Cannes Soundtrack Award
Cannes Film Festival original score award
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The Cannes Soundtrack Award is an independent award of the Cannes Film Festival dedicated to original scores from main competition films.[1]
| Cannes Soundtrack Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Original Score |
| Location | Cannes |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Cannes Soundtrack |
| First award | 2012 |
| Currently held by | Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine for Minotaur and Alberto Iglesias for Bitter Christmas (2026) |
| Website | https://cannessoundtrack.com/en/archives/ |
History
Created by Vincent Doerr, the prize highlights music during the Cannes Film Festival. It rewards composers of films selected to the main competition. The award is given by a jury of independent journalists.[2][3]
American composer Mark Snow was the first winner for Alain Resnais's You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, during the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias won twice for two films directed by Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory (2019) and Bitter Christmas (2026).[5][6]
Only two musicals have won the prize: Leto (2018) and Emilia Pérez (2024).
Winners
| Year | Winner(s) | English Title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Mark Snow | You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet[4] | Vous n'avez encore rien vu |
| 2013 | Jozef van Wissem | Only Lovers Left Alive[4][7] | |
| 2014 | Howard Shore | Maps to the Stars[4][8] | |
| 2015 | Lim Giong | The Assassin[4][9] | 刺客聶隱娘 |
| 2016 | Cliff Martinez | The Neon Demon[4][10] | |
| 2017 | Oneohtrix Point Never | Good Time[11][12] | |
| 2018 | Roma Zver and German Osipov | Leto[13][14] | Лето |
| 2019 | Alberto Iglesias | Pain and Glory[5] | Dolor y Gloria |
| Jean-Michel Blais | Matthias & Maxime[15][16] | Matthias et Maxime | |
| 2021 | Rone | Paris, 13th District[17][18] | Les Olympiades |
| 2022 | Paweł Mykietyn | EO[17][19] | IO |
| 2023 | Mica Levi | The Zone of Interest[20] [21] | |
| 2024 | Clément Ducol and Camille | Emilia Pérez[22] | |
| 2025 | Kangding Ray | Sirāt[23] | |
| 2026 | Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine | Minotaur[6] | Минотавр |
| Alberto Iglesias | Bitter Christmas[6] | Amarga Navidad | |
Other awards
Honorary prize
Best Synchronised Music
| Year | Winner(s) | English Title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bruno Dumont for the use of Guillaume Lekeu's "prélude du 2nd acte de Barberine" | Slack Bay[10] | Ma Loute |