Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
2026 • 68th Annual Grammy Awards
Honoring recordings released between Aug 31, 2024 and Aug 30, 2025
2026 Winner is Ludwig Göransson with "Sinners"
Nominees 2026
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Sinners
Ludwig Göransson
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How To Train Your Dragon
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Severance: Season 2
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Wicked
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The Wild Robot
Winners
| Year | Winner | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ludwig Göransson | Sinners |
| 2025 | Hans Zimmer | Dune: Part Two |
| 2024 | Ludwig Göransson | Oppenheimer |
| 2023 | Germaine Franco | Encanto |
| 2022 | Carlos Rafael Rivera | The Queen's Gambit |
| 2022 | Jon Batiste | Soul |
| 2021 | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Joker |
| 2020 | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Chernobyl |
| 2019 | Ludwig Göransson | Black Panther |
| 2018 | Justin Hurwitz | La La Land |
| 2017 | John Williams | Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| 2016 | Antonio Sanchez | Birdman |
| 2015 | Alexandre Desplat | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| 2014 | Thomas Newman | Skyfall |
| 2013 | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo |
| 2012 | Alexandre Desplat | The King's Speech |
| 2011 | Randy Newman | Toy Story 3 |
| 2010 | Michael Giacchino | Up |
| 2009 | Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard | The Dark Knight |
| 2008 | Michael Giacchino | Ratatouille |
| 2007 | John Williams | Memoirs Of A Geisha |
| 2006 | Craig Armstrong | Ray |
| 2005 | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King |
| 2004 | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers |
| 2003 | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring |
| 2002 | Tan Dun | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2001 | Thomas Newman | American Beauty |
| 2000 | Randy Newman | A Bug's Life |
| 1999 | John Williams | Saving Private Ryan |
| 1998 | Gabriel Yared | The English Patient |
| 1997 | David Arnold | Independence Day |
| 1996 | Hans Zimmer | Crimson Tide |
| 1995 | John Williams | Schindler's List |
| 1994 | Alan Menken | Aladdin |
| 1993 | Alan Menken | Beauty And The Beast |
| 1992 | John Barry | Dances With Wolves |
| 1991 | James Horner | Glory |
| 1990 | Dave Grusin | The Fabulous Baker Boys |
| 1989 | David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cong Su | The Last Emperor |
| 1988 | Ennio Morricone | The Untouchables |
| 1986 | Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, Jon Gilutin, Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Dan Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard C. Theisen II, Allee Willis | Beverly Hills Cop |
| 1985 | Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, John L. Nelson, Prince | Purple Rain |
| 1984 | Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Douglas Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello, Shandi Sinnamon | Flashdance |
| 1983 | John Williams | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial |
| 1982 | John Williams | Raiders Of The Lost Ark |
| 1981 | John Williams | The Empire Strikes Back |
| 1980 | John Williams | Superman |
| 1979 | John Williams | Close Encounters Of The Third Kind |
| 1978 | John Williams | Star Wars |
| 1977 | Norman Whitfield | Car Wash |
| 1976 | John Williams | Jaws |
| 1975 | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch | The Way We Were |
| 1974 | Neil Diamond | Jonathan Livingston Seagull |
| 1973 | Nino Rota | The Godfather |
| 1972 | Isaac Hayes | Shaft |
| 1971 | George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr | Let It Be |
| 1970 | Burt Bacharach | Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid |
| 1969 | Dave Grusin, Paul Simon | The Graduate |
| 1968 | Lalo Schifrin | Mission: Impossible |
| 1967 | Maurice Jarre | Dr. Zhivago |
| 1966 | Johnny Mandel | The Sandpiper |
| 1965 | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman | Mary Poppins |
| 1964 | John Addison | Tom Jones |
| 1962 | Henry Mancini | Breakfast At Tiffany's |
| 1961 | Ernest Gold | Exodus |
| 1960 | Duke Ellington | Anatomy Of A Murder |