Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score#2010s

{{short description|Award given by the Critics Choice Association}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score

| image = Ludwig_Göransson_2018_Interview_(cropped).jpg

| caption = 2023 recipient: Ludwig Göransson

| awarded_for = Best Score

| presenter = Critics Choice Association

| location = Los Angeles, California

| holder = Ludwig Göransson for Oppenheimer (2023)

| website = [http://www.criticschoice.com/ www.criticschoice.com]

}}

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score (previously known as the Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer) is one of the Critics' Choice Movie Awards given to people working in the film industry by the Critics Choice Association. It was first given out as a juried award from 1999 to 2001 and then competitively in 2002 onward.

Winners and nominees

=1990s=

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style="text-align:center;"\| 1998	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| John Williams	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Saving Private Ryan*	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1998.php \|title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1998 \|publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association \|access-date=April 11, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034409/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1998.php \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=December 12, 2008}}
style="text-align:center;"\| 1999	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Gabriel Yared	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Talented Mr. Ripley*	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1999.php \|title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1999 \|publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association \|access-date=April 11, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720061146/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1999.php \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=July 20, 2012}}

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style="text-align:center;"| 1998

style="background:#B0C4DE;"| John Williams

style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Saving Private Ryan

style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1998.php |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1998 |publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034409/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1998.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2008}}

style="text-align:center;"| 1999

style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Gabriel Yared

style="background:#B0C4DE;"| The Talented Mr. Ripley

style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1999.php |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1999 |publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720061146/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1999.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012}}

=2000s=

width="100"\|Year !width="450"\|Composer(s) !width="450"\|Film(s) !width="10" \| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
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style="text-align:center;"\| 2000	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Hans Zimmer	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Gladiator, Mission: Impossible 2, and The Road to El Dorado*	style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/40898/broadcast-critics-eat-crowe \|title=Broadcast Critics Eat Crowe \|first=Mark \|last=Armstrong \|work=E! Online \|date=December 19, 2000 \|access-date=April 11, 2022}}
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| 2001	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Howard Shore	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*	rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php \|title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2001 \|publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association \|access-date=April 11, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107093817/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 7, 2013}}
John Williams	A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Christopher Young	The Shipping News
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| 2002	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| John Williams	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Catch Me If You Can, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Minority Report*	rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2002.php \|title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2002 \|publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association \|access-date=April 11, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604201927/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2002.php \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=June 4, 2012}}
Philip Glass	The Hours
Howard Shore	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2003	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Howard Shore	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/rings-sweeps-big-prizes-critics-choice-wbna3931892 \|title='Rings' sweeps big prizes at Critics' Choice \|work=Today \|date=January 11, 2004 \|access-date=January 11, 2004}}
Clint Eastwood	Mystic River
Danny Elfman	Big Fish
Gabriel Yared	Cold Mountain
Hans Zimmer	The Last Samurai
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| 2004	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Howard Shore	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Aviator*	rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite magazine \|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/01/11/sideways-tops-critics-choice-awards/ \|title=Sideways tops Critics' Choice Awards \|first=Gary \|last=Susman \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|date=January 11, 2005 \|access-date=January 11, 2005}}
Michael Giacchino	The Incredibles
Rolfe Kent	Sideways
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\| 2005	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| John Williams	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Memoirs of a Geisha*	rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2006/01/brokeback-wins-top-critics-choice-awards-77433/ \|title="Brokeback" Wins Top Critics' Choice Awards \|first=Eugene \|last=Hernandez \|author-link=Eugene Hernandez \|publisher=IndieWire \|date=January 10, 2006 \|access-date=January 10, 2006}}
James Horner	The New World
Gustavo Santaolalla	Brokeback Mountain
Nancy Wilson	Elizabethtown
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2006	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Philip Glass	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Illusionist*	rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-14-me-broadcast14-story.html \|title='Departed,' Scorsese win Critics' Choice awards \|first=Mark \|last=Olsen \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=January 14, 2007 \|access-date=January 14, 2007}}
Clint Mansell	The Fountain
Thomas Newman	The Good German
Gustavo Santaolalla	Babel
Howard Shore	The Departed
Hans Zimmer	The Da Vinci Code
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2007	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jonny Greenwood	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *There Will Be Blood*	rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/bcast-critics-flag-planted-no-102036/ \|title=B'cast Critics flag planted in 'No Country' \|first1=Borys \|last1=Kit \|first2=Gregg \|last2=Kilday \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|date=January 8, 2008 \|access-date=January 8, 2008}}
Marco Beltrami	3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat	Lust, Caution (Se, jie)
Clint Eastwood	Grace Is Gone
Dario Marianelli	Atonement
Alan Menken	Enchanted
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2008	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| A. R. Rahman	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Slumdog Millionaire*	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite magazine \|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/01/09/critics-choic-1/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Slumdog Millionaire' steals the show \|author=EW Staff \|magazine=Entertainment Weekly \|date=January 8, 2009 \|access-date=January 8, 2009}}
Alexandre Desplat	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood	Changeling
Danny Elfman	Milk
James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer	The Dark Knight
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2009	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Michael Giacchino	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Up	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2010/01/broadcast-film-critics-award-hurt-locker-22675/ \|title=Broadcast Film Critics Award 'Hurt Locker' \|first=Nikki \|last=Finke \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 16, 2010 \|access-date=January 16, 2010}}
Carter Burwell and Karen O	Where the Wild Things Are
Marvin Hamlisch	The Informant!
Randy Newman	The Princess and the Frog
Hans Zimmer	Sherlock Holmes

