Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Score
| Black Reel Award for Outstanding Score | |
|---|---|
 The 2024 recipient: Kris Bowers | |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | The Black Reel Awards (BRAs) |
| First awarded | Black Reel Awards of 2005 |
| Most recent winner | Kris Bowers The Color Purple (2024) |
| Website | blackreelawards |
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Original Score. This award is given to the film composers and was first awarded during the 2005 ceremony. Michael Abels & Nicholas Britell currently holds the record for most wins in this category.
Winners and nominees[edit]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s[edit]
| Year | Composer | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | |||
| Ray Charles and Stephen Altman | Ray | [1] | |
| Terence Blanchard | She Hate Me | ||
| RZA | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | ||
| 2006 | — | ||
| 2007 | |||
| Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas | Dreamgirls | [2] | |
| Big Boi | Idlewild | ||
| Terence Blanchard | Inside Man | ||
| Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin | Something New | ||
| Aaron Zigman | Akeelah and the Bee | ||
| 2008 | |||
| A. R. Rahman | Slumdog Millionaire | [3] | |
| Terence Blanchard and Steve Jordan | Cadillac Records | ||
| Stanley Clarke | Soul Men | ||
| Mason Daring | Honeydripper | ||
| Steve Isles | RocknRolla | ||
2010s[edit]
2020s[edit]
| Year | Composer | Film | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Michael Abels | Us | [13] | |
| Scott Bomar | Dolemite Is My Name | ||
| Emile Mosseri | The Last Black Man in San Francisco | ||
| Devonté Hynes | Queen & Slim | ||
| Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor | Waves | ||
| 2021 | |||
| Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste | Soul | [14] | |
| Guy C. Routte | The Forty-Year-Old Version | ||
| John Debney | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | ||
| Robert Glasper | The Photograph | ||
| Fabrice Lecomte | Sylvie's Love | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Jeymes Samuel | The Harder They Fall | [15] | |
| Robert Akiki Aubrey Lowe | Candyman | ||
| Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Bill Sherman | In the Heights | ||
| Devonté Hynes | Passing | ||
| Kris Bowers | Respect | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Terence Blanchard | The Woman King | [16] | |
| Common | Alice | ||
| Craig DeLeon | End of the Road | ||
| Tanerélle and Bartek Gliniak | Nanny | ||
| Michael Abels | Nope | ||
| 2024 | |||
| Kris Bowers | The Color Purple | [17] | |
| Jon Batiste | American Symphony | ||
| Kris Bowers | Chevalier | ||
| Branford Marsalis | Rustin | ||
| Desmond Murray and Pierre Charles | They Cloned Tyrone |
Multiple nominations and wins[edit]
Multiple wins[edit]
- 2 wins
Multiple nominations[edit]
- 8 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- 2 nominations
- Jon Batiste
- Kathryn Bostic
- Stanley Clarke
- Nicholas Britell
- Robert Glasper
- Devonté Hynes
- Mark Isham
- Trent Reznor
- Dan Romer
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Aaron Zigman
- Hans Zimmer
References[edit]
- ^ 2005 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2007 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2008 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2011 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
- ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2018 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2019 Black Reel Awards
- ^ 2020 Black Reel Awards
- ^ "A Special "Night in Miami!" – the Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
- ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (February 6, 2023). "'The Woman King' Wins Big at the 23rd Annual Black Reel Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (January 16, 2024). "Black Reel Awards Reveals Winners of Film and Television Categories; 'American Fiction' and 'The Color Purple' Take Home Top Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2024.