# International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film

The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated 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 an animated film deemed to be the best in a given year. The award was first given in 2007. Previously, animated films were grouped in with live-action films in genre categories. Animated films are still eligible for Film Score of the Year.

## Winners and nominations
### 2000s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | John Powell |
| 2006 | The Ant Bully | John Debney |
| 2006 | Cars | Randy Newman |
| 2006 | Charlotte's Web | Danny Elfman |
| 2006 | Ice Age: The Meltdown | John Powell |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Michael Giacchino |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| 2007 | Beowulf | Alan Silvestri |
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Danny Elfman |
| 2007 | Tales from Earthsea | Tamiya Terashima |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Thomas Newman |
| 2008 | Bolt | John Powell |
| 2008 | Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | John Powell |
| 2008 | Ponyo | Joe Hisaishi |
| 2008 | Waltz with Bashir | Max Richter |
| 2009 | Up | Michael Giacchino |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Alan Silvestri |
| 2009 | Coraline | Bruno Coulais |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Randy Newman |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 2010 | How To Train Your Dragon | John Powell |
| 2010 | The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | David Hirschfelder |
| 2010 | Tangled | Alan Menken |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Randy Newman |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | John Williams |
| 2011 | The Greatest Miracle | Mark McKenzie |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Hans Zimmer and John Powell |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Henry Jackman |
| 2011 | Rango | Hans Zimmer |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2012 | Brave | Patrick Doyle |
| 2012 | Frankenweenie | Danny Elfman |
| 2012 | ParaNorman | John Brion |
| 2012 | Secret of the Wings | Joel McNeely |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises | Joe Hisaishi |
| 2013 | The Croods | Alan Silvestri |
| 2013 | Epic | Danny Elfman |
| 2013 | Frozen | Christophe Beck |
| 2013 | Planes | Mark Mancina |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | John Powell |
| 2014 | Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods | Philippe Rombi |
| 2014 | The Boxtrolls | Dario Marianelli |
| 2014 | Son of Batman | Frederik Wiedmann |
| 2014 | Tarzan | David Newman |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Michael Giacchino |
| 2015 | Air Bound | Benjamin Wallfisch |
| 2015 | Capture the Flag | Diego Navarro |
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur | Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna |
| 2015 | The Prophet | Gabriel Yared |
| 2016 | The Red Turtle | Laurent Perez Del Mar |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Dario Marianelli |
| 2016 | Moana | Mark Mancina |
| 2016 | The Secret Life of Pets | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Michael Giacchino |
| 2017 | Animal Crackers | Bear McCreary |
| 2017 | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | Theodore Shapiro |
| 2017 | Coco | Michael Giacchino |
| 2017 | The Emoji Movie | Patrick Doyle |
| 2017 | Ferdinand | John Powell |
| 2017 | Loving Vincent | Clint Mansell |
| 2018 | Max & Me | Mark McKenzie |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | Michael Giacchino |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2018 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Daniel Pemberton |
| 2018 | Watership Down | Federico Jusid |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | John Powell |
| 2019 | Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles | Arturo Cardelús |
| 2019 | Frozen II | Christophe Beck |
| 2019 | I Lost My Body | Dan Levy |
| 2019 | A Minuscule Adventure | Mathieu Lamboley |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 2020 | Wolfwalkers | Bruno Coulais |
| 2020 | Fearless | Anne-Kathrin Dern |
| 2020 | Onward | Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna |
| 2020 | Soul | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste |
| 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | James Newton Howard |
| 2021 | Encanto | Germaine Franco |
| 2021 | Luca | Dan Romer |
| 2021 | Spirit Untamed | Amie Doherty |
| 2021 | Wish Dragon | Philip Klein |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Daniel Pemberton |
| 2022 | Lightyear | Michael Giacchino |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Bear McCreary |
| 2022 | Strange World | Henry Jackman |
| 2024 | That Christmas | John Powell |