Saturn Award for Best Music
| Saturn Award for Best Music | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best composition of an original score for a genre film of the year |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |
| First awarded | 1975 |
| Currently held by | John Williams for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2022/23) |
| Website | www |
The Saturn Award for Best Music is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time as a juried award at the 2nd Saturn Awards in 1975, but was later given out competitively beginning with the 6th Saturn Awards in 1979 onward.
John Williams holds the record for the most nominations and wins with twenty-four and ten, respectively.
Winners and nominees
[edit]1970s
[edit]| Year | Composer | Film |
|---|---|---|
1973
(2nd) |
Bernard Herrmann (for his career) | |
1974/1975
(3rd) |
Miklós Rózsa (for his career) | |
1976
(4th) |
David Raksin (for his career) | |
1977
(5th) |
John Williams (TIE) | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| Star Wars | ||
1978
(6th) |
John Williams | Superman |
| Paul Giovanni | The Wicker Man | |
| Jerry Goldsmith | The Boys from Brazil | |
| Magic | ||
| Dave Grusin | Heaven Can Wait | |
1979
(7th) |
Miklós Rózsa | Time After Time |
| John Barry | The Black Hole | |
| Jerry Goldsmith | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | |
| Ken Thorne | Arabian Adventure | |
| Paul Williams | The Muppet Movie | |
1980s
[edit]1990s
[edit]2000s
[edit]2010s
[edit]2020s
[edit]Multiple nominations
[edit]- 24 nominations
- John Williams
- 17 nominations
- Jerry Goldsmith
- 16 nominations
- Danny Elfman
- 13 nominations
- Howard Shore
- Alan Silvestri
- 12 nominations
- Hans Zimmer
- 10 nominations
- Michael Giacchino
- 9 nominations
- James Horner
- 8 nominations
- John Powell
- 6 nominations
- Thomas Newman
- Christopher Young
- 6 nominations
- Alan Menken
- John Ottman
- 4 nominations
- John Carpenter
- James Newton Howard
- 3 nominations
- David Arnold
- Alexandre Desplat
- Maurice Jarre
- Marc Shaiman
- Ken Thorne
- 2 nominations
- Angelo Badalamenti
- John Barry
- Bruce Broughton
- Patrick Doyle
- Clint Eastwood
- Ludwig Göransson
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Reinhold Heil
- Nathan Johnson
- Johnny Klimek
- Michael Nyman
- Trevor Rabin
- J. Peter Robinson
- Brian Tyler
Multiple wins
[edit]- 10 wins
- John Williams
- 7 wins
- Danny Elfman
- 3 wins
- James Horner
- Alan Silvestri
- Hans Zimmer
- 2 wins
- Michael Giacchino
- Alan Menken
- John Ottman
- Miklós Rózsa
- Howard Shore