International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film

The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film is an annual award given by the International Film Music Critics Association, or the IFMCA. The award is given to the composer of a film score for an animated film deemed to be the best in a given year. The award was first given in 2007. Previously, animated films were grouped in with live-action films in genre categories. Animated films are still eligible for Film Score of the Year.

Winners and nominations

2000s

Year	Film	Composer(s)
2006 ^[1]^[2]	Happy Feet	John Powell
	The Ant Bully	John Debney
	Cars	Randy Newman
	Charlotte's Web	Danny Elfman
	Ice Age: The Meltdown	John Powell
2007 ^[3]^[4]^[5]	Ratatouille	Michael Giacchino
	Bee Movie	Rupert Gregson-Williams
	Beowulf	Alan Silvestri
	Meet the Robinsons	Danny Elfman
	Tales from Earthsea	Tamiya Terashima
2008 ^[6]	WALL·E	Thomas Newman
	Bolt	John Powell
	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
	Ponyo	Joe Hisaishi
	Waltz with Bashir	Max Richter
2009 ^[7]^[8]	Up	Michael Giacchino
	A Christmas Carol	Alan Silvestri
	Coraline	Bruno Coulais
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Alexandre Desplat
	The Princess and the Frog	Randy Newman

2010s

Year	Film	Composer(s)
2010 ^[9]^[10]	How To Train Your Dragon	John Powell
	The Illusionist	Sylvain Chomet
	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	David Hirschfelder
	Tangled	Alan Menken
	Toy Story 3	Randy Newman
2011 ^[11]	The Adventures of Tintin	John Williams
	The Greatest Miracle	Mark McKenzie
	Kung Fu Panda 2	Hans Zimmer and John Powell
	Puss in Boots	Henry Jackman
	Rango	Hans Zimmer
2012 ^[12]^[13]	Rise of the Guardians	Alexandre Desplat
	Brave	Patrick Doyle
	Frankenweenie	Danny Elfman
	ParaNorman	John Brion
	Secret of the Wings	Joel McNeely
2013 ^[14]^[15]	The Wind Rises	Joe Hisaishi
	The Croods	Alan Silvestri
	Epic	Danny Elfman
	Frozen	Christophe Beck
	Planes	Mark Mancina
2014 ^[16]^[17]	How to Train Your Dragon 2	John Powell
	Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods	Philippe Rombi
	The Boxtrolls	Dario Marianelli
	Son of Batman	Frederik Wiedmann
	Tarzan	David Newman
2015 ^[18]^[19]	Inside Out	Michael Giacchino
	Air Bound	Benjamin Wallfisch
	Capture the Flag	Diego Navarro
	The Good Dinosaur	Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna
	The Prophet	Gabriel Yared
2016 ^[20]^[21]^[22]	The Red Turtle	Laurent Perez Del Mar
	Kubo and the Two Strings	Dario Marianelli
	Moana	Mark Mancina
	The Secret Life of Pets	Alexandre Desplat
	Zootopia	Michael Giacchino
2017 ^[23]^[24]	Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie	Theodore Shapiro
	Coco	Michael Giacchino
	The Emoji Movie	Patrick Doyle
	Ferdinand	John Powell
	Loving Vincent	Clint Mansell
2018 ^[25]^[26]	Max & Me	Mark McKenzie
	Incredibles 2	Michael Giacchino
	Isle of Dogs	Alexandre Desplat
	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Daniel Pemberton
	Watership Down	Federico Jusid
2019 ^[27]^[28]	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	John Powell
	Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles	Arturo Cardelús
	Frozen II	Christophe Beck
	I Lost My Body	Dan Levy
	A Minuscule Adventure	Mathieu Lamboley

2020s

Year	Film	Composer(s)
2020 ^[29]^[30]	Wolfwalkers	Bruno Coulais
	Animal Crackers	Bear McCreary
	Fearless	Anne-Kathrin Dern
	Onward	Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna
	Soul	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste
2021 ^[31]^[32]	Raya and the Last Dragon	James Newton Howard
	Encanto	Germaine Franco
	Luca	Dan Romer
	Spirit Untamed	Amie Doherty
	Wish Dragon	Philip Klein
2022 ^[33]^[34]	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	Alexandre Desplat
	The Bad Guys	Daniel Pemberton
	Lightyear	Michael Giacchino
	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Bear McCreary
	Strange World	Henry Jackman

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