=2010s=

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rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2010	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Social Network*	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2011/01/critics-choice-awards-spread-the-gold-the-social-network-fincher-firth-portman-96917/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards Spread The Gold: 'Social Network', Fincher, Firth, Portman \|author=The Deadline Team \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 14, 2011 \|access-date=January 14, 2011}}
Carter Burwell	True Grit
Alexandre Desplat	The King's Speech
Clint Mansell	Black Swan
Hans Zimmer	Inception
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2011	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Ludovic Bource	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Artist*	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/the-artist-best-pic-george-clooney-viola-davis-top-actors-at-critics-choice-awards-214013/ \|title='The Artist' Best Pic, George Clooney, Viola Davis Top Actors At Critics Choice Awards \|author=The Deadline Team \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 12, 2012 \|access-date=January 12, 2012}}
Cliff Martinez	Drive
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore	Hugo
John Williams	War Horse
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2012	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| John Williams	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Lincoln*	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/oscars-movies-critics-choice-movie-awards-401583/ \|title=Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors \|author=The Deadline Team \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 10, 2013 \|access-date=January 10, 2013}}
Mychael Danna	Life of Pi
rowspan="2"\| Alexandre Desplat	Argo
\| Moonrise Kingdom
Jonny Greenwood	The Master
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\| 2013	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Steven Price	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Gravity*	rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/critics-choice-movie-awards-unveiled-live-666047/ \|title=Critics' Choice Movie Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Named Best Picture; 'Gravity' Leads Field With 7 Wins \|author=The Deadline Team \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 16, 2014 \|access-date=January 16, 2014}}
Arcade Fire	Her
Thomas Newman	Saving Mr. Banks
Hans Zimmer	12 Years a Slave
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2014	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Antonio Sánchez	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Birdman*	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/critics-choice-awards-winners-2015-list-movie-1201351280/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods \|first=Erik \|last=Pedersen \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 15, 2015 \|access-date=January 15, 2015}}
Alexandre Desplat	The Imitation Game
Jóhann Jóhannsson	The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross	Gone Girl
Hans Zimmer	Interstellar
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2015	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Ennio Morricone	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Hateful Eight*	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/critics-choice-awards-2016-winners-full-list-1201685089/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'Mr. Robot' Best Drama Series \|first=Patrick \|last=Hipes \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 17, 2016 \|access-date=January 17, 2016}}
Carter Burwell	Carol
Jóhann Jóhannsson	Sicario
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto	The Revenant
Howard Shore	Spotlight
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2016	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Justin Hurwitz	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *La La Land*	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/tj-miller-la-la-land-hbo-2016-critics-choice-awards-the-complete-winners-list-live-1201868363/ \|title=2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache \|first1=Ross A. \|last1=Lincoln \|first2=Matt \|last2=Grobar \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=December 11, 2016 \|access-date=December 11, 2016}}
Nicholas Britell	Moonlight
Jóhann Jóhannsson	Arrival
Mica Levi	Jackie
Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka	Lion
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2017	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Alexandre Desplat	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *The Shape of Water*	rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/critics-choice-awards-2018-winners-list-live-blog-1202241352/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape Of Water' Wins Best Picture, 'Big Little Lies' Dominates – Full Winners List \|first1=Dade \|last1=Hayes \|first2=Patrick \|last2=Hipes \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 11, 2018 \|access-date=January 11, 2018}}
Jonny Greenwood	Phantom Thread
Dario Marianelli	Darkest Hour
Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer	Blade Runner 2049
John Williams	The Post
Hans Zimmer	Dunkirk
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2018	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Justin Hurwitz	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *First Man*	rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/critics-choice-awards-2019-winners-list-live-blog-1202534016/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List \|first1=Lisa \|last1=de Moraes \|first2=Antonia \|last2=Blyth \|first3=Patrick \|last3=Hipes \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 13, 2019 \|access-date=January 13, 2019}}
Kris Bowers	Green Book
Nicholas Britell	If Beale Street Could Talk
Alexandre Desplat	Isle of Dogs
Ludwig Göransson	Black Panther
Marc Shaiman	Mary Poppins Returns
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2019	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Hildur Guðnadóttir	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Joker*	rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/critics-choice-awards-2020-winners-list-1202828353/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List \|first1=Dino-Ray \|last1=Ramos \|first2=Geoff \|last2=Boucher \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=January 12, 2020 \|access-date=January 12, 2020}}
Michael Abels	Us
Alexandre Desplat	Little Women
Randy Newman	Marriage Story
Thomas Newman	1917
Robbie Robertson	The Irishman

