# Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production

The Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production (or Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production) is an Annie Award given annually to the best music in an animated feature film, theatrical or direct-to-video. It began in 1997 as the Annie Award for "Best Individual Achievement: Music in a Feature/Home Video Production". Throughout the following years, the title was renamed "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production", "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score in an Animated Feature Production", and "Outstanding Music in an Animated Feature Production" before changing to its current title in 2005. It was retitled "Best Music in an Animated Feature Production" in 2006 for three years before being reverted to "Music in an Animated Feature Production" in 2009.

## Winners and nominees

†=Non-feature nominee ₳=Non-theatrical feature nominee

### 1990s

| Year | Film | Studios |
| 1995 (23rd) |
| 1995 (23rd) | Pocahontas | Alan Menken (composer), Stephen Schwartz (lyricist) |
| 1995 (23rd) | Animaniacs † | Richard Stone |
| 1995 (23rd) | Batman: the Animated Series † | Shirley Walker |
| 1995 (23rd) | Dr. Seuss’ Daisy May Mayzie † | Phillip Appleby (composer), Theodore Geisel (lyricist, posthumously) |
| 1995 (23rd) | A Goofy Movie (Songs: "I 2 I" and "Stand Out") | Patrick DeRemier, Roy Freeland (songwriters) |
| 1996 (24th) |
| 1996 (24th) | Toy Story | Randy Newman |
| 1996 (24th) | Animaniacs † | Richard Stone, Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein |
| 1996 (24th) | Gargoyles † | Carl Johnson |
| 1996 (24th) | James and the Giant Peach | Randy Newman |
| 1996 (24th) | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Alan Menken (composer), Stephen Schwartz (lyricist) |
| 1997 (25th) |
| 1997 (25th) | Cats Don't Dance | Randy Newman |
| 1997 (25th) | Aladdin and the King of Thieves ₳ | Mark Watters, Carl Johnson |
| 1997 (25th) | Cats Don't Dance | Steve Goldstein |
| 1997 (25th) | The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists ₳ | Leslie Bricusse |
| 1997 (25th) | This Land Is Your Land: The Animated Kids' Songs of Woody Guthrie † | Woody Guthrie, Frank Fuchs |
| 1998 (26th) |
| 1998 (26th) | Mulan | Matthew Wilder and David Zippel (songs), Jerry Goldsmith (score) |
| 1998 (26th) | Anastasia | Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (songs), David Newman (score) |
| 1998 (26th) | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (Song: "As Long As There's Christmas") ₳ | Rachel Portman, music; Don Black |
| 1998 (26th) | Hercules and Xena: The Animated Movie - The Battle for Mount Olympus ₳ | Michele Brourman and Amanda McBroom (songs), Joseph LoDuca (score) |
| 1998 (26th) | Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin ₳ | Carl Johnson |
| 1999 (27th) |
| 1999 (27th) | The Iron Giant | Michael Kamen |
| 1999 (27th) | Antz | Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell |
| 1999 (27th) | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (Song: "We Are One") ₳ | Tom Snow (composer), Marty Panzer, Jack Feldman (lyricists) |
| 1999 (27th) | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (Song: "My Lullaby") ₳ | Scott Warrender (composer), Joss Whedon (lyricist) |
| 1999 (27th) | Tarzan (Song: "Two Worlds") | Phil Collins (composed and lyricist) |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Studios |
| 2000 (28th) |
| 2000 (28th) | Toy Story 2 | Randy Newman (composer, songs and music) |
| 2000 (28th) | Dinosaur | James Newton Howard (music) |
| 2000 (28th) | The Road to El Dorado | Elton John, Tim Rice, Hans Zimmer, John Powell (music) |
| 2000 (28th) | The Tigger Movie (Song: "Round My Family Tree") | Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (music and lyrics) |
| 2000 (28th) | Wakko's Wish ₳ | Richard Stone, Steven Bernstein, Julie Bernstein, Gordon L. Goodwin, Timothy Kelly (composers) |
| 2001 (29th) |
| 2001 (29th) | Shrek | John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2001 (29th) | Atlantis: The Lost Empire | James Newton Howard |
| 2001 (29th) | The Emperor's New Groove | John Debney |
| 2001 (29th) | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea ₳ | Danny Troob |
| 2001 (29th) | Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders ₳ | Louis Febre |
| 2002 (30th) |
| 2002 (30th) | Spirited Away | Joe Hisaishi |
| 2002 (30th) | Ice Age | David Newman |
| 2002 (30th) | Lilo & Stitch | Alan Silvestri, Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu |
| 2002 (30th) | Monsters, Inc. | Randy Newman |
