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	1973
Currently held by	John Williams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016)
Official website	www.saturnawards.org

The Saturn Award for Best Music is an award presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films to the best music in film.

John Williams holds the record of the most wins with eight, including a double win due to a tie in 1977.

Winners and nominees

"†" means that the film won the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

"‡" means that the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.

1970s

Year	Composer	Motion Picture
1973 (2nd)	Bernard Herrmann (for his career)
1974/75 (3rd)
1974/75 (3rd)	Miklós Rózsa (for his career)
1976 (4th)
1976 (4th)	David Raksin (for his career)
1977 (5th)
	John Williams	Close Encounters of the Third Kind ‡
	John Williams	Star Wars †
1978 (6th)
	John Williams	Superman ‡
	Jerry Goldsmith	The Boys from Brazil ‡
	Dave Grusin	Heaven Can Wait ‡
	Jerry Goldsmith	Magic
	Paul Giovanni	The Wicker Man
1979 (7th)	Miklós Rózsa	Time After Time
	Ken Thorne	Arabian Adventure
	John Barry	The Black Hole
	Paul Williams	The Muppet Movie ‡
	Jerry Goldsmith	Star Trek: The Motion Picture ‡

1980s

Year	Composer	Motion Picture
1980 (8th)	John Barry	Somewhere in Time
	Pino Donaggio	Dressed to Kill
	Béla Bartók (posthumous nomination)	The Shining
	John Williams	Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back ‡
	Maurice Jarre	Resurrection
1981 (9th)	John Williams	Raiders of the Lost Ark ‡
	Laurence Rosenthal	Clash of the Titans
	Colin Towns	Full Circle
	Jerry Goldsmith	Outland
	Ken Thorne	Superman II
1982 (10th)	John Williams	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial †
	Basil Poledouris	Conan the Barbarian
	Ken Thorne	The House Where Evil Dwells
	Jerry Goldsmith	Poltergeist ‡
	David Whitaker	The Sword and the Sorcerer
1983 (11th)	James Horner	Brainstorm
	Charles Bernstein	The Entity
	James Horner	Krull
	John Williams	Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi ‡
	James Horner	Something Wicked This Way Comes
1984 (12th)	Jerry Goldsmith	Gremlins
	Ralph Burns	The Muppets Take Manhattan
	Giorgio Moroder and Klaus Doldinger	The NeverEnding Story
	Michel Colombier	Purple Rain
	Brad Fiedel	The Terminator
1985 (13th)	Bruce Broughton	Young Sherlock Holmes
	Alan Silvestri	Back to the Future
	Maurice Jarre	The Bride
	James Horner	Cocoon
	Andrew Powell	Ladyhawke
1986 (14th)	Alan Menken	Little Shop of Horrors
	James Horner	An American Tail
	John Carpenter	Big Trouble in Little China
	Howard Shore	The Fly
	Jerry Goldsmith	Link
1987 (15th)	Alan Silvestri	Predator
	Christopher Young	Hellraiser
	Bruce Broughton	The Monster Squad
	John Carpenter	Prince of Darkness
	J. Peter Robinson	Return of the Living Dead Part II
	John Williams	The Witches of Eastwick ‡
1988 (16th)	Christopher Young	Hellbound: Hellraiser II
	Danny Elfman	Beetlejuice
	Michael Hoenig	The Blob
	Howard Shore	Dead Ringers
	John Massari	Killer Klowns from Outer Space
	John Carpenter and Alan Howarth	They Live
	Alan Silvestri	Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989/90 (17th)	Alan Silvestri	Back to the Future Part III
	Alan Silvestri	The Abyss
	Christopher Young	The Fly II
	Maurice Jarre	Ghost ‡
	Jerry Goldsmith	Gremlins 2: The New Batch
	Jack Hues	The Guardian
	James Horner	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
	Simon Boswell	Santa Sangre
	Jerry Goldsmith	Total Recall
	Stanley Myers	The Witches

