2023 Original Score Awards Roundup

  

Here's the annual 2023 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

American Fiction (Laura Karpman)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (John Williams)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

GOLDEN GLOBE
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 

The Boy and the Heron (Joe Hisaishi)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS (BAFTA)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Saltburn (Anthony Willis)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

ANNIE AWARDS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE PRODUCTION

The Boy and the Heron (Joe Hisaishi)

Elemental (Thomas Newman)

*Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

Suzume (Kazuma Jinnouchi)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)

SATELLITE AWARDS (INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY)
ORIGINAL SCORE

American Fiction (Laura Karpman)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Society of the Snow (Michael Giacchino)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSIC SCORE

Runner-up: Barbie (Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)

*The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)
(with special recognition of the contribution of sound designer Johnnie Burn)

SAN DIEGO FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
BEST USE OF MUSIC

Air

Are You There God, It's Me Margaret

*Barbie

The Holdovers

The Teacher

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

*Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

SEATTLE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

WASHINGTON DC AREA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Color Purple (Kris Bowers)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
*Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

Runner-up: The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

CHICAGO FILM CRITICS AWARDS
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Barbie (Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)

*Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
BEST USE OF MUSIC/SOUND

ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSIC SCORE

Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

Runner up: May December (Marcelo Zarvos)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

INDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSICAL SCORE

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

AUSTIN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST SCORE

Barbie (Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

NORTH CAROLINA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSIC

The Killer (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST MUSICAL SCORE

*Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

HOUSTON FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

*Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

PHOENIX CRITICS CIRCLE
BEST SCORE

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

LAS VEGAS FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
BEST SCORE

The Killer (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Society of the Snow (Michael Giacchino)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

PORTLAND CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Runner-up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

FLORIDA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
BEST SCORE

*The Boy and the Heron (Joe Hisaishi)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

Runner-up: Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

A Thousand and One (Gary Gunn)

GEORGIA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Runner-up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

LONDON FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT (FOR MUSIC)
The Zone of Interest (Mica Levi)

BLACK REEL AWARDS
OUTSTANDING SCORE

American Symphony (Jon Batiste)

Chevalier (Kris Bowers)

*The Color Purple (Kris Bowers)

Rustin (Branford Marsalis)

They Cloned Tyrone (Desmond Murray and Pierre Charles)

CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
BEST SCORE

Barbie (Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)

Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)

*Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)

Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Society of the Snow (Michael Giacchino)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

SATURN AWARDS
BEST MUSIC

Avatar: The Way of Water (Simon Franglen)

Barbie (Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (John Williams)

The Little Mermaid (Alan Menken)

Renfield (Marco Beltrami)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)