| 2002 (30th) | Return to Never Land | Joel McNeely (score), Jonatha Brooke (Song: "I'll Try"), They Might Be Giants (Song: "So to Be One of Us") |
| 2003 (31st) |
| 2003 (31st) | Finding Nemo | Thomas Newman |
| 2003 (31st) | Brother Bear | Phil Collins, Mark Mancina |
| 2003 (31st) | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2004 (32nd) |
| 2004 (32nd) | The Incredibles | Michael Giacchino |
| 2004 (32nd) | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Kenji Kawai |
| 2004 (32nd) | The Lion King 1½ ₳ | Don Harper, Lebo M, Johnny Clegg, Martin Erskene, Seth Friedman |
| 2004 (32nd) | Shrek 2 | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2004 (32nd) | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Gregor Narholz |
| 2005 (33rd) |
| 2005 (33rd) | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Julian Nott |
| 2005 (33rd) | Madagascar | Hans Zimmer |
| 2006 (34th) |
| 2006 (34th) | Cars | Randy Newman |
| 2006 (34th) | The Ant Bully | John Debney |
| 2006 (34th) | Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas ₳ | Gordon Goodwin |
| 2006 (34th) | Ice Age: The Meltdown | John Powell |
| 2006 (34th) | A Monkey's Tale | Laura Karpman |
| 2007 (35th) |
| 2007 (35th) | Ratatouille | Michael Giacchino |
| 2007 (35th) | Bee Movie | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| 2007 (35th) | Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams ₳ | Amy Powers, Russ DeSalvo, Jeff Danna |
| 2007 (35th) | Meet the Robinsons | Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright, Rob Thomas |
| 2007 (35th) | Persepolis | Olivier Bernet |
| 2008 (36th) |
| 2008 (36th) | Kung Fu Panda | Hans Zimmer and John Powell |
| 2008 (36th) | Batman: Gotham Knight ₳ | Kevin Manthei |
| 2008 (36th) | Horton Hears a Who! | John Powell |
| 2008 (36th) | The Tale of Despereaux | William Ross |
| 2008 (36th) | Waltz with Bashir | Max Richter |
| 2009 (37th) |
| 2009 (37th) | Coraline | Bruno Coulais |
| 2009 (37th) | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | John Powell |
| 2009 (37th) | Ponyo | Joe Hisaishi |
| 2009 (37th) | Up | Michael Giacchino |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Studios |
| 2010 (38th) |
| 2010 (38th) | How to Train Your Dragon | John Powell |
| 2010 (38th) | Despicable Me | Heitor Pereira |
| 2010 (38th) | The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet |
| 2010 (38th) | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | David Hirschfelder |
| 2010 (38th) | Shrek Forever After | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| 2011 (39th) |
| 2011 (39th) | The Adventures of Tintin | John Williams |
| 2011 (39th) | Puss in Boots | Henry Jackman |
| 2011 (39th) | Rio | Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes, John Powell |
| 2011 (39th) | Winnie the Pooh | Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Zooey Deschanel, Henry Jackman |
| 2012 (40th) |
| 2012 (40th) | Wreck-It Ralph | Henry Jackman, Skrillex, Adam Young, Matthew Thiessen, Jamie Houston, Yasushi Akimoto |
| 2012 (40th) | Adventures in Zambezia | Bruce Retief |
| 2012 (40th) | Brave | Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews, Alex Mandel |
| 2012 (40th) | Hotel Transylvania | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| 2012 (40th) | The Lorax | John Powell, Cinco Paul |
| 2012 (40th) | Ice Age: Continental Drift | John Powell, Adam Schlesinger, Ester Dean |
| 2012 (40th) | Rise of the Guardians | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2012 (40th) | Secret of the Wings | Joel McNeely, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda |
| 2013 (41st) |
| 2013 (41st) | Frozen | Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Christophe Beck |
| 2013 (41st) | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| 2013 (41st) | The Croods | Alan Silvestri |
| 2013 (41st) | Despicable Me 2 | Heitor Pereira, Pharrell Williams |
| 2013 (41st) | Epic | Danny Elfman |
| 2013 (41st) | Free Birds | Dominic Lewis |
| 2013 (41st) | Monsters University | Randy Newman |
| 2013 (41st) | Turbo | Henry Jackman |
| 2014 (42nd) |
| 2014 (42nd) | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | John Powell, Jónsi |
| 2014 (42nd) | Cheatin' | Nicole Renaud |
| 2014 (42nd) | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Danny Elfman |
| 2014 (42nd) | Song of the Sea | Bruno Coulais & Kíla |
| 2014 (42nd) | The Tale of the Princess Kaguya | Joe Hisaishi |
| 2015 (43rd) |
| 2015 (43rd) | Inside Out | Michael Giacchino |
| 2015 (43rd) | Anomalisa | Carter Burwell |
| 2015 (43rd) | Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem ₳ | Kevin Riepl |
