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Jóhann Jóhannsson

Awards

Jóhann Jóhannsson

20 wins & 68 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
    • Sicario
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
    • The Theory of Everything

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Music
    • Sicario

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee ASCAP Composers' Choice Award
    • Film Score of the Year
    • Arrival
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner ASCAP Award
    • Top Box Office Films
    • Arrival
  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee ASCAP Award
    • Best Film Score
    • Sicario
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Winner ASCAP Award
    • Best Film Score
    • The Theory of Everything
  • Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman in Prisoners (2013)
    2014 Winner ASCAP Award
    • Top Box Office Films
    • Prisoners

BAFTA Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Original Music
    • Arrival
  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Original Music
    • Sicario
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Original Music
    • The Theory of Everything

Critics Choice Awards

  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Score
    • Sicario
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Score
    • Arrival
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Score
    • The Theory of Everything

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2018 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Mandy
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee FFCC Award
    • Best Score
    • Arrival

Golden Globes, USA

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • Arrival
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Winner Golden Globe
    • Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • The Theory of Everything

Golden Horse Film Festival

  • Mystery (2012)
    2012 Winner Golden Horse Award
    • Best Original Film Score
    • Mystery
    Shared with: Peyman Yazdanian

Grammy Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2018 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
    • Arrival
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2016 Nominee Grammy
    • Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
    • The Theory of Everything

Edda Awards, Iceland

  • Last and First Men (2020)
    2021 Nominee Edda Award
    • Director of the Year (Leikstjóri ársins)
    • Last and First Men
  • Last and First Men (2020)
    2021 Nominee Edda Award
    • Best Music (Tónlist í kvikmynd/sjónvarpi)
    • Last and First Men
    Shared with: Yair Elazar Glotman
  • Ólafur Darri Ólafsson in Trapped (2015)
    2016 Winner Edda Award
    • Best Music (Tónlist í kvikmynd/sjónvarpi)
    • Trapped
    Shared with: Hildur Guðnadóttir · Rutger Hoedemaekers

Montréal Festival of New Cinema

  • Last and First Men (2020)
    2020 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Last and First Men

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee Sierra Award
    • Best Score
    • Arrival

World Soundtrack Awards

  • Last and First Men (2020)
    2018 Winner World Soundtrack Award
    • Film Composer of the Year
    • Last and First Men
    • Mandy
    • Mary Magdalene
    • The Mercy
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner World Soundtrack Award
    • Film Composer of the Year
    • Arrival
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee Public Choice Award
    • Arrival
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Nominee World Soundtrack Award
    • Best Original Film Score of the Year
    • The Theory of Everything
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Nominee World Soundtrack Award
    • Film Composer of the Year
    • The Theory of Everything
    • The 11th Hour
    • Sicario

Seattle Film Critics Awards

  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
    • Best Music, Original Score
    • Sicario

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee SFFCC Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival

CPH:DOX

  • End of Summer (2014)
    2014 Nominee Nordic Dox Award
    • End of Summer

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2014 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • The Theory of Everything

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2019 Winner Chainsaw Award
    • Best Score
    • Mandy

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • Arrival
  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • Sicario
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • The Theory of Everything

Austin Film Critics Association

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2019 Winner AFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • Mandy
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • Arrival

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival
  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2015 Winner WAFCA Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Sicario
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2014 Nominee WAFCA Award
    • Best Original Score
    • The Theory of Everything

Asian Film Awards

  • Mystery (2012)
    2013 Nominee Asian Film Award
    • Best Composer
    • Mystery
    Shared with: Peyman Yazdanian

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Rooney Mara in Mary Magdalene (2018)
    2018 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Mary Magdalene
    Shared with: Hildur Guðnadóttir

Maverick Movie Awards

  • Varmints (2008)
    2010 Winner Maverick Movie Award
    • Best Original Score: Short
    • Varmints

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • Arrival

Fright Meter Awards

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2018 Nominee Fright Meter Award
    • Best Score
    • Mandy

Iowa Film Critics Awards

  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 3rd Place IFC Award
    • Best Original Score
    • The Theory of Everything

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival

CinEuphoria Awards

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2019 Winner CinEuphoria
    • Best Original Music - International Competition
    • Mandy

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival
  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee GAFCA Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Sicario

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner IFMCA Award
    • Film Score of the Year
    • Arrival
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film
    • Arrival
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Nominee IFMCA Award
    • Best Original Score for a Drama Film
    • The Theory of Everything

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 2nd Place UFCA Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • The Theory of Everything

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2018 Nominee HMMA Award
    • Best Original Score - Independent Film
    • Mandy
    Posthumously.
  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee HMMA Award
    • Best Original Score - Feature Film
    • Sicario
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee HMMA Award
    • Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film
    • Arrival
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2014 Nominee HMMA Award
    • Best Original Score - Feature Film
    • The Theory of Everything

Online Film & Television Association

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 2nd Place OFTA Film Award
    • Best Music, Original Score
    • