Genre
Composing/Arranging
Every Composing/Arranging category, ceremony by ceremony.
| Year | Category | Winner | Work | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Best Instrumental Composition | Remy Le Boeuf | First Snow | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen, Matthew Whitaker | Super Mario Praise Break | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith, Amanda Taylor | Big Fish | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Ludwig Göransson | Sinners | All Nominees |
| 2026 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | EJAE, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Mark Sonnenblick | Golden [From "KPop Demon Hunters"] | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Instrumental Composition | Pascal Le Boeuf | Strands | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly, John Legend | Bridge Over Troubled Water | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Amanda Taylor | Alma | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Hans Zimmer | Dune: Part Two | All Nominees |
| 2025 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson | It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | Helena's Theme | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin, Roberto Luis Rodriguez | Folsom Prison Blues | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Erin Bentlage, Jacob Collier, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Amanda Taylor | In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Ludwig Göransson | Oppenheimer | All Nominees |
| 2024 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell | What Was I Made For? [From "Barbie The Album"] | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Instrumental Composition | Geoffrey Keezer | Refuge | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | John Beasley | Scrapple From The Apple | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Vincent Mendoza | Songbird (Orchestral Version) | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Germaine Franco | Encanto | All Nominees |
| 2023 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Lin-Manuel Miranda | We Don't Talk About Bruno [From Encanto] | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Instrumental Composition | Lyle Mays | Eberhard | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Charlie Rosen, Jake Silverman | Meta Knight's Revenge (From "Kirby Superstar") | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Vincent Mendoza | To The Edge Of Longing (Edit Version) | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Carlos Rafael Rivera | The Queen's Gambit | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Jon Batiste | Soul | All Nominees |
| 2022 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Bo Burnham | All Eyes On Me [From Inside] | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Instrumental Composition | Maria Schneider | Sputnik | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | John Beasley | Donna Lee | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jacob Collier | He Won't Hold You | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Joker | All Nominees |
| 2021 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell | No Time To Die [From No Time To Die] | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Symphonic Suite | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Jacob Collier | Moon River | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jacob Collier | All Night Long | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Hildur Guðnadóttir | Chernobyl | All Nominees |
| 2020 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Natalie Hemby, Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey, Aaron Raitiere | I'll Never Love Again (Film Version) | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Instrumental Composition | Terence Blanchard | Blut Und Boden (Blood And Soil) | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | John Daversa | Stars And Stripes Forever | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Mark Kibble, Randy Waldman, Justin Wilson | Spiderman Theme | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Ludwig Göransson | Black Panther | All Nominees |
| 2019 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt | Shallow | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Instrumental Composition | Arturo O'Farrill | Three Revolutions | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | John Williams | Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Randy Newman | Putin | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Justin Hurwitz | La La Land | All Nominees |
| 2018 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Lin-Manuel Miranda | How Far I'll Go | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Instrumental Composition | Ted Nash | Spoken At Midnight | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Jacob Collier | You And I | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jacob Collier | Flintstones | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | All Nominees |
| 2017 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Max Martin, Shellback, Justin Timberlake | Can't Stop The Feeling! | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Instrumental Composition | Arturo O'Farrill | The Afro Latin Jazz Suite | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Ben Bram, Pentatonix, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola | Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Maria Schneider | Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Antonio Sanchez | Birdman | All Nominees |
| 2016 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Common, Che Smith, John Legend | Glory | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | The Book Thief | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Ben Bram, Pentatonix, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola | Daft Punk | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Billy Childs | New York Tendaberry | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Alexandre Desplat | The Grand Budapest Hotel | All Nominees |
| 2015 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez | Let It Go | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Instrumental Composition | Clare Fischer | Pensamientos For Solo Alto Saxophone And Chamber Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Gordon Goodwin | On Green Dolphin Street | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Gil Goldstein | Swing Low | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Thomas Newman | Skyfall | All Nominees |
| 2014 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Adele, Paul Epworth | Skyfall | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Instrumental Composition | Chick Corea | Mozart Goes Dancing | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Gil Evans | How About You | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Thara Memory, Esperanza Spalding | City Of Roses | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo | All Nominees |
| 2013 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams | Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games) | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Instrumental Composition | Béla Fleck, Howard Levy | Life In Eleven | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Gordon Goodwin | Rhapsody In Blue | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jorge Calandrelli | Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Alexandre Desplat | The King's Speech | All Nominees |
| 2012 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Alan Menken, Glenn Slater | I See The Light (From Tangled) | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Instrumental Composition | Billy Childs | The Path Among The Trees | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Vincent Mendoza | Carlos | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Christopher Tin | Baba Yetu | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Randy Newman | Toy Story 3 | All Nominees |
