Outstanding
Original Music Score
Whether reflecting the depth and emotion of a film’s content and subjects, propelling a narrative forward or serving as a character in its own right, musical scores play an essential role in the impact of a nonfiction film. This award celebrates those diverse musicians who successfully married music to film.
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Nominee · 2027
Suad Bushnaq
For American Doctor
2027 Nominees
2027 Nominees
Previous Years
2026 Honoree Blake Neely For Come See Me in the Good Light
Nominees
- Sam Slater For 2000 Meters to Andriivka
- Maya Shenfeld For Cover-Up
- Kris Bowers For The Eyes of Ghana
- T. Griffin For Folktales
- Alexeï Aïgui For Orwell: 2+2=5
2025 Honoree Uno Helmersson For The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Nominees
- Alexeï Aïgui For Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
- Víctor Hernández Stumpfhauser For Frida
- Nainita Desai For Nocturnes
- Mali Obomsawin For Sugarcane
2024 Honoree JD Samson For 32 Sounds
2023 Honoree Nicolas Godin For Fire of Love
Nominees
- Soundwalk Collective For All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Ray Angry, Rhiannon Giddens & Dirk Powell For Descendant
- Linda Buckley & Irene Buckley For Nothing Compares
- Katya Mihailova For The Territory
- Dave Cerf For Users
2022 Honoree Dan Deacon For Ascension
Nominees
- Dan Deacon For All Light, Everywhere
- Uno Helmersson For Flee
- Rachel Portman For Julia
- Thad Kellstadt For malni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
- Keegan DeWitt & Dabney Morris For Procession
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