Empire Award for Best Soundtrack
The Empire Award for Best Soundtrack was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor the best film soundtrack of the previous year. The Empire Award for Best Soundtrack was first introduced at the 13th Empire Awards ceremony in 2008 with the soundtrack from Control receiving the award and last presented at the 14th Empire Awards ceremony in 2009 with the soundtrack from Mamma Mia! receiving the award. The category was revived in 2016 when the Mad Max: Fury Road soundtrack received the award. The current winner of the award is the soundtrack from La La Land. Winners were voted by the readers of Empire magazine.
| Empire Award for Best Soundtrack | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best film soundtrack |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | Empire magazine |
| First awarded | 2008 |
| Currently held by | La La Land (2017) |
Winners and nominees
In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.
2000s
2010s
| Year | Film | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 (21st) |
Mad Max: Fury Road | [3][4] |
| The Hateful Eight | ||
| The Martian | ||
| Sicario | ||
| Straight Outta Compton | ||
| 2017 (22nd) |
La La Land | [5] |
| Arrival | ||
| The Greasy Strangler | ||
| Moana | ||
| Sing Street | ||
| 2018 (23rd) |
Baby Driver | [6] |
| Beauty and the Beast | ||
| Call Me by Your Name | ||
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | ||
| Logan Lucky |
References
- "Sony Ericsson Soundtrack Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- "Best Soundtrack". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
- Nugent, John. "Jameson Empire Awards 2016: Star Wars and Mad Max lead the nominations". Empire. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- Metro.co.uk, Rebecca Lewis for. "Mad Max: Fury Road leads the pack at the 2016 Jameson Empire Awards". Metro. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/2017-three-empire-awards-nominations-announced/
- Travis, Ben (March 19, 2018). "Star Wars: The Last Jedi Wins Big at Rakuten TV Empire Awards 2018". Empire. Retrieved March 24, 2018.