2021 Original Score Awards Roundup

Here's the annual 2021 Roundup of Original Score nominations and winners from various awards associations. Winners will be marked in red and updated regularly!

ACADEMY AWARD
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Don't Look Up (Nicholas Britell)

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

Encanto (Germaine Franco)

Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

GOLDEN GLOBE
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

Encanto (Germaine Franco)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS (BAFTA)

Being the Ricardos (Daniel Pemberton)

Don't Look Up (Nicholas Britell)

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

ANNIE AWARDS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

*Encanto (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Germaine Franco)

Luca (Dan Romer)

Poupelle of Chimney Town (Youki Kojima, Yuta Bandoh)

Raya and the Last Dragon (James Newton Howard, Jhené Aiko)

Vivo (Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda)

SATELLITE AWARDS (INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY)
ORIGINAL SCORE

Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

The Harder They Fall (Jeymes Samuel)

The Last Duel (Harry Gregson-Williams)

Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSIC SCORE

*Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)

Runner-up: The Power of the Dog/Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

HOLLYWOOD CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST SCORE

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)
Last Night in Soho (Steven Price)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

SAN DIEGO FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
BEST USE OF MUSIC
Belfast [Runner-Up Tie]

Cruella

In the Heights [Runner-Up Tie]

*Last Night in Soho

West Side Story [Runner-Up Tie]

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

The Green Knight (Daniel Hart)

*The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

SEATTLE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

The Green Knight (Daniel Hart)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

WASHINGTON DC AREA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Cyrano (Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner)

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
*Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

CHICAGO FILM CRITICS AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Annette (Ron Mael & Russell Mael)

Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

*The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
BEST USE OF MUSIC/SOUND

Cyrano

In the Heights

*Last Night in Soho

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West Side Story

ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSIC SCORE

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

INDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSICAL SCORE

*The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Runner-Up: Dune (Hans Zimmer)

AUSTIN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST SCORE

Candyman (Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe)

Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The Green Knight (Daniel Hart)

*The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

NORTH CAROLINA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSIC

Don't Look Up (Nicholas Britell)

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

No Time to Die (Hans Zimmer)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSICAL SCORE

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

HOUSTON FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

*Dune (Hans Zimmer) [tie]

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

The Harder They Fall (Jeymes Samuel)

*The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood) [tie]

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

PHOENIX CRITICS CIRCLE
BEST SCORE

Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

The Harder They Fall (Jeymes Samuel)

*The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

LAS VEGAS FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
BEST SCORE

*Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

PORTLAND CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

Last Night in Soho (Steven Price)

No Time to Die (Hans Zimmer)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

FLORIDA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
BEST SCORE

Annette (Ron Mael & Russell Mael)

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

The French Dispatch (Alexandre Desplat)

Runner-Up: The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

GEORGIA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

Encanto (Germaine Franco)

The Harder They Fall (Jeymes Samuel)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

LONDON FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT (FOR MUSIC)
*The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

BLACK REEL AWARDS
OUTSTANDING SCORE

Candyman (Robert Aiki Aubrey)

*The Harder They Fall (Jeymes Samuel)

In the Heights (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Lacamoire, Bill Sherman)

Passing (Devonte Hynes)

Respect (Kris Bowers)

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
BEST SCORE

Don't Look Up (Nicholas Britell)

*Dune (Hans Zimmer)

Nightmare Alley (Nathan Johnson)

The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

Spencer (Jonny Greenwood)

SATURN AWARDS
BEST MUSIC

The Batman (Michael Giacchino)

Crimes of the Future (Howard Shore)

Cruella (Nicholas Britell)

*Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Danny Elfman)

Nightmare Alley (Nathan Johnson)

Nope (Michael Abels)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Joel P. West)