=2020s=

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rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| 2020	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Soul*	rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/critics-choice-awards-2021-complete-winners-list-1234708683/ \|title=Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List \|first=Dino-Ray \|last=Ramos \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=March 7, 2021 \|access-date=March 7, 2021}}
Alexandre Desplat	The Midnight Sky
Ludwig Göransson	Tenet
James Newton Howard	News of the World
Emile Mosseri	Minari
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross	Mank
rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| 2021	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Hans Zimmer	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Dune*	rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\| {{cite web \|url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/critics-choice-awards-2022-winners-list-1234977395/ \|title=Critics Choice Awards: 'The Power Of The Dog' Wins Best Picture & Jane Campion Is Best Director; 'Ted Lasso' & 'Succession' Top TV – Full List \|first1=Erik \|last1=Pedersen \|first2=Rosy \|last2=Cordero \|first3=Fred \|last3=Topel \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=March 13, 2022 \|access-date=March 13, 2022}}
Nicholas Britell	Don't Look Up
rowspan="2"\| Jonny Greenwood	The Power of the Dog
\| Spencer
Nathan Johnson	Nightmare Alley
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" \| 2022	style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Hildur Guðnadóttir	style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Tár*	rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/critics-choice-awards-2023-winners-list-1235488828/ \|title=Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' 'Abbott Elementary' and 'Better Call Saul' Take Top Honors \|last1=Panaligan \|first1=EJ \|last2=Earl \|first2=William \|date=January 15, 2023 \|work=Variety \|access-date=January 16, 2023}}
Alexandre Desplat	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Michael Giacchino	The Batman
Hildur Guðnadóttir	Women Talking
Justin Hurwitz	Babylon
John Williams	The Fabelmans
rowspan="6" align="center" \|2023 \| style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| Ludwig Göransson \| style="background:#B0C4DE;"\| *Oppenheimer*	rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" \| {{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/critics-choice-awards-2024-winners-list-1235870581/ \|title='Oppenheimer' Leads Critics Choice Awards with 8 wins, 'Barbie' Scores 6 — Full Winners List \|last=Shanfeld \|first=Ethan \|work=Variety \|date=January 14, 2024 \|access-date=January 15, 2024}}
Jerskin Fendrix \|Poor Things
Michael Giacchino \|Society of the Snow
Daniel Pemberton \|Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Robbie Robertson (posthumous) \|Killers of the Flower Moon
Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt \|Barbie