| 2011 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett | The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart) | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Instrumental Composition | Michael Giacchino | Married Life | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Bill Cunliffe | West Side Story Medley | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Claus Ogerman | Quiet Nights | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Michael Giacchino | Up | All Nominees |
| 2010 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Gulzar, A.R. Rahman, Tanvi Shah | Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire) | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | The Adventures Of Mutt | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman | Define Dancing | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Nan Schwartz | Here's That Rainy Day | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard | The Dark Knight | All Nominees |
| 2009 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman | Down To Earth (From Wall-E) | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Instrumental Composition | Maria Schneider | Cerulean Skies | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Vincent Mendoza | In A Silent Way | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | John Clayton | I'm Gonna Live Till I Die | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Michael Giacchino | Ratatouille | All Nominees |
| 2008 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Siedah Garrett, Henry Krieger | Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls) | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | A Prayer For Peace | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Chick Corea | Three Ghouls | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jorge Calandrelli | For Once In My Life | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | Memoirs Of A Geisha | All Nominees |
| 2007 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Randy Newman | Our Town (From Cars) | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Instrumental Composition | Billy Childs | Into The Light | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Gordon Goodwin | The Incredits | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein, Heitor Pereira | What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Craig Armstrong | Ray | All Nominees |
| 2006 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri | Believe (From The Polar Express) | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Instrumental Composition | Paquito D'Rivera | Merengue | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Slide Hampton | Past Present & Future | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Victor Vanacore | Over The Rainbow | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King | All Nominees |
| 2005 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Annie Lennox, Howard Shore, Fran Walsh | Into The West (From The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King) | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Instrumental Composition | Wayne Shorter | Sacajawea | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Michael Brecker, Gil Goldstein | Timbuktu | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Vincent Mendoza | Woodstock | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers | All Nominees |
| 2004 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean | A Mighty Wind (From A Mighty Wind) | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Instrumental Composition | Thomas Newman | Six Feet Under Title Theme | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Thomas Newman | Six Feet Under Title Theme | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Dave Grusin | Mean Old Man | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Howard Shore | The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring | All Nominees |
| 2003 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Randy Newman | If I Didn't Have You (From Monsters, Inc.) | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Instrumental Composition | Alan Silvestri | Cast Away - End Credits | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer | Claude Debussy "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum" From Children's Corner | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Paul Buckmaster | Drops Of Jupiter | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Tan Dun | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | All Nominees |
| 2002 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | John Flansburgh, John Linnell | Boss Of Me (From Malcolm In The Middle) | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | Theme From Angela's Ashes | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Chick Corea | Spain For Sextet & Orchestra | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Vincent Mendoza | Both Sides Now | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Thomas Newman | American Beauty | All Nominees |
| 2001 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Randy Newman | When She Loved Me (From Toy Story 2) | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Instrumental Composition | Don Sebesky | Joyful Noise Suite | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Don Sebesky | Chelsea Bridge | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Alan Broadbent | Lonely Town | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Randy Newman | A Bug's Life | All Nominees |
| 2000 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Madonna, William Orbit | Beautiful Stranger (From Austin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me) | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Instrumental Composition | Béla Fleck, Roy Wooten, Victor Wooten | Almost 12 | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Don Sebesky | Waltz For Debby | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, Stevie Wonder | St. Louis Blues | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | Saving Private Ryan | All Nominees |
| 1999 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | James Horner, Will Jennings | My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From Titanic) | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Instrumental Composition | Wayne Shorter | Aung San Suu Kyi | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Bill Holman | Straight, No Chaser | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Slide Hampton | Cotton Tail | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Gabriel Yared | The English Patient | All Nominees |
| 1998 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | R. Kelly | I Believe I Can Fly (From Space Jam) | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Instrumental Composition | Herbie Hancock, Jean Hancock | Manhattan (Island Of Lights And Love) | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Michael Kamen | An American Symphony (Mr. Holland's Opus) | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Alan Broadbent, David Foster | When I Fall In Love | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | David Arnold | Independence Day | All Nominees |
| 1997 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Diane Warren | Because You Loved Me (Theme From Up Close & Personal) | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Instrumental Composition | Bill Holman | A View From The Side | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Robert Farnon | Lament | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Rob McConnell | I Get A Kick Out Of You | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Hans Zimmer | Crimson Tide | All Nominees |
| 1996 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz | Colors Of The Wind (From Pocahontas) | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Instrumental Composition | Michael Brecker | African Skies | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Dave Grusin | Three Cowboy Songs | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Lebo Morake, Hans Zimmer | Circle Of Life | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | Schindler's List | All Nominees |
| 1995 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Bruce Springsteen | Streets Of Philadelphia (From Philadelphia) | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Instrumental Composition | Kenny G | Forever In Love | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Dave Grusin | Mood Indigo | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock | When I Fall In Love | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Alan Menken | Aladdin | All Nominees |
| 1994 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Alan Menken, Tim Rice | A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme) (From Aladdin) | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Instrumental Composition | Benny Carter | Harlem Renaissance Suite | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Rob McConnell | Strike Up The Band | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Johnny Mandel | Here's To Life | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Alan Menken | Beauty And The Beast | All Nominees |
| 1993 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Howard Ashman, Alan Menken | Beauty And The Beast (From Beauty And The Beast) | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Instrumental Composition | Elton John | Basque | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Dave Grusin | Medley: Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Johnny Mandel | Unforgettable | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Barry | Dances With Wolves | All Nominees |
| 1992 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (From Robin Hood - Prince Of Thieves) | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Instrumental Composition | Pat Metheny | Change Of Heart | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Ian Prince, Rod Temperton | Birdland | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Glen Ballard, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Clif Magness | The Places You Find Love | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | James Horner | Glory | All Nominees |
| 1991 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Howard Ashman, Alan Menken | Under The Sea (From The Little Mermaid) | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Instrumental Composition | Danny Elfman | The Batman Theme | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Dave Grusin | Suite From The Milagro Beanfield War | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Dave Grusin | My Funny Valentine | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Dave Grusin | The Fabulous Baker Boys | All Nominees |
| 1990 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Carly Simon | Let The River Run (From Working Girl) | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Instrumental Composition | Mike Post | The Theme From LA Law | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Roger Kellaway | Memos From Paradise | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jonathan Tunick | No One Is Alone | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cong Su | The Last Emperor | All Nominees |
| 1989 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier | Two Hearts (From Buster) | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Instrumental Composition | Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Billy Higgins, Wayne Shorter | Call Sheet Blues | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Bill Holman | Take The "A" Train | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Frank Foster | Deedles' Blues | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Ennio Morricone | The Untouchables | All Nominees |
| 1988 | Best Song Written For Visual Media | James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | Somewhere Out There (From An American Tail) | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Barry | Out Of Africa | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Pat (Patrick) Williams | Suite Memories | All Nominees |
| 1987 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | David Foster | Somewhere | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Instrumental Composition | Jan Hammer | Miami Vice Theme | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour | Early A.M. Attitude | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Nelson Riddle | Lush Life | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, Jon Gilutin, Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Dan Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard C. Theisen II, Allee Willis | Beverly Hills Cop | All Nominees |
| 1986 | Best Arrangement For Voices | Cheryl Bentyne, Bobby McFerrin | Another Night In Tunisia | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | Olympic Fanfare & Theme | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Instrumental Composition | Randy Newman | The Natural | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Quincy Jones, Jeremy Lubbock | Grace (Gymnastics Theme) | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock | Hard Habit To Break | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, John L. Nelson, Prince | Purple Rain | All Nominees |
| 1985 | Best Arrangement For Voices | Pointer Sisters, Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, June Pointer-Whitmore | Automatic | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Instrumental Composition | Giorgio Moroder | Love Theme From Flashdance | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Dave Grusin | Summer Sketches '82 | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Nelson Riddle | What's New | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Douglas Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello, Shandi Sinnamon | Flashdance | All Nominees |
| 1984 | Best Arrangement For Voices | Chaka Khan, Arif Mardin | Be Bop Medley | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | Flying - Theme From E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | John Williams | Flying | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jerry Hey, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro | Rosanna | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | All Nominees |
| 1983 | Best Arrangement For Voices | David Paich | Rosanna | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Instrumental Composition | Mike Post | The Theme From Hill Street Blues | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Quincy Jones, Johnny Mandel | Velas | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones | Ai No Corrida | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | Raiders Of The Lost Ark | All Nominees |
| 1982 | Best Arrangement For Voices | Gene Puerling | A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | The Empire Strikes Back | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones | Dinorah, Dinorah | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Christopher Cross, Michael Omartian | Sailing | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | The Empire Strikes Back | All Nominees |
| 1981 | Best Arrangement For Voices | Janis Siegel | Birdland | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | Superman Main Title Theme | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Claus Ogerman | Soulful Strut | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Michael McDonald | What A Fool Believes | All Nominees |
| 1980 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | Superman | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | Theme From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Robert Freedman, Quincy Jones | The Wiz Main Title - Overture Part One | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Maurice White | Got To Get You Into My Life | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | Close Encounters Of The Third Kind | All Nominees |
| 1979 | Best Arrangement For Voices | Bee Gees | Stayin' Alive | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Williams | Star Wars - Main Title | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Harry Betts, Perry Botkin Jr., Barry De Vorzon | Nadia's Theme (The Young And The Restless) | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Ian Freebairn-Smith | Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen) | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | Star Wars | All Nominees |
| 1978 | Best Arrangement For Voices | Eagles | New Kid In Town | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Instrumental Composition | Chuck Mangione | Bellavia | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Chick Corea | Leprechaun's Dream | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | James Guercio, Jimmie Haskell | If You Leave Me Now | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Norman Whitfield | Car Wash | All Nominees |
| 1977 | Best Arrangement For Voices | Starland Vocal Band | Afternoon Delight | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Instrumental Composition | Michel Legrand | Images | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Pete Carpenter, Mike Post | The Rockford Files | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Ray Stevens | Misty | All Nominees |
| 1976 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Williams | Jaws | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Instrumental Composition | Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells - Theme From The Exorcist | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Pat (Patrick) Williams | Threshold | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Joni Mitchell, Tom Scott | Down To You | All Nominees |
| 1975 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch | The Way We Were | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Instrumental Composition | Gato Barbieri | Last Tango In Paris | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Quincy Jones | Summer In The City | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | George Martin | Live And Let Die | All Nominees |
| 1974 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Neil Diamond | Jonathan Livingston Seagull | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Instrumental Composition | Michel Legrand | Brian's Song | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Don Ellis | Theme From The French Connection | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Michel Legrand | What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? | All Nominees |
| 1973 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Nino Rota | The Godfather | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Instrumental Composition | Michel Legrand | Theme From Summer Of '42 | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Johnny Allen, Isaac Hayes | Theme From Shaft | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Paul McCartney | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey | All Nominees |
| 1972 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Isaac Hayes | Shaft | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Instrumental Composition | Alfred Newman | Airport Love Theme | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Henry Mancini | Theme From "Z" | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Ernie Freeman, Art Garfunkel, Jimmie Haskell, Larry Knechtel, Paul Simon | Bridge Over Troubled Water | All Nominees |
| 1971 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr | Let It Be | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Instrumental Composition | John Barry | Midnight Cowboy | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Henry Mancini | Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Fred Lipsius | Spinning Wheel | All Nominees |
| 1970 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Burt Bacharach | Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Instrumental Composition | Mason D. Williams | Classical Gas | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Mike Post | Classical Gas | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jimmy L. Webb | Mac Arthur Park | All Nominees |
| 1969 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Dave Grusin, Paul Simon | The Graduate | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Instrumental Composition | Lalo Schifrin | Mission: Impossible | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Burt Bacharach | Alfie | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Jimmie Haskell | Ode To Billie Joe | All Nominees |
| 1968 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Lalo Schifrin | Mission: Impossible | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Instrumental Composition | Neal Hefti | Batman Theme | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Herb Alpert | What Now My Love | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Ernie Freeman | Strangers In The Night | All Nominees |
| 1967 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Maurice Jarre | Dr. Zhivago | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Herb Alpert | A Taste Of Honey | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Gordon Jenkins | It Was A Very Good Year | All Nominees |
| 1966 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Johnny Mandel | The Sandpiper | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Instrumental Composition | Henry Mancini | The Pink Panther Theme | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Henry Mancini | The Pink Panther | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Peter Matz | People | All Nominees |
| 1965 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman | Mary Poppins | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Instrumental Composition | Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani | More - Theme From Mondo Cane | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Quincy Jones | I Can't Stop Loving You | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Henry Mancini | Days Of Wine And Roses | All Nominees |
| 1964 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | John Addison | Tom Jones | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Instrumental Composition | Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott | A Taste Of Honey | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella | Henry Mancini | Baby Elephant Walk | All Nominees |
| 1963 | Best Arrangement, Instruments And Vocals | Marty Manning | I Left My Heart In San Francisco | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Instrumental Composition | Galt MacDermott | African Waltz | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Henry Mancini | Breakfast At Tiffany's | All Nominees |
| 1962 | Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist | Henry Mancini | Moon River | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Ernest Gold | Exodus | All Nominees |
| 1961 | Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist | Henry Mancini | Mr. Lucky | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Instrumental Composition | Duke Ellington | Anatomy Of A Murder | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media | Duke Ellington | Anatomy Of A Murder | All Nominees |
| 1960 | Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist | Billy May | Come Dance With Me | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Best Instrumental Composition | Nelson Riddle | Cross Country Suite | All Nominees |
| 1959 | Best Arrangement Accompanying A Vocalist Or Instrumentalist | Henry Mancini | The Music From Peter Gunn | All Nominees |
Previous Winners
First Snow
Super Mario Praise Break
Big Fish
Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith, Amanda Taylor
Sinners
Ludwig Göransson
Golden [From "KPop Demon Hunters"]
EJAE, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Mark Sonnenblick
Strands
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Dune: Part Two
Hans Zimmer
It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”]
Helena's Theme
Folsom Prison Blues
John Carter Cash, Tommy Emmanuel, Markus Illko, Janet Robin, Roberto Luis Rodriguez
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