fury | Steven Price |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Hans Zimmer |
| 2014 | The Judge | Thomas Newman |
| 2015 | Carol | Carter Burwell |
| 2015 | The Danish Girl | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Michael Giacchino |
| 2015 | The Martian | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2015 | Spectre | Thomas Newman |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Howard Shore |
| 2016 | La La Land | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2016 | The BFG | John Williams |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| 2016 | Hidden Figures | Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, and Benjamin Wallfisch |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | John Debney |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Lesley Barber |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | Dario Marianelli |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Hans Zimmer |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | Michael Giacchino |
| 2017 | Wonderstruck | Carter Burwell |
| 2018 | First Man | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2018 | Colette | Thomas Adès |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Terence Blanchard |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Nicholas Britell |
| 2018 | The Sisters Brothers | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2018 | Widows | Hans Zimmer |
| 2019 | Joker | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 2019 | 1917 | Thomas Newman |
| 2019 | Ford v Ferrari | Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders |
| 2019 | Harriet | Terence Blanchard |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Robbie Robertson |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Randy Newman |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2020 | The Midnight Sky | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2020 | Mank | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2020 | Minari | Emile Mosseri |
| 2020 | News of the World | James Newton Howard |
| 2020 | One Night in Miami... | Terence Blanchard |
| 2020 | Tenet | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2021 | Dune | Hans Zimmer |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2021 | The Harder They Fall | Jeymes Samuel |
| 2021 | The Last Duel | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2021 | Parallel Mothers | Alberto Iglesias |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2021 | Spencer | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2022 | Babylon | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Carter Burwell |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | John Williams |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga, and Hans Zimmer |
| 2022 | The Woman King | Terence Blanchard |
| 2022 | Women Talking | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 2023 | American Fiction | Laura Karpman |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Robbie Robertson (posthumous) |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2023 | Poor Things | Jerskin Fendrix |
| 2023 | Society of the Snow | Michael Giacchino |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Daniel Pemberton |