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Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA (1)
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards (5)
BAFTA Awards (3)
Critics Choice Awards (3)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Golden Globes, USA (2)
Golden Horse Film Festival (1)
Grammy Awards (2)
Edda Awards, Iceland (3)
Montréal Festival of New Cinema (1)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards (1)
World Soundtrack Awards (6)
Seattle Film Critics Awards (1)
San Francisco Film Critics Circle (1)
CPH:DOX (1)
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2)
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards (1)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association (3)
Austin Film Critics Association (2)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (3)
Asian Film Awards (1)
Asia Pacific Screen Awards (1)
Maverick Movie Awards (1)
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US (1)
Fright Meter Awards (1)
Iowa Film Critics Awards (1)
Denver Film Critics Society (1)
CinEuphoria Awards (1)
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) (2)
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) (3)
Utah Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Houston Film Critics Society Awards (2)
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) (4)
Online Film & Television Association (2)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (1)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (1)
Ekko Shortlist Awards (1)
Indiewire Critics' Poll (2)
Phoenix Critics Circle (2)
Gold Derby Awards (3)
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards (1)
Overcome Film Festival (1)
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
Music City Film Critics' Association Awards (1)
Columbus Film Critics Association (1)
Seattle Film Critics Society (2)
Movie Heroes Awards, China (1)
20 wins & 68 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2016 Nominee
Oscar
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Sicario
2015 Nominee
Oscar
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Theory of Everything
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2016 Nominee
Saturn Award
Best Music
Sicario
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
2017 Nominee
ASCAP Composers' Choice Award
Film Score of the Year
Arrival
2017 Winner
ASCAP Award
Top Box Office Films
Arrival
2016 Nominee
ASCAP Award
Best Film Score
Sicario
2015 Winner
ASCAP Award
Best Film Score
The Theory of Everything
2014 Winner
ASCAP Award
Top Box Office Films
Prisoners
BAFTA Awards
2017 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Original Music
Arrival
2016 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Original Music
Sicario
2015 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Original Music
The Theory of Everything
Critics Choice Awards
2016 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Score
Sicario
2016 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Score
Arrival
2015 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Score
The Theory of Everything
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2018 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Original Score
Mandy
2016 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Original Score
Arrival
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2016 Nominee
FFCC Award
Best Score
Arrival
Golden Globes, USA
2017 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Arrival
2015 Winner
Golden Globe
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
The Theory of Everything
Golden Horse Film Festival
2012 Winner
Golden Horse Award
Best Original Film Score
Mystery
Shared with:
Peyman Yazdanian
Grammy Awards
2018 Nominee
Grammy
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Arrival
2016 Nominee
Grammy
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
The Theory of Everything
Edda Awards, Iceland
2021 Nominee
Edda Award
Director of the Year (Leikstjóri ársins)
Last and First Men
2021 Nominee
Edda Award
Best Music (Tónlist í kvikmynd/sjónvarpi)
Last and First Men
Shared with:
Yair Elazar Glotman
2016 Winner
Edda Award
Best Music (Tónlist í kvikmynd/sjónvarpi)
Trapped
Shared with:
Hildur Guðnadóttir
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Rutger Hoedemaekers
Montréal Festival of New Cinema
2020 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
Last and First Men
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2016 Nominee
Sierra Award
Best Score
Arrival
World Soundtrack Awards
2018 Winner
World Soundtrack Award
Film Composer of the Year
Last and First Men
Mandy
Mary Magdalene
The Mercy
2017 Winner
World Soundtrack Award
Film Composer of the Year
Arrival
2017 Nominee
Public Choice Award
Arrival
2015 Nominee
World Soundtrack Award
Best Original Film Score of the Year
The Theory of Everything
2015 Nominee
World Soundtrack Award
Film Composer of the Year
The Theory of Everything
The 11th Hour
Sicario
1 more
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Seattle Film Critics Awards
2016 Nominee
Seattle Film Critics Award
Best Music, Original Score
Sicario
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