1990s

Year	Composer	Motion Picture
1991 (18th)	Loek Dikker	Body Parts
	Danny Elfman	Edward Scissorhands
	Steve Bartek	Guilty as Charged
	Howard Shore	The Silence of the Lambs
	Jerry Goldsmith	Sleeping with the Enemy
	Jerry Goldsmith	Warlock
1992 (19th)	Angelo Badalamenti	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
	Alan Menken	Aladdin †
	Jerry Goldsmith	Basic Instinct ‡
	Alan Menken	Beauty and the Beast †
	Wojciech Kilar	Bram Stoker's Dracula
	Alan Silvestri	Death Becomes Her
	Hans Zimmer and Trevor Horn	Toys
1993 (20th)	Danny Elfman	The Nightmare Before Christmas
	Marc Shaiman	Addams Family Values
	Mark Isham	Fire in the Sky
	Graeme Revell	Hard Target
	Marc Shaiman	Heart and Souls
	John Williams	Jurassic Park
	Christopher Young	The Vagrant
1994 (21st)	Howard Shore	Ed Wood
	Alan Silvestri	Forrest Gump ‡
	Elliot Goldenthal	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles ‡
	Patrick Doyle	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
	Jerry Goldsmith	The Shadow
	J. Peter Robinson	Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1995 (22nd)	John Ottman	The Usual Suspects
	James Horner	Braveheart ‡
	Christopher Young	Copycat
	Hans Zimmer	Crimson Tide
	Danny Elfman	Dolores Claiborne
	Howard Shore	Seven
1996 (23rd)	Danny Elfman	Mars Attacks!
	Randy Edelman	Dragonheart
	Danny Elfman	The Frighteners
	David Arnold	Independence Day
	Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer and Harry Gregson-Williams	The Rock
	Jerry Goldsmith	Star Trek: First Contact
1997 (24th)	Danny Elfman	Men in Black ‡
	Alan Silvestri	Contact
	Joseph Vitarelli	Commandments
	John Powell	Face/Off
	Michael Nyman	Gattaca
	David Arnold	Tomorrow Never Dies
1998 (25th)	John Carpenter	Vampires
	George S. Clinton	Wild Things
	George Fenton	Ever After
	Thomas Newman	Meet Joe Black
	Trevor Rabin	Armageddon
	Hans Zimmer	The Prince of Egypt ‡
1999 (26th)	Danny Elfman	Sleepy Hollow
	Jerry Goldsmith	The Mummy
	David Newman	Galaxy Quest
	Randy Newman	Toy Story 2
	Thomas Newman	The Green Mile
	Michael Nyman and Damon Albarn	Ravenous

2000s

Year	Composer	Motion Picture
2000 (27th)	James Horner	Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
	James Newton Howard	Dinosaur
	Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard	Gladiator ‡
	Jerry Goldsmith	Hollow Man
	Hans Zimmer and John Powell	The Road to El Dorado
	Tan Dun and Yo-Yo Ma	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon †
2001 (28th)	John Williams	A.I. Artificial Intelligence ‡
	Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring †
	Angelo Badalamenti	Mulholland Drive
	Joseph LoDuca	Brotherhood of the Wolf
	John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams	Shrek
	Nancy Wilson	Vanilla Sky
2002 (29th)	Danny Elfman	Spider-Man
	Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
	John Williams	Minority Report
	Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek	One Hour Photo
	Joe Hisaishi	Spirited Away
	John Williams	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2003 (30th)	Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King †
	Thomas Newman	Finding Nemo ‡
	Danny Elfman	Hulk
	Jerry Goldsmith	Looney Tunes: Back in Action
	Klaus Badelt	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
	John Ottman	X2
2004 (31st)	Alan Silvestri	Van Helsing
	John Williams	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ‡
	Michael Giacchino	The Incredibles
	Alan Silvestri	The Polar Express
	Edward Shearmur	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
	Danny Elfman	Spider-Man 2
2005 (32nd)	John Williams	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	Batman Begins
	Danny Elfman	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
	Patrick Doyle	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
	John Ottman	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
	John Williams	War of the Worlds
2006 (33rd)	John Ottman	Superman Returns
	David Arnold	Casino Royale
	Trevor Rabin	Flyboys
	Douglas Pipes	Monster House
	Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
	John Powell	X-Men: The Last Stand
2007 (34th)	Alan Menken	Enchanted
	Tyler Bates	300
	Mark Mancina	August Rush
	John Powell	The Bourne Ultimatum
	Nicholas Hooper	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
	Jonny Greenwood	There Will Be Blood
2008 (35th)	James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	The Dark Knight
	Clint Eastwood	Changeling
	Ramin Djawadi	Iron Man
	John Powell	Jumper
	Alexandre Desplat	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ‡
	John Ottman	Valkyrie
2009 (36th)	James Horner	Avatar ‡
	Taro Iwashiro	Red Cliff
	Christopher Young	Drag Me to Hell
	Hans Zimmer	Sherlock Holmes ‡
	Brian Eno	The Lovely Bones
	Michael Giacchino	Up †

