# Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack

The Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack is one of the award presented annually by the Hum Television Network and Entertainment Channel (HTNEC) to composers and performers, working in the television industry. Since its inception, however, the award has commonly been referred to as the hum for "Best Original Soundtrack". Unlike others, awards particularly given to Performer of the song and composers. Nominations are made by Hum members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Hum membership as a whole. From 4th Hum Awards onwards, the category was inducted in the Viewers Choice Awards, where winner are selected by public votings.

## History

Hum award for best OST is the award that is girven to Composers and Singers of Dramas, soap operas & sitcoms Original Television Soundtracks. As of first ceremony, OST of drama Serial Mere Qatil Mere Dildar won this award which is sung and Compose by Sohail Haider and Sara Raza Khan. The award name is officially termed as:
* 2013 → 2015: Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack.
* 2016 → present: Hum Award for Best Original Soundtrack Popular.

## Eligibility and rules

Acclaimed OST's from highly rated serials are eligible for nominations, nominations decided by the Hum TV, composers and Musicians while winners are announces by Hum Membership as a whole. Usually OTS is overviewed and selected by composers with the scoring on a scale 0–10, song receiving 7.5 score is eligible for nominations, OST of TV drama serial must be acclaimed and must have it qualifying run for awards.

## List of winners and nominees

Winners are listed first in boldface with the awarding year and ceremony number.

### 2010s

| Year | Winning performer(s) / Production | Nominees |
| 2013 (1st) | "Mere Qatil Mere Dildar" — Mere Qatil Mere Dildar – Music and Singers: Sohail Haider and Sara Raza Khan | "Jab Se Roshan" from Roshan Sitara – Performed by Bilal Khan and Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch "Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu" from Mata-e-Jaan Hai Tu – Performed by Bilal Khan "Babul angana preetam" from Sanjha – Performed by Sanam Marvi "Ye nadamat kyun hai" from Nadamat – Performed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan "Jeet uski Hui" from Maat – Performed by Muhammad Ali |
| 2014 (2nd) | "Dil-e-Muztar" — Dil-e-Muztar – Music and Singers: Alycia Dias | "Jalta Asman Sulagti Zamin" from Mujhe Khuda Pe Yaqeen Hai – Performed by Shariar Tiwana "Zindagi gulzar Hai" from Zindagi Gulzar Hai – Performed by Ali Zafar Hadiqa Kiani "Mil Gae Dukh Se Rehaai" from Sanjha – Performed by Tahira Syed & Roshana Fayaz "Reet Riwaj Ke Zewar Hain Ye" from Nadamat – Performed by Fariha Pervez and Sherry Raza "Kabhi Ashna Kabhi Ajnab" from Maat – Performed by Rekha Bhardwaj |
| 2015 (3rd) | "Haey Re Hum Sadqay Tumhare" — Sadqay Tumhare – Music and Singers:Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and MD Productions | "Rabba Mere Haal Da" from Digest Writer – – Performed by Shafqat Ali Khan "Hai Ishq Ki Pehli Manzil LAA" from LAA – Performed by Javed Bashir "Na mehram, Humsafar" from Mehram – Performed by Sara Raza Khan "Mein Deewani"from Main Dewani – Performed by Fariha Pervez |
| 2016 (4th) | Yar-e-Man from "Diyar-e-Dil" Performed by Zebunnisa Bangash | "Alvida" from Alvida – Performed by Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan "Ishaq Bin Jiya Na Jaey" from Mohabbat Aag Si – Performed by Shafqat Amanat Ali and Bina Khan "Karb" from Karb – Performed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan |
| 2017 (5th) | Tere Naal Main Layaan from "Mann Mayal" Performed by Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch | "Sajna Ve Sajna" from Udaari – Performed by Hadiqa Kiani "Sang-e-Mar Mar ka Dil" from Sang-e-Mar Mar – Performed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan "Bin Roye" from Bin Roye – Performed by Shiraz Uppal "Chali Simt e Ghaib" from Deewana – Performed by Farid Ayaz and Abu Muhammad "Zara Yaad Kar" from Zara Yaad Kar - Performed by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan |