# Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score

The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best original score of the year.

## Winners
### 1990s

| Year | Winner | Composer(s) |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Randy Newman |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Hans Zimmer |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | John Williams |
| 1999 | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | Marc Shaiman |
| 1999 | American Beauty | Thomas Newman |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Jocelyn Pook |
| 1999 | Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | John Williams |
| 1999 | The Straight Story | Angelo Badalamenti |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Composer(s) |
| 2000 | Requiem for a Dream | Clint Mansell |
| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Tan Dun |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Björk |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard, and Klaus Badelt |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | T-Bone Burnett and Carter Burwell |
| 2001 | Mulholland Drive | Angelo Badalamenti |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | John Williams |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Howard Shore |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries |
| 2001 | Ocean’s Eleven | David Holmes |
| 2002 | Far from Heaven | Elmer Bernstein |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can | John Williams |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Howard Shore |
| 2002 | Punch-Drunk Love | Jon Brion |
| 2002 | Signs | James Newton Howard |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Howard Shore |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | RZA |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Hans Zimmer |
| 2003 | Lost in Translation | Brian Reitzell and Kevin Shields |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Klaus Badelt |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Michael Giacchino |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Howard Shore |
| 2004 | Birth | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Jon Brion |
| 2004 | Hero | Tan Dun |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer |
| 2005 | King Kong | James Newton Howard |
| 2005 | Munich | John Williams |
| 2005 | The New World | James Horner |
| 2006 | The Fountain | Clint Mansell |
| 2006 | Babel | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| 2006 | The Illusionist | Philip Glass |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Philip Glass |
| 2006 | Pan’s Labyrinth | Javier Navarrete |
| 2007 | There Will Be Blood | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2007 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis |
| 2007 | Atonement | Dario Marianelli |
| 2007 | Into the Wild | Michael Brook, Kaki King, and Eddie Vedder |
| 2007 | Once | Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2008 | Milk | Danny Elfman |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | A. R. Rahman |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Thomas Newman |
| 2009 | Up | Michael Giacchino |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2009 | The Informant! | Marvin Hamlisch |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Michael Giacchino |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Carter Burwell and Karen O |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Composer(s) |
| 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 | Us | Michael Abels |
| 2019 | Joker | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 2019 | Little Women | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Randy Newman |
| 2019 | 1917 | Thomas Newman |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Composer(s) |
| 2020 | Soul | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Terence Blanchard |
| 2020 | Mank | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2020 | Minari | Emile Mosseri |
| 2020 | Tenet | Ludwig Goransson |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2021 | Dune | Hans Zimmer |
| 2021 | Encanto | Germaine Franco |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2021 | Spencer | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Carter Burwell |
| 2022 | Babylon | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2022 | The Batman | Michael Giacchino |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | John Williams |
| 2022 | Women Talking | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Robbie Robertson |
| 2023 | Poor Things | Jerskin Fendrix |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Daniel Pemberton |
| 2023 | The Zone of Interest | Mica Levi |
| 2024 | Challengers | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| 2024 | The Brutalist | Daniel Blumberg |
| 2024 | Conclave | Volker Bertelmann |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two | Hans Zimmer |
| 2024 | The Wild Robot | Kris Bowers |