was the first recipient of the award in
1959 for the
Anatomy of a Murder soundtrack. won in
1962 for the ''
Breakfast at Tiffany's''
soundtrack. won for
Mary Poppins (1965) won for
Mary Poppins (1965). won in
1968 for the TV series
Mission: Impossible soundtrack. has won twice, in
1969 for
The Graduate soundtrack, alongside
Paul Simon, and in
1990 for
The Fabulous Baker Boys soundtrack. won in
1969 for
The Graduate soundtrack, alongside
Dave Grusin. won for
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1968 won in
1971 for the
Let It Be soundtrack. won in
1972 for the
Shaft soundtrack. won in
1974 for the
Jonathan Livingston Seagull soundtrack. has won six times in a row, eleven times total, and has been nominated twenty-three more times. and
The Revolution won in
1985 for the
Purple Rain soundtrack. won in
1988 for
The Untouchables. won for
The Last Emperor (1989) won in
1991 for
Glory. has won twice, for
Beauty and the Beast in
1993 and
Aladdin in
1994. has won thrice, for
Crimson Tide in
1996,
The Dark Knight in
2009 alongside
James Newton Howard, and
Dune: Part Two in
2025. has won twice, for ''
A Bug's Life in 2000 and Toy Story 3'' in
2011. has won twice, for
American Beauty in
2001 and
Skyfall in
2014. won in
2002 for
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Dun is currently the only Chinese composer to win the category. has won the award (alongside John Kurlander and Peter Cobbin) for all three films of
The Lord of the Rings film series in
2003,
2004, and
2005. won twice for two Pixar films
Ratatouille (2008) and
Up (2010). has won twice, for ''
The King's Speech in 2012 and The Grand Budapest Hotel'' in
2015. (left) and
Atticus Ross (right), of
Nine Inch Nails, have won twice, for
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in
2013 and
Soul in
2022, winning the latter with
Jon Batiste. won in
2016 for
Birdman. became the first solo woman to win the award back-to-back (in
2020 for
Chernobyl and
2021 for
Joker). won for
Soul in 2022, alongside
Trent Reznor and
Atticus Ross. has won thrice, for
Black Panther in 2019,
Oppenheimer in 2024, and
Sinners in 2026. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
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