# International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Drama Film

The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Drama Film is an annual award given by the International Film Music Critics Association, or the IFMCA. The award is given to the composer of a film score for a dramatic film deemed to be the best in a given year. The award was first given in 1998, before going a six-year hiatus. It has been awards every year since 2004.

## Winners and nominations
### 1990s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | John Williams |
| 1998 | Dangerous Beauty | George Fenton |
| 1998 | Ever After | George Fenton |
| 1998 | The Horse Whisperer | Thomas Newman |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Randy Newman |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Howard Shore |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Mychael Danna |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
| 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | John Debney |
| 2004 | A Very Long Engagement | Angelo Badalamenti |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | John Williams |
| 2005 | Fateless | Ennio Morricone |
| 2005 | Munich | John Williams |
| 2005 | The New World | James Horner |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Dario Marianelli |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Mark Isham |
| 2006 | The Departed | Howard Shore |
| 2006 | The Good German | Thomas Newman |
| 2006 | The Nativity Story | Mychael Danna |
| 2006 | The Painted Veil | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2006 | The Queen | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2007 | Atonement | Dario Marianelli |
| 2007 | Angel | Philippe Rombi |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | Howard Shore |
| 2007 | Lust, Caution | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2007 | The Kite Runner | Alberto Iglesias |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2008 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | James Horner |
| 2008 | Che | Alberto Iglesias |
| 2008 | Defiance | James Newton Howard |
| 2008 | Milk | Danny Elfman |
| 2009 | A Single Man | Abel Korzeniowski |
| 2009 | Agora | Dario Marianelli |
| 2009 | Baarìa | Ennio Morricone |
| 2009 | Creation | Christopher Young |
| 2009 | Mao's Last Dancer | Christopher Gordon |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2010 | Amália | Nuno Malo |
| 2010 | Black Swan | Clint Mansell |
| 2010 | The Karate Kid | James Horner |
| 2010 | True Grit | Carter Burwell |
| 2011 | War Horse | John Williams |
| 2011 | The Artist | Ludovic Bource |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | Dario Marianelli |
| 2011 | Soul Surfer | Marco Beltrami |
| 2011 | W.E. | Abel Korzeniowski |
| 2012 | Lincoln | John Williams |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Dario Marianelli |
| 2012 | The Impossible | Fernando Velázquez |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | Mychael Danna |
| 2012 | There Be Dragons | Robert Folk |
| 2013 | Romeo & Juliet | Abel Korzeniowski |
| 2013 | The Best Offer | Ennio Morricone |
| 2013 | The Book Thief | John Williams |
| 2013 | Copperhead | Laurent Eyquem |
| 2013 | Summer in February | Benjamin Wallfisch |
| 2014 | The Homesman | Marco Beltrami |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2014 | The Liberator | Gustavo Dudamel |
| 2014 | The Monuments Men | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything | Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| 2015 | Wolf Totem | James Horner |
| 2015 | Carol | Carter Burwell |
| 2015 | Creed | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2015 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Craig Armstrong |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Ennio Morricone |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Abel Korzeniowski |
| 2016 | The Handmaiden | Jo Yeong-wook |
| 2016 | High Rise | Clint Mansell |
| 2016 | The Light Between Oceans | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2016 | Moonlight | Nicholas Britell |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2017 | All the Money in the World | Daniel Pemberton |
| 2017 | Darkest Hour | Dario Marianelli |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Patrick Doyle |
| 2017 | The Post | John Williams |
| 2018 | Mary Queen of Scots | Max Richter |
| 2018 | First Man | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Nicholas Britell |
| 2018 | Up Among the Stars | Iván Palomares |
| 2018 | Vice | Nicholas Britell |
| 2019 | Little Women | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2019 | A Hidden Life | James Newton Howard |
| 2019 | Joker | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | Daniel Pemberton |
| 2019 | The Professor and the Madman | Bear McCreary |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 | Tarō Iwashiro |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Terrence Blanchard |
| 2020 | Fanny Lye Deliver'd | Thomas Clay |
| 2020 | News of the World | James Newton Howard |
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Daniel Pemberton |
| 2021 | The Curse of Turandot | Simon Franglen |
| 2021 | Buckley's Chance | Christopher Gordon |
| 2021 | The Last Duel | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2021 | Spencer | Jonny Greenwood |