World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year

• 2001 Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) – Yann Tiersen
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence – John Williams
  • Before Night Falls – Carter Burwell
  • Hannibal – Hans Zimmer
  • Moulin Rouge! – Craig Armstrong and Marius De Vries
• 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore †
  • Black Hawk Down – Hans Zimmer
  • Monsters, Inc. – Randy Newman
  • Spider-Man – Danny Elfman
  • Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones – John Williams
• 2003 Frida – Elliot Goldenthal †
  • Catch Me If You Can – John Williams
  • Gangs of New York – Howard Shore
  • The Hours – Philip Glass
  • Road to Perdition – Thomas Newman
• 2004 Cold Mountain – Gabriel Yared
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Jon Brion
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – John Williams
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl – Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer
  • Shrek 2 – Harry Gregson-Williams
• 2005 War of the Worlds – John Williams
  • The Aviator – Howard Shore
  • Batman Begins – James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer
  • The Bourne Supremacy – John Powell
  • Mar adentro (Sea Inside) – Alejandro Amenábar
• 2006 The Constant Gardener – Alberto Iglesias
  • Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla †
  • King Kong – James Newton Howard
  • Munich – John Williams
  • Pride & Prejudice – Dario Marianelli
• 2007 The Fountain – Clint Mansell
  • Little Miss Sunshine – Mychael Danna; DeVotchKa
  • Notes on a Scandal – Philip Glass
  • Shrek the Third – Harry Gregson-Williams
  • Zodiac – David Shire
• 2008 Atonement – Dario Marianelli †
  • 3:10 to Yuma – Marco Beltrami
  • The Kite Runner – Alberto Iglesias
  • There Will Be Blood – Jonny Greenwood
  • WALL-E – Thomas Newman
• 2009 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
  • Burn After Reading – Carter Burwell
  • Frost/Nixon – Hans Zimmer
  • The International – Reinhold Heil, Tom Tykwer & Johnny Klimek
  • Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman †
• 2010 Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
  • Avatar – James Horner
  • Where the Wild Things Are – Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek
  • A Single Man – Abel Korzeniowski
  • Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
• 2011 Inception – Hans Zimmer
  • Black Swan – Clint Mansell
  • The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
  • The Social Network – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross †
  • True Grit – Carter Burwell
• 2012 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias
  • The Ides of March – Alexandre Desplat
  • Drive – Cliff Martinez
  • Hugo – Howard Shore
  • The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – John Williams
• 2013 Life of Pi – Mychael Danna †
  • Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Howard Shore
  • The Master – Jonny Greenwood
  • Skyfall – Thomas Newman
• 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat †
  • Her – Arcade Fire
  • All Is Lost – Alexander Ebert
  • Gravity – Steven Price †
  • 12 Years a Slave – Hans Zimmer
• 2015 Birdman – Antonio Sánchez
  • Cinderella – Patrick Doyle
  • The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat
  • Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
  • The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson

World Soundtrack Awards Best Original Soundtrack

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