# International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Score of the Year

The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Score of the Year, now simply Score of the Year, is an annual award given by the International Film Music Critics Association, or the IFMCA. The award was given to the composer of a film score deemed to be the best in a given year. The award was first given in 1998 till 2000, before going a four-year hiatus. It has been awarded every year since 2004. In 2022, the category was renamed "Score of the Year", awarding its first ever television score with the honor.

## Winners and nominations
### 1990s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 1998 | Mulan | Jerry Goldsmith |
| 1998 | The Avengers | Joel McNeely |
| 1998 | Dangerous Beauty | George Fenton |
| 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | James Horner |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | John Williams |
| 1999 | The Mummy | Jerry Goldsmith |
| 1999 | Angela's Ashes | John Williams |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | Michael Kamen |
| 1999 | The Legend of 1900 | Ennio Morricone |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Don Davis |
| 1999 | The Ninth Gate | Wojciech Kilar |
| 1999 | The Red Violin | John Corigliano |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Danny Elfman |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | John Williams |
| 1999 | The 13th Warrior | Jerry Goldsmith |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Hans Zimmer |
| 2000 | Chicken Run | Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell |
| 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Tan Dun |
| 2000 | Dinosaur | James Newton Howard |
| 2000 | Hollow Man | Jerry Goldsmith |
| 2000 | Malena | Ennio Morricone |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Ennio Morricone |
| 2000 | The Patriot | John Williams |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm | James Horner |
| 2000 | Unbreakable | James Newton Howard |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Michael Giacchino |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Howard Shore |
| 2004 | Hellboy | Marco Beltrami |
| 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Edward Shearmur |
| 2004 | The Village | James Newton Howard |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | John Williams |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Patrick Doyle |
| 2005 | King Kong | James Newton Howard |
| 2005 | The New World | James Horner |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | John Williams |
| 2006 | Lady in the Water | James Newton Howard |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Mark Isham |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code | Hans Zimmer |
| 2006 | The Fountain | Clint Mansell |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | John Powell |
| 2007 | Atonement | Dario Marianelli |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2007 | Lust, Caution | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Michael Giacchino |
| 2007 | Zodiac | David Shire |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | John Williams |
| 2008 | Standard Operating Procedure | Danny Elfman |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Thomas Newman |
| 2009 | Up | Michael Giacchino |
| 2009 | Avatar | James Horner |
| 2009 | Drag Me to Hell | Christopher Young |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Michael Giacchino |
| 2009 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Alexandre Desplat |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 2010 | How To Train Your Dragon | John Powell |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2010 | Inception | Hans Zimmer |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Daft Punk |
| 2011 | War Horse | John Williams |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin | John Williams |
| 2011 | The Artist | Ludovic Bource |
| 2011 | The Greatest Miracle | Mark McKenzie |
| 2011 | Hugo | Howard Shore |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | Mychael Danna |
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Howard Shore |
| 2012 | The Impossible | Fernando Velázquez |
| 2012 | Lincoln | John Williams |
| 2013 | Romeo & Juliet | Abel Korzeniowski |
| 2013 | Evil Dead | Roque Baños |
| 2013 | Grand Piano | Victor Reyes |
| 2013 | Gravity | Steven Price |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Howard Shore |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Hans Zimmer |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | John Powell |
| 2014 | Maleficent | James Newton Howard |
| 2014 | The Monkey King | Christopher Young |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | John Williams |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Patrick Doyle |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Ennio Morricone |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Michael Giacchino |
| 2015 | Wolf Totem | James Horner |
| 2016 | Arrival | Jóhann Jóhannsson |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | James Newton Howard |
| 2016 | La La Land | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Abel Korzeniowski |
| 2016 | The Red Turtle | Laurent Perez del Mar |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2017 | The Post | John Williams |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | John Williams |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | Michael Giacchino |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | John Powell |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2018 | First Man | Justin Hurwitz |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Marc Shaiman |
| 2018 | Max & Me | Mark McKenzie |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | John Williams |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | John Powell |
| 2019 | Joker | Hildur Guðnadóttir |
| 2019 | Little Women | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2019 | 1917 | Thomas Newman |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Composer(s) |
| 2020 | The Personal History of David Copperfield | Christopher Willis |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild | John Powell |
| 2020 | Enola Holmes | Daniel Pemberton |
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 | Tarō Iwashiro |
| 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | Hans Zimmer |
| 2021 | Coppelia | Maurizio Malagnini |
| 2021 | Dune | Hans Zimmer |
| 2021 | The Green Knight | Daniel Hart |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise | James Newton Howard |
| 2021 | The Last Duel | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Bear McCreary, theme by Howard Shore |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Simon Franglen |
| 2022 | The Batman | Michael Giacchino |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | John Williams |
| 2022 | Nope | Michael Abels |
| 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | John Williams |
| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron | Joe Hisaishi |
| 2023 | Godzilla Minus One | Naoki Satō |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Ludwig Göransson |
| 2023 | The Piper | Christopher Young |
| 2023 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Bear McCreary |
| 2023 | Here | Alan Silvestri |
| 2023 | Kensuke's Kingdom | Stuart Hancock |
| 2023 | The Wild Robot | Kris Bowers |
| 2023 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Takeshi Furukawa |