Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Contribution
Annual award for London theatre
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The Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Contribution is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of the "world-class status of London theatre."[1][2] The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
England| Laurence Olivier Award for Best Outstanding Musical Contribution | |
|---|---|
| Location | England |
| Presented by | Society of London Theatre |
| First award | 2014 |
| Currently held by | Chris Fenwick and Sean Hayes for Good Night, Oscar (2026) |
| Website | officiallondontheatre |
This award was introduced in 2014 as Outstanding Achievement in Music, and was renamed to Best Original Score or New Orchestrations from 2020 to 2023.
Since 2024, the award was given its current name and reconfigured to honor librettists (book, lyrics and score) alongside Best New Musical, while other music elements (arrangements, music direction, music supervision and orchestrations) honored in this category.[3]
Winners and nominees
2010s
2020s
| Year | Production | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Dear Evan Hansen | Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul | ||
| Waitress | Sara Bareilles | ||
| Fiddler on the Roof | Jason Carr | ||
| & Juliet | Dominic Fallacaro and Bill Sherman | ||
| Amélie | Barnaby Race | ||
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic[A] | ||
| 2022[A] | |||
| Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical | Simon Hale (orchestrations) | ||
| Anything Goes | David Chase, Bill Elliott and Rob Fisher (orchestrations) | ||
| Back to the Future: The Musical | Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard (music and lyrics), Bryan Crook and Ethan Popp (orchestrations) | ||
| Life of Pi | Andrew T. Mackay (music) | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Standing at the Sky's Edge | Richard Hawley (music and lyrics), Tom Deering (orchestrations) | ||
| The Band's Visit | David Yazbek (music and lyrics), Jamshied Sharifi (orchestrations), Andrea Grody (additional arrangements) | ||
| My Neighbour Totoro | Joe Hisaishi (music), Will Stuart (orchestrations and arrangements) | ||
| Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! | Daniel Kluger (orchestrations and arrangements), Nathan Koci (additional vocal arrangements) | ||
| 2024 | |||
| Sunset Boulevard | Alan Williams (music direction and music supervision) | ||
| Guys and Dolls | Tom Brady (arrangements and music supervision), Charlie Rosen (orchestrations) | ||
| Just for One Day | Matt Brind (arrangements, music supervision, and orchestrations) | ||
| Operation Mincemeat | Joe Bunker (music direction), Steve Sidwell (orchestrations) | ||
| 2025 | |||
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Darren Clark and Mark Aspinall (musical direction, music supervision, orchestration and arrangements) | ||
| Fiddler on the Roof | Mark Aspinall (music supervision and additional orchestrations) | ||
| Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 | Dave Malloy (orchestration) and Nicholas Skilbeck (music supervision) | ||
| Ballet Shoes | Gavin Sutherland (dance arrangement and orchestration) and Asaf Zohar (composition) | ||
- Due to late March 2020[4] to late July 2021[5] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022[6]