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2019 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![Joker Hildur Gu_nadttir](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/joker-todd-phillips-image.jpg)
Joker
Hildur Gu_nadttir
2018 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![First Man Justin Hurwitz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/first-man-damien-chazelle-image.jpg)
First Man
Justin Hurwitz
2017 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![The Shape of Water Alexandre Desplat](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-shape-of-water-guillermo-del-toro-image.jpg)
The Shape of Water
Alexandre Desplat
2016 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![La La Land Justin Hurwitz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/la-la-land-damien-chazelle-image.jpg)
La La Land
Justin Hurwitz
2016 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![The Hateful Eight Ennio Morricone](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hateful-eight-quentin-tarantino-image.jpg)
The Hateful Eight
Ennio Morricone
2015 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Antonio Sanchez](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance-image.jpg)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Antonio Sanchez
2014 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![Gravity Steven Price](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gravity-image.jpg)
Gravity
Steven Price
2013 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![Lincoln John Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/lincoln-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Lincoln
John Williams
2012 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![The Artist Ludovic Bource](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-artist-michel-hazanavicius-image.jpg)
The Artist
Ludovic Bource
2011 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![The Social Network Trent Reznor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-social-network-david-fincher-image.jpg)
The Social Network
Trent Reznor
2010 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![Up Michael Giacchino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/up-pete-docter-bob-petersonco-director-image.jpg)
Up
Michael Giacchino
2009 Critics Choice Awards – Best Composer
![Slumdog Millionaire A.R. Rahman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/slumdog-millionaire-danny-boyle-loveleen-tandanco-director-image.jpg)
Slumdog Millionaire
A.R. Rahman
2008 Critics Choice Awards – Best Composer
![There Will Be Blood Jonny Greenwood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/there-will-be-blood-paul-thomas-anderson-image.jpg)
There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood
2007 Critics Choice Awards – Best Composer
![The Illusionist Philip Glass](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-illusionist-neil-burger-image.jpg)
The Illusionist
Philip Glass
2006 Critics Choice Awards – Best Composer
![Memoirs of a Geisha John Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/memoirs-of-a-geisha-rob-marshall-image.jpg)
Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams
2005 Critics Choice Awards – Best Composer
![The Aviator Howard Shore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-aviator-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Aviator
Howard Shore
2004 Critics Choice Awards – Best Composer
![The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Howard Shore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-peter-jackson-image.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Howard Shore
2003 Critics Choice Awards – Best Composer
![Catch Me If You Can John Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/catch-me-if-you-can-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Catch Me If You Can
John Williams
2002 Critics Choice Awards – Best Composer
![The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Howard Shore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-peter-jackson-image.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Howard Shore
2001 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![The Road to El Dorado Hans Zimmer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-road-to-el-dorado-bibo-bergeron-don-paul-jeffrey-katzenberg-image.jpg)
The Road to El Dorado
Hans Zimmer
2000 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![The Talented Mr. Ripley Gabriel Yared](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-talented-mr.-ripley-image.jpg)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Gabriel Yared
1999 Critics Choice Awards – Best Score
![Saving Private Ryan John Williams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/saving-private-ryan-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)