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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media is an honor presented to a composer for an original score created for a film, TV show or series, or other visual media at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by The Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".

Recipients
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. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s ==Name changes==
Name changes
There have been several minor changes to the name of the award: ==Multiple wins==
Multiple wins
;11 wins • John Williams (6 consecutive) ;3 wins • Ludwig GöranssonHoward Shore (consecutive) • Hans Zimmer ;2 wins • Alexandre DesplatMichael GiacchinoDave GrusinHildur Guðnadóttir (consecutive) • Alan Menken (consecutive) • Randy NewmanThomas NewmanTrent ReznorAtticus Ross ==Multiple nominations==
Multiple nominations
;36 nominations • John Williams ;18 nominations • Hans Zimmer ;11 nominations • Henry Mancini ;9 nominations • Danny ElfmanDave GrusinThomas Newman ;8 nominations • Alexandre DesplatRandy Newman ;7 nominations • Howard Shore ;6 nominations • Michael GiacchinoJames HornerMaurice Jarre ;5 nominations • Jerry GoldsmithLudwig GöranssonPaul McCartneyEnnio MorriconeAtticus Ross ;4 nominations • John LennonQuincy JonesTrent ReznorLalo Schifrin ;3 nominations • John BarryAlan and Marilyn BergmanKris BowersLeslie BricusseRamin DjawadiMarvin HamlischGeorge HarrisonMichel LegrandAlan MenkenAlex NorthJohn PowellRyuichi SakamotoAlan Silvestri ==See also==
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