Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media is an honor presented to a composer for an original score created for a film, TV show or series, or other visual media at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by The Recording Academy of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
It has been awarded since the 2nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1959. The first recipient was American composer and pianist Duke Ellington, for the soundtrack to the 1959 film Anatomy of a Murder. Originally known as the Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album – Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television, the award is currently known as the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media . Until 2001, the award was presented to the composer of the music alone. From 2001 to 2007, the music producer and sound engineer/mixer shared the award. In 2007, the award reverted to a composer-only award. John Williams holds the record for most wins and nominations for the award, with eleven wins out of thirty-four nominations. Austin Wintory's nomination for Journey at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards was the only time that a video game was nominated in this category before the new category of Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media was created in 2022.

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Recipients

Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.

Name changes

There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:

Year	Name
1959	Best Sound Track Album – Background Score from a Motion Picture or Television
1961–62	Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Music Score from Motion Picture or Television
1964–68	Best Original Score from a Motion Picture or Television Show
1969–73 1978	Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
1974–77	Best Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
1979–86	Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
1988–90	Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
1991–99	Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television
2000	Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
2001–11	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
2012–2022	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
2023–	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media