# Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in an Animated Film

The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in an Animated Film is one of the annual awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). It is presented to the composers who have composed the best "original" score, written specifically for an animated motion picture.

## History

The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards. The How to Train Your Dragon film series has the most wins with two.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| (2014) 5th |
| (2014) 5th | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | John Powell |
| (2014) 5th | The Book of Life | Gustavo Santaolalla |
| (2014) 5th | The Boxtrolls | Dario Marianelli |
| (2014) 5th | The Lego Movie | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| (2014) 5th | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Danny Elfman |
| (2014) 5th | Rocks in My Pockets | Kristian Sensini |
| (2015) 6th |
| (2015) 6th | The Peanuts Movie | Christophe Beck |
| (2015) 6th | The Good Dinosaur | Jeff & Mychael Danna |
| (2015) 6th | Home | Lorne Balfe |
| (2015) 6th | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| (2015) 6th | Inside Out | Michael Giacchino |
| (2015) 6th | Minions | Heitor Pereira |
| (2016) 7th |
| (2016) 7th | The Secret Life of Pets | Alexandre Desplat |
| (2016) 7th | The Angry Birds Movie | Heitor Pereira |
| (2016) 7th | Finding Dory | Thomas Newman |
| (2016) 7th | The Little Prince | Hans Zimmer and Richard Harvey |
| (2016) 7th | Moana | Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa'i and Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| (2016) 7th | Zootopia | Michael Giacchino |
| (2017) 8th |
| (2017) 8th | Coco | Michael Giacchino |
| (2017) 8th | The Boss Baby | Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro |
| (2017) 8th | The Breadwinner | Jeff & Mychael Danna |
| (2017) 8th | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | Theodore Shapiro |
| (2017) 8th | The Lego Batman Movie | Lorne Balfe |
| (2017) 8th | Loving Vincent | Clint Mansell |
| (2018) 9th |
| (2018) 9th | Isle of Dogs | Alexandre Desplat |
| (2018) 9th | Incredibles 2 | Michael Giacchino |
| (2018) 9th | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Henry Jackman |
| (2018) 9th | Sherlock Gnomes | Chris Bacon |
| (2018) 9th | Smallfoot | Heitor Pereira |
| (2018) 9th | White Fang | Alan Silvestri |
| (2019) 10th |
| (2019) 10th | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | John Powell |
| (2019) 10th | Abominable | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| (2019) 10th | Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles | Arturo Cardelús |
| (2019) 10th | Frozen II | Christophe Beck |
| (2019) 10th | I Lost My Body | Dan Levy |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| (2020) 11th |
| (2020) 11th | Soul | Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste |
| (2020) 11th | The Croods: A New Age | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| (2020) 11th | Onward | Jeff & Mychael Danna |
| (2020) 11th | A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon | Tom Howe |
| (2020) 11th | Wolfwalkers | Bruno Coulais |
| (2021) 12th |
| (2021) 12th | The Addams Family 2 | Mychael & Jeff Danna |
| (2021) 12th | The Loud House Movie | Philip White |
| (2021) 12th | Luca | Dan Romer |
| (2021) 12th | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| (2021) 12th | Spirit Untamed | Amie Doherty |
| (2021) 12th | Vivo | Alex Lacamoire |
| (2022) 13th |
| (2022) 13th | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Alexandre Desplat |
| (2022) 13th | DC League of Super-Pets | Steve Jablonsky |
| (2022) 13th | Luck | John Debney |
| (2022) 13th | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Heitor Pereira |
| (2022) 13th | The Bad Guys | Daniel Pemberton |
| (2022) 13th | Turning Red | FINNEAS and Ludwig Göransson |
| (2023) 14th |
| (2023) 14th | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Daniel Pemberton |
| (2023) 14th | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| (2023) 14th | Elemental | Thomas Newman |
| (2023) 14th | Migration | John Powell |
| (2023) 14th | Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken | Stephanie Economou |
| (2023) 14th | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Brian Tyler |
| (2024) 15th |
| (2024) 15th | The Wild Robot | Kris Bowers |
| (2024) 15th | Dragonkeeper | Arturo Cardelús |
| (2024) 15th | Inside Out 2 | Andrea Datzman |
| (2024) 15th | That Christmas | John Powell |
| (2024) 15th | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Lorne Balfe and Julian Nott |

## Multiple winners
### 2 wins

* Alexandre Desplat
* John Powell

## Multiple nominations
### 4 nominations

* Michael Giacchino

### 3 nominations

* Jeff Danna
* Mychael Danna
* Mark Mothersbaugh
* Heitor Pereira
* John Powell

### 2 nominations

* Lorne Balfe
* Christophe Beck
* Alexandre Desplat
* Thomas Newman
* Daniel Pemberton
* Hans Zimmer