BAFTA Award for Best Film Music facts for kids

The Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music is a special prize given out every year by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, also known as BAFTA. This award celebrates the best original music created for a movie. It's like giving a medal to the composer who wrote the most amazing soundtrack for a film that year!

Celebrating Film Music: Winners Over the Years

This award has been given to many talented composers since the 1960s. Let's look at some of the amazing music that has won this prize.

Winners from the 1960s

• 1968 - The award went to John Barry for his music in The Lion in Winter.
  • Other great music that year included Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota.

• 1969 - Mikis Theodorakis won for the film Z.
  • Michel Legrand was also nominated for The Thomas Crown Affair.

Winners from the 1970s

• 1970 - The music from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by Burt Bacharach took home the award.
  • Johnny Douglas was nominated for The Railway Children.

• 1971 - Michel Legrand won for Summer of '42.
  • Isaac Hayes was recognized for his work on Shaft.

• 1972 - The famous music from The Godfather by Nino Rota won this year.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett was nominated for Lady Caroline Lamb.

• 1973 - Alan Price received the award for O Lucky Man!.
  • Bob Dylan was nominated for Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.

• 1974 - Richard Rodney Bennett won for Murder on the Orient Express.
  • Jerry Goldsmith was nominated for Chinatown.

• 1975 - This year had two winners: John Williams for Jaws and also for The Towering Inferno.
  • Nino Rota was nominated for The Godfather Part II.

• 1976 - The award went to Bernard Herrmann for Taxi Driver.
  • Paul Williams was nominated for Bugsy Malone.

• 1977 - John Addison won for the film A Bridge Too Far.
  • Marvin Hamlisch was nominated for The Spy Who Loved Me.

• 1978 - John Williams won again for the iconic music in Star Wars.
  • He was also nominated for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

• 1979 - Ennio Morricone won for Days of Heaven.
  • Jerry Goldsmith was nominated for Alien.

Winners from the 1980s

• 1980 - John Williams won for Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
  • The band Queen (John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor) and Howard Blake were nominated for Flash Gordon.

• 1981 - Carl Davis won for The French Lieutenant's Woman.
  • Vangelis was nominated for Chariots of Fire.

• 1982 - John Williams won for the beloved movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
  • Vangelis was nominated for Blade Runner.

• 1983 - Ryuichi Sakamoto won for Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.
  • Mark Knopfler was nominated for Local Hero.

• 1984 - Ennio Morricone won for Once Upon a Time in America.
  • Mike Oldfield was nominated for The Killing Fields.

• 1985 - Maurice Jarre won for Witness.
  • He was also nominated for A Passage to India.

• 1986 - Ennio Morricone won for The Mission.
  • John Barry was nominated for Out of Africa.

• 1987 - Ennio Morricone won again for The Untouchables.
  • George Fenton and Jonas Gwangwa were nominated for Cry Freedom.

• 1988 - John Williams won for Empire of the Sun.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, and Cong Su were nominated for The Last Emperor.

• 1989 - Maurice Jarre won for Dead Poets Society.
  • George Fenton was nominated for Dangerous Liaisons.

Winners from the 1990s

• 1990 - Andrea and Ennio Morricone won for Cinema Paradiso.
  • George Fenton was nominated for Memphis Belle.

• 1991 - Jean-Claude Petit won for Cyrano de Bergerac.
  • John Barry was nominated for Dances with Wolves.

• 1992 - David Hirschfelder won for Strictly Ballroom.
  • Howard Ashman and Alan Menken were nominated for Beauty and the Beast.

• 1993 - John Williams won for Schindler's List.
  • Michael Nyman was nominated for The Piano.

• 1994 - Don Was won for Backbeat.
  • Hans Zimmer was nominated for The Lion King.

• 1995 - Luis Enríquez Bacalov won for The Postman (Il postino).
  • James Horner was nominated for Braveheart.

• 1996 - Gabriel Yared won for The English Patient.
  • Trevor Jones was nominated for Brassed Off.

• 1997 - Nellee Hooper won for Romeo + Juliet.
  • James Horner was nominated for Titanic.

• 1998 - David Hirschfelder won for Elizabeth.
  • John Williams was nominated for Saving Private Ryan.

• 1999 - Thomas Newman won for American Beauty.
  • Gabriel Yared was nominated for The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Winners from the 2000s

• 2000 - Tan Dun won for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long).
  • Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer were nominated for Gladiator.

• 2001 - Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries won for Moulin Rouge!.
  • Howard Shore was nominated for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

• 2002 - Philip Glass won for The Hours.
  • John Williams was nominated for Catch Me If You Can.

• 2003 - T-Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared won for Cold Mountain.
  • Howard Shore was nominated for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

• 2004 - Gustavo Santaolalla won for The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta).
  • Jan A.P. Kaczmarek was nominated for Finding Neverland.

• 2005 - John Williams won for Memoirs of a Geisha.
  • Gustavo Santaolalla was nominated for Brokeback Mountain.

• 2006 - Gustavo Santaolalla won for Babel.
  • Alexandre Desplat was nominated for The Queen.

• 2007 - Christopher Gunning won for La Vie en Rose (La môme).
  • Dario Marianelli was nominated for Atonement.

• 2008 - A. R. Rahman won for Slumdog Millionaire.
  • James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer were nominated for The Dark Knight.

• 2009 - Michael Giacchino won for Up.
  • James Horner was nominated for Avatar.

Winners from the 2010s

• 2010 - Alexandre Desplat won for The King's Speech.
  • Hans Zimmer was nominated for Inception.

• 2011 - Ludovic Bource won for The Artist.
  • John Williams was nominated for War Horse.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:BAFTA a la mejor música original para niños