2016 Nominee
SFFCC Award
Best Original Score
Arrival
CPH:DOX
2014 Nominee
Nordic Dox Award
End of Summer
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2016 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Original Score
Arrival
2014 Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Original Score
The Theory of Everything
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2019 Winner
Chainsaw Award
Best Score
Mandy
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2017 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Score
Arrival
2016 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Score
Sicario
2015 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Score
The Theory of Everything
Austin Film Critics Association
2019 Winner
AFCA Award
Best Score
Mandy
2016 Nominee
AFCA Award
Best Score
Arrival
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2016 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Original Score
Arrival
2015 Winner
WAFCA Award
Best Original Score
Sicario
2014 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Original Score
The Theory of Everything
Asian Film Awards
2013 Nominee
Asian Film Award
Best Composer
Mystery
Shared with:
Peyman Yazdanian
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
2018 Winner
Asia Pacific Screen Award
Best Original Score
Mary Magdalene
Shared with:
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Maverick Movie Awards
2010 Winner
Maverick Movie Award
Best Original Score: Short
Varmints
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2016 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Score
Arrival
Fright Meter Awards
2018 Nominee
Fright Meter Award
Best Score
Mandy
Iowa Film Critics Awards
2015 Nominee
IFC Award
Best Original Score
The Theory of Everything
Denver Film Critics Society
2017 Nominee
DFCS Award
Best Original Score
Arrival
CinEuphoria Awards
2019 Winner
CinEuphoria
Best Original Music - International Competition
Mandy
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
2017 Nominee
GAFCA Award
Best Original Score
Arrival
2016 Nominee
GAFCA Award
Best Original Score
Sicario
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
2017 Winner
IFMCA Award
Film Score of the Year
Arrival
2017 Nominee
IFMCA Award
Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film
Arrival
2015 Nominee
IFMCA Award
Best Original Score for a Drama Film
The Theory of Everything
Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2016 Nominee
UFCA Award
Best Original Score
Arrival
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2017 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Original Score
Arrival
2015 Nominee
HFCS Award
Best Original Score
The Theory of Everything
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
2018 Nominee
HMMA Award
Best Original Score - Independent Film
Mandy
Posthumously.
2016 Nominee
HMMA Award
Best Original Score - Feature Film
Sicario
2016 Nominee
HMMA Award
Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
Arrival
2014 Nominee
HMMA Award
Best Original Score - Feature Film
The Theory of Everything
Online Film & Television Association
2017 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Music, Original Score
Arrival
2016 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Music, Original Score
Sicario
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2016 Nominee
ACCA
Best Original Score
Arrival
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
2015 Winner
Short Film Grand Prize
End of Summer
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2016 Nominee
INOCA
Best Original Score
Sicario
5th place.
Ekko Shortlist Awards
2014 Nominee
Ekko Shortlist Award
Bedste originale musik (Best Original Score)
Junk Love
Indiewire Critics' Poll
2016 Nominee
ICP Award
Best Original Score or Soundtrack
Arrival
4th place.
2015 Nominee
ICP Award
Best Original Score or Soundtrack
Sicario
5th place.
Phoenix Critics Circle
2016 Nominee
PCC Award
Best Score
Arrival
2015 Nominee
PCC Award
Best Score
Sicario
Gold Derby Awards
2020 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Original Score of the Decade
Arrival
2017 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Original Score
Arrival
2015 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Original Score
The Theory of Everything
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
2018 Nominee
AACTA Award
Best Original Music Score
Mary Magdalene
Shared with:
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Overcome Film Festival
2021 Winner
Jury Prize
Best Music Score
A Drowning Man
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards
2019 Nominee
CIFCC Award
Best Original Score
Mandy
Music City Film Critics' Association Awards
2019 Nominee
MCFCA Award
Best Score
Mandy
Columbus Film Critics Association
2019 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Score
Mandy
Seattle Film Critics Society
2018 Winner
SFCS Award
Best Original Score
Mandy
2017 Winner
SFCS Award
Best Original Score
Arrival
Movie Heroes Awards, China
2019 Nominee
Movie Heroes Award
Best Original Film Score
The Shadow Play
Shared with:
Jonas Colstrup
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