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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Honoree · 2025
Uno Helmersson
2025 Honors
2025 Honors
Nominees
Previous Years
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
2021 Honoree Vincent Van Warmerdam For The Mole Agent
Nominees
- Casey Wayne McAllister For Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
- Troy Herion For Bulletproof
- Nainita Desai For The Reason I Jump
- Jameison Shaw & Edwin Montgomery For Time
- Ed Côrtez For The Truffle Hunters
2020 Honoree Matt Morton For Apollo 11
Nominees
- Chad Cannon For American Factory
- Rose Bolton & Norah Lorway For Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
- Eicca Toppinen For Aquarela
- 4th Disciple For Black Mother
- Dominik Strycharski For Symphony for the Ursus Factory
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