Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Score
Annual award
The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Score is one of the annual awards given by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. The award was first given in 2010.
Winners and nominees
2010
- Hans Zimmer for Inception
- Carter Burwell for True Grit
- Clint Mansell for Black Swan
- A. R. Rahman for 127 Hours
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network
2011
- Ludovic Bource for The Artist
- Cliff Martinez for Drive
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Howard Shore Hugo
- John Williams for War Horse
2012
- Jonny Greenwood for The Master
- Alexandre Desplat for Moonrise Kingdom
- Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Howard Shore for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- John Williams for Lincoln
2013
- Hans Zimmer for 12 Years a Slave
- Christophe Beck for Frozen
- Arcade Fire for Her
- Thomas Newman for Saving Mr. Banks
- Steven Price for Gravity
2014
- Mica Levi for Under the Skin
- Jóhann Jóhannsson for The Theory of Everything
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Gone Girl
- Antonio Sánchez for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Hans Zimmer for Interstellar
2015
- Jóhann Jóhannsson for Sicario
- Michael Brook for Brooklyn
- Carter Burwell for Carol
- Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight
- Junkie XL for Mad Max: Fury Road
2016
- Justin Hurwitz for La La Land
- Nicholas Britell for Moonlight
- Jóhann Jóhannsson for Arrival
- Mica Levi for Jackie
- Cliff Martinez for The Neon Demon
2017
- Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch for Blade Runner 2049
- Carter Burwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water
- Michael Giacchino for Coco
- Hans Zimmer for Dunkirk
2018
- Nicholas Britell for If Beale Street Could Talk
- Ludwig Göransson for Black Panther
- Justin Hurwitz for First Man
- Thom Yorke for Suspiria
- Hans Zimmer for Widows
2019
- Michael Abels for Us
- Thomas Newman for 1917
- Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker
- Alexandre Desplat for Little Women
- Randy Newman for Marriage Story
2020
- Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross for Soul
- Ludwig Göransson for Tenet
- James Newton Howard for News of the World
- Emile Mosseri – Minari
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank
2021
- Hans Zimmer for Dune
- Aaron & Bryce Dessner for Cyrano
- Alexandre Desplat for The French Dispatch
- Jonny Greenwood for The Power of the Dog –
- Jonny Greenwood for Spencer
2022
- Michael Giacchino for The Batman
- Alexandre Desplat for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
- Hildur Guðnadóttir for Tár
- Hildur Guðnadóttir for Women Talking
- John Williams for The Fabelmans
2023
- Ludwig Göransson for Oppenheimer
- Kris Bowers for The Color Purple
- Jerskin Fendrix for Poor Things
- Daniel Pemberton for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Robbie Robertson for Killers of the Flower Moon
See also
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Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score
- Hans Zimmer (2010)
- Ludovic Bource (2011)
- Jonny Greenwood (2012)
- Hans Zimmer (2013)
- Mica Levi (2014)
- Jóhann Jóhannsson (2015)
- Justin Hurwitz (2016)
- Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch (2017)
- Nicholas Britell (2018)
- Michael Abels (2019)
- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste (2020)
- Hans Zimmer (2021)
- Michael Giacchino (2022)
- Ludwig Göransson (2023)
