Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score

Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score
Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score
Awarded for	Best original score of the previous year
Country	United States; Japan;
First award	Kevin Penkin — Made in Abyss (2018)
Currently held by	Hiroyuki Sawano — Solo Leveling (2025)
Most wins	Composer: Hiroyuki Sawano (3); Anime: Attack on Titan (2);
Most nominations	Composer: Hiroyuki Sawano (7); Anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (6);
Website	Crunchyroll Anime Awards

Awarded forBest original score of the previous year

Country

United States
Japan

First awardKevin Penkin — Made in Abyss (2018)

Currently held byHiroyuki Sawano — Solo Leveling (2025)

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score is a music award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its second edition in 2018. It is given for the best original score in anime films and series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting.^[1]

Made in Abyss composer Kevin Penkin first won the award in 2018, the first non-Japanese to win.^[2] In the latest edition in 2025, Solo Leveling composer Hiroyuki Sawano won the award again in three consecutive years.^[3]

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Year	Composer(s)	Anime
2017 (2nd) ^[4]
	Kevin Penkin	Made in Abyss
	Hiroyuki Sawano	Re:Creators
	Jun'ichi Matsumoto	The Ancient Magus' Bride
	Michiru Ōshima	Little Witch Academia
	Ryo Takahashi	ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
	Yoshiaki Fujisawa	Land of the Lustrous
2019 (4th) ^[5]^[6]
	Mocky	Carole & Tuesday
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
	Hiroyuki Sawano	Attack on Titan (season 3)
	Kevin Penkin	The Rising of the Shield Hero
	Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and Yuki Kanesaka	Dr. Stone
	Yugo Kanno	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)

Year	Composer(s)	Anime
2020 (5th) ^[7]
	Kevin Penkin	Tower of God
	Alisa Okehazama	The God of High School
	Kensuke Ushio	Japan Sinks 2020
	Oorutaichi	Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
	Satoru Kōsaki	Beastars
	Yutaka Yamada	Great Pretender
2021 (6th) ^[8]^[9]
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (season 2)
	DÉ DÉ MOUSE and Mito	Wonder Egg Priority
	Satoru Kōsaki	Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
	Mabanua	Megalobox 2: Nomad
	PUNPEE, VaVa, and OMSB	Odd Taxi
	Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto	86
2021/2022 (7th) ^[10]^[11]
	Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto	Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2)
	Akira Yamaoka	Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
	Genki Hikota	Ya Boy Kongming!
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2 cour 2)
	Kevin Penkin	Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
	(K)now Name	Spy × Family
2022/2023 (8th) ^[12]^[13]
	Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto	Attack on Titan: The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 (season 4 cour 3)
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3)
	Kensuke Ushio	Chainsaw Man
	Radwimps and Kazuma Jinnouchi	Suzume
	Takuro Iga	Oshi no Ko
	Tomoki Kikuya	Bocchi the Rock!
2023/2024 (9th) ^[14]^[3]
	Hiroyuki Sawano	Solo Leveling
	Evan Call	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (season 4)
	Haruka Nakamura	Look Back
	Kensuke Ushio	Dandadan
	Shirō Sagisu	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict
2025 (10th) ^[15]	Kensuke Ushio	Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
	Kensuke Ushio	Dandadan (season 2)
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle
	Taku Iwasaki	Gachiakuta
	Hiroyuki Sawano	Solo Leveling: Arise from the Shadow (season 2)
	Satoru Kōsaki, Kevin Penkin, Alisa Okehazama	The Apothecary Diaries (season 2)

Franchise	Wins	Nominations	Seasons
Attack on Titan	2	3	Season 3, The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	1	6	Unwavering Resolve Arc, Mugen Train Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training Arc, Infinity Castle
Made in Abyss		2	Season 1, The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Solo Leveling		2	Season 1, Arise from the Shadow
Chainsaw Man	0	2	Season 1, Reze Arc
Dandadan	0	2	Season 1, Season 2

Composer	Wins	Nominations	Anime
Hiroyuki Sawano	3	7	86, Attack on Titan (Season 3, The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1), Re:Creators, Solo Leveling (Season 1, Arise from the Shadow)
Kevin Penkin	2	5	Made in Abyss (Season 1, The Golden City of the Scorching Sun), The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2), The Rising of the Shield Hero, Tower of God
Kohta Yamamoto	2	3	86, Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1)
Go Shiina	1	6	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Unwavering Resolve Arc, Mugen Train Arc, Entertainment District Arc, Swordsmith Village Arc, Hashira Training Arc, Infinity Castle)
Yuki Kajiura	1	6
Kensuke Ushio	0	5	Chainsaw Man (Season 1, Reze Arc), Dandadan (Season 1, Season 2), Japan Sinks 2020
Satoru Kōsaki		3	Beastars, The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2), Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
Alisa Okehazama		2	The Apothecary Diaries (Season 2), The God of High School

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