| 2015 (43rd) | Boy and the World | Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat |
| 2015 (43rd) | The Good Dinosaur | Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna |
| 2016 (44th) |
| 2016 (44th) | The Little Prince | Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey, and Camille |
| 2016 (44th) | Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders ₳ | Kristopher Carter, Lolita Ritmanis and Michael McCuistion |
| 2016 (44th) | Sing | Joby Talbot |
| 2016 (44th) | The Red Turtle | Laurent Perez del Mar |
| 2016 (44th) | The Secret Life of Pets | Alexandre Desplat |
| 2017 (45th) |
| 2017 (45th) | Coco | Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco, Adrian Molina, Michael Giacchino |
| 2017 (45th) | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | Theodore Shapiro |
| 2017 (45th) | Loving Vincent | Clint Mansell |
| 2017 (45th) | Olaf's Frozen Adventure † | Kate Anderson, Elyssa Samsel, Christophe Beck, Jeff Morrow |
| 2017 (45th) | The Breadwinner | Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna |
| 2018 (46th) |
| 2018 (46th) | Incredibles 2 | Michael Giacchino |
| 2018 (46th) | The Grinch | Danny Elfman, Tyler, the Creator |
| 2018 (46th) | Early Man | Harry Gregson-Williams, Tom Howe |
| 2018 (46th) | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Henry Jackman, Tom MacDougall, Dan Reynolds, Alan Menken, Phil Johnston |
| 2018 (46th) | Smallfoot | Heitor Pereira, Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick |
| 2019 (47th) |
| 2019 (47th) | I Lost My Body | Dan Levy |
| 2019 (47th) | Away | Gints Zilbalodis |
| 2019 (47th) | Frozen 2 | Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Frode Fjellheim, Christophe Beck |
| 2019 (47th) | Spies in Disguise | Theodore Shapiro, Mark Ronson |
| 2019 (47th) | Toy Story 4 | Randy Newman |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Studios |
| 2020 (48th) |
| 2020 (48th) | Soul | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste |
| 2020 (48th) | Onward | Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna |
| 2020 (48th) | Over the Moon | Steven Price, Christopher Curtis, Marjorie Duffield, Helen Park |
| 2020 (48th) | The Willoughbys | Mark Mothersbaugh, Alessia Cara, Jon Levine, Colton Fisher |
| 2020 (48th) | Wolfwalkers | Bruno Coulais, Kíla |
| 2021 (49th) |
| 2021 (49th) | Encanto | Germaine Franco, Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 2021 (49th) | Luca | Dan Romer |
| 2021 (49th) | Poupelle of Chimney Town | Youki Kojima, Yuta Bandoh |
| 2021 (49th) | Raya and the Last Dragon | James Newton Howard, Jhené Aiko |
| 2021 (49th) | Vivo | Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Lacamoire |
| 2022 (50th) |
| 2022 (50th) | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale |
| 2022 (50th) | Turning Red | Ludwig Göransson, Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell |
| 2022 (50th) | Mad God | Dan Wool |
| 2022 (50th) | The Bad Guys | Daniel Pemberton |
| 2022 (50th) | The Sea Beast | Mark Mancina, Nell Benjamin, Laurence O'Keefe |
| 2023 (51st) |
| 2023 (51st) | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Daniel Pemberton, Metro Boomin |
| 2023 (51st) | The Boy and the Heron | Joe Hisaishi |
| 2023 (51st) | Elemental | Thomas Newman, Lauv |
| 2023 (51st) | Suzume | Kazuma Jinnouchi, RADWIMPS |
| 2023 (51st) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross |
| 2024 (52nd) | The Wild Robot | Kris Bowers |
| 2024 (52nd) | Kensuke's Kingdom | Stuart Hancock |
| 2024 (52nd) | Piece by Piece | Pharrell Williams, Michael Andrews |
| 2024 (52nd) | That Christmas | John Powell, Ed Sheeran and Johnny McDaid |
| 2024 (52nd) | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Lorne Balfe, Julian Nott |

## Award Records
### Multiple Wins

5 wins
* Michael Giacchino
4 wins
* Randy Newman
* John Powell
2 wins
* Kristen Anderson-Lopez
* Germaine Franco
* Robert Lopez
* Hans Zimmer

### Multiple Nominations

13 nominations
* John Powell
8 nominations
* Randy Newman
6 nominations
* Michael Giacchino
* Harry Gregson-Williams
5 nominations
* Henry Jackman
4 nominations
* Kristen Anderson-Lopez
* Jeff Danna
* Danny Elfman
* Joe Hisaishi
* Robert Lopez
* Hans Zimmer
3 nominations
* Christophe Beck
* Bruno Coulais
* Mychael Danna
* Alexandre Desplat
* James Newton Howard
* Alan Menken
* Mark Mothersbaugh
* Heitor Pereira
* Richard Stone
2 nominations
* Steven Bernstein
* Phil Collins
* John Debney
* Germaine Franco
* Carl Johnson
* Kíla
* Mark Mancina
* Joel McNeely
* Lin-Manuel Miranda
* David Newman
* Thomas Newman
* Julian Nott
* Daniel Pemberton
* Trent Reznor
* Atticus Ross
* Stephen Schwartz
* Theodore Shapiro
* Alan Silvestri