# Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Score

This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Score. This award is given to the film composers and was first awarded during the 2005 ceremony. Michael Abels & Nicholas Britell currently holds the record for most wins in this category.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

### 2000s

| Year | Composer | Film | Ref |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | Ray Charles and Stephen Altman | Ray | |
| 2005 | Terence Blanchard | She Hate Me | |
| 2005 | RZA | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | |
| 2006 | — | — | — |
| 2007 |
| 2007 | Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas | Dreamgirls | |
| 2007 | Big Boi | Idlewild | |
| 2007 | Terence Blanchard | Inside Man | |
| 2007 | Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin | Something New | |
| 2007 | Aaron Zigman | Akeelah and the Bee | |
| 2008 | | | |
| 2008 | A. R. Rahman | Slumdog Millionaire | |
| 2008 | Terence Blanchard and Steve Jordan | Cadillac Records | |
| 2008 | Stanley Clarke | Soul Men | |
| 2008 | Mason Daring | Honeydripper | |
| 2008 | Steve Isles | RocknRolla | |

### 2010s

| Year | Composer | Film | Ref |
| 2010 | — | — | — |
| 2011 |
| 2011 | The Roots | Night Catches Us | |
| 2011 | James Horner | The Karate Kid | |
| 2011 | Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross | The Book of Eli | |
| 2011 | Marcelo Zarvos | Brooklyn's Finest | |
| 2011 | Aaron Zigman | For Colored Girls | |
| 2012 | | | |
| 2012 | Thomas Newman | The Help | |
| 2012 | Harry Escott | Shame | |
| 2012 | Alex Heffes | The First Grader | |
| 2012 | Steven Price | Attack the Block | |
| 2012 | Misha Segal | Mooz-lum | |
| 2013 | | | |
| 2013 | Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin | Beasts of the Southern Wild | |
| 2013 | Terence Blanchard | Red Tails | |
| 2013 | Kathryn Bostic | Middle of Nowhere | |
| 2013 | Bruce Hornsby | Red Hook Summer | |
| 2013 | Salaam Remi | Sparkle | |
| 2014 | | | |
| 2014 | Hans Zimmer | 12 Years a Slave | |
| 2014 | Stanley Clarke | The Best Man Holiday | |
| 2014 | Ludwig Göransson | Fruitvale Station | |
| 2014 | Mark Isham | 42 | |
| 2014 | Rodrigo Leao | The Butler | |
| 2015 | | | |
| 2015 | Jason Moran | Selma | |
| 2015 | Terence Blanchard | Black or White | |
| 2015 | Kathryn Bostic | Dear White People | |
| 2015 | Danny Bramson and Waddy Wachtel | Jimi: All Is by My Side | |
| 2015 | Mark Isham | Beyond the Lights | |
| 2016 | | | |
| 2016 | Joseph Trapanese | Straight Outta Compton | |
| 2016 | Terence Blanchard | Chi-Raq | |
| 2016 | Germaine Franco | Dope | |
| 2016 | Ludwig Göransson | Creed | |
| 2016 | Dan Romer | Beast of No Nation | |
| 2017 | | | |
| 2017 | Nicholas Britell | Moonlight | |
| 2017 | Robert Glasper | Miles Ahead | |
| 2017 | Henry Jackman | The Birth of a Nation | |
| 2017 | Benjamin Wallfisch, Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer | Hidden Figures | |
| 2017 | Marcelo Zarvos | Fences | |
| 2018 | | | |
| 2018 | Michael Abels | Get Out | |
| 2018 | James Newton Howard | Detroit | |
| 2018 | David Newman | Girls Trip | |
| 2018 | Roger Suen | Gook | |
| 2018 | Marcus Miller | Marshall | |
| 2019 | | | |
| 2019 | Nicholas Britell | If Beale Street Could Talk | |
| 2019 | Terence Blanchard | BlacKkKlansman | |
| 2019 | Ludwig Göransson | Black Panther | |
| 2019 | Ludwig Göransson | Creed II | |
| 2019 | Dustin O'Halloran | The Hate U Give | |

### 2020s

| Year | Composer | Film |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Michael Abels | Us |
| 2020 | Scott Bomar | Dolemite Is My Name |
| 2020 | Emile Mosseri | The Last Black Man in San Francisco |
| 2020 | Devonté Hynes | Queen & Slim |
| 2020 | Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor | Waves |
| 2021 | | |
| 2021 | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 2021 | Guy C. Routte | The Forty-Year-Old Version |
| 2021 | John Debney | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey |
| 2021 | Robert Glasper | The Photograph |
| 2021 | Fabrice Lecomte | Sylvie's Love |
| 2022 | | |
| 2022 | Jeymes Samuel | The Harder They Fall |
| 2022 | Robert Akiki Aubrey Lowe | Candyman |
| 2022 | Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Bill Sherman | In the Heights |
| 2022 | Devonté Hynes | Passing |
| 2022 | Kris Bowers | Respect |
| 2023 | | |
| 2023 | Terence Blanchard | The Woman King |
| 2023 | Common | Alice |
| 2023 | Craig DeLeon | End of the Road |
| 2023 | Tanerélle and Bartek Gliniak | Nanny |
| 2023 | Michael Abels | Nope |
| 2024 | | |
| 2024 | Kris Bowers | The Color Purple |
| 2024 | Jon Batiste | American Symphony |
| 2024 | Kris Bowers | Chevalier |
| 2024 | Branford Marsalis | Rustin |
| 2024 | Desmond Murray and Pierre Charles | They Cloned Tyrone |
| 2025 | | |
| 2025 | Kris Bowers | The Wild Robot |
| 2025 | Chanda Dancy | Blink Twice |
| 2025 | Kris Bowers | Bob Marley: One Love |
| 2025 | Tamar-kali | The Fire Inside |
| 2025 | Jon Batiste | Saturday Night |

## Multiple nominations and wins
### Multiple wins
#### 2 wins

* Michael Abels
* Nicholas Britell

### Multiple nominations
#### 8 nominations

* Terence Blanchard

#### 4 nominations

* Ludwig Göransson

#### 3 nominations

* Michael Abels
* Kris Bowers
* Atticus Ross

#### 2 nominations

* Jon Batiste
* Kathryn Bostic
* Stanley Clarke
* Nicholas Britell
* Robert Glasper
* Devonté Hynes
* Mark Isham
* Trent Reznor
* Dan Romer
* Marcelo Zarvos
* Aaron Zigman
* Hans Zimmer