World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year

The World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year is one of the three main prizes given by the World Soundtrack Academy to honour the best movie soundtracks and the people who work on them.

Winners and nominees

2001 John Williams
* Rachel Portman
* Yann Tiersen
* Hans Zimmer
* Carter Burwell
2002 Patrick Doyle
* James Horner
* Hans Zimmer
* Howard Shore
* Randy Newman
2003 Elliot Goldenthal
* Terence Blanchard
* Elmer Bernstein
* Howard Shore
* Philip Glass
2004 Gabriel Yared
* Christian Henson
* John Williams
* Alberto Iglesias
* Daniel Tarrab & Andrés Goldstein
* Harry Gregson-Williams
2005 Angelo Badalamenti
* Howard Shore
* John Powell
* Thomas Newman
* John Williams
2006 Alberto Iglesias
* Danny Elfman
* John Powell
* James Newton Howard
* Dario Marianelli
2007 Alexandre Desplat
* Harry Gregson-Williams
* John Powell
* Mychael Danna
* Philip Glass
2008 James Newton Howard
* Dario Marianelli
* John Powell
* Alexandre Desplat
* Alberto Iglesias
2009 Alexandre Desplat
* Carter Burwell
* Danny Elfman
* Michael Giacchino
* Hans Zimmer
2010 Alexandre Desplat
* Hans Zimmer
* Danny Elfman
* John Powell
* Carter Burwell
2011 Alexandre Desplat
* Clint Mansell
* Hans Zimmer
* Patrick Doyle
* John Powell
2012 Alberto Iglesias
*Alexandre Desplat
* Cliff Martinez
* Howard Shore
* John Williams
2013 Mychael Danna
* Alexandre Desplat
* Danny Elfman
* James Newton Howard
* Thomas Newman
2014 Alexandre Desplat
* Marco Beltrami
* Steven Price
* Gabriel Yared
* Hans Zimmer
2015 Michael Giacchino
* Bruno Coulais
* Alexandre Desplat
* Jóhann Jóhannsson
* Hans Zimmer
2016 Carter Burwell
* Ennio Morricone
* Thomas Newman
* Daniel Pemberton
* John Williams
2017 Jóhann Jóhannsson
* Nicholas Britell
* Justin Hurwitz
* Mica Levi
* Dustin O’Halloran
2018 Jóhann Jóhannsson
* John Williams
* Jonny Greenwood
* Alexandre Desplat
* Carter Burwell
2019 Nicholas Britell
* Daniel Pemberton
* John Powell
* Alan Silvestri
* Benjamin Wallfisch

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