2010s

Year	Composer	Motion Picture
2010 (37th)	Hans Zimmer	Inception ‡
	Daft Punk	Tron: Legacy
	Clint Eastwood	Hereafter
	Michael Giacchino	Let Me In
	Gottfried Huppertz (posthumous nomination)	The Complete Metropolis
	John Powell	How to Train Your Dragon
2011 (38th)	Michael Giacchino	Super 8
	Michael Giacchino	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
	Howard Shore	Hugo ‡
	Alan Silvestri	Captain America: The First Avenger
	John Williams	The Adventures of Tintin ‡
	John Williams	War Horse ‡
2012 (39th)	Danny Elfman	Frankenweenie
	Mychael Danna	Life of Pi †
	Dario Marianelli	Anna Karenina ‡
	Thomas Newman	Skyfall ‡
	Howard Shore	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
	Hans Zimmer	The Dark Knight Rises
2013 (40th)	Frank Ilfman	Big Bad Wolves
	Danny Elfman	Oz the Great and Powerful
	Howard Shore	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
	Brian Tyler	Iron Man 3
	Brian Tyler	Now You See Me
	John Williams	The Book Thief ‡
2014 (41st)	Hans Zimmer	Interstellar ‡
	Henry Jackman	Captain America: The Winter Soldier
	Michael Giacchino	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
	Alexandre Desplat	Godzilla
	Howard Shore	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
	John Powell	How to Train Your Dragon 2
2015 (42nd)	John Williams	Star Wars: The Force Awakens ‡
	M. M. Keeravani	Baahubali: The Beginning
	Fernando Velázquez	Crimson Peak
	Ennio Morricone	The Hateful Eight †
	Tom Holkenborg	Mad Max: Fury Road
	Jóhann Jóhannsson	Sicario ‡

Multiple winners

8 awards

John Williams

6 awards

Danny Elfman

3 awards

James Horner
Alan Silvestri
Hans Zimmer

2 awards

Alan Menken
John Ottman
Miklós Rózsa
Howard Shore

External links

Official Site
Internet Movie Database: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd

Saturn Award for Best Music

Bernard Herrmann (1973) Miklós Rózsa (1974/75) David Raksin (1976) John Williams/John Williams (1977) John Williams (1978) Miklós Rózsa (1979) John Barry (1980) John Williams (1981) John Williams (1982) James Horner (1983) Jerry Goldsmith (1984) Bruce Broughton (1985) Alan Menken (1986) Alan Silvestri (1987) Christopher Young (1988) Alan Silvestri (1989/90) Loek Dikker (1991) Angelo Badalamenti (1992) Danny Elfman (1993) Howard Shore (1994) John Ottman (1995) Danny Elfman (1996) Danny Elfman (1997) John Carpenter (1998) Danny Elfman (1999) James Horner (2000) John Williams (2001) Danny Elfman (2002) Howard Shore (2003) Alan Silvestri (2004) John Williams (2005) John Ottman (2006) Alan Menken (2007) James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer (2008) James Horner (2009) Hans Zimmer (2010) Michael Giacchino (2011) Danny Elfman (2012) Frank Ilfman (2013) Hans Zimmer (2014) John Williams (2015)

Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

Saturn Awards

Film	Best Science Fiction Film Best Fantasy Film Best Horror Film Best Thriller Film Best Action or Adventure Film Best International Film Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture Best Animated Film Best Independent Film Best Director Best Writing Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Performance by a Younger Actor Best Music Best Editing Best Production Design Best Costume Best Make-Up Best Special Effects

Television	Best Science Fiction Television Series Best Fantasy Television Series Best Horror Television Series Best Action-Thriller Television Series Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series Best New Media Television Series Best Television Presentation Best Actor on Television Best Actress on Television Best Supporting Actor on Television Best Supporting Actress on Television Best Guest Starring Role on Television Best Performance by a Younger Actor on Television

DVD	Best DVD or Blu-ray Release Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release Best Classic Film DVD Release Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection Best Television DVD Release Best Retro Television Series on DVD

Special Awards	The George Pal Memorial Award The President's Memorial Award The Life Career Award Special Recognition Award

Retired Awards	Best Foreign Film Best Low-Budget Film Best Home Video Release Best International Series Best Network Television Series Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series Best Youth-Oriented Television Series

Ceremonies	1972 1973 1974/75 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989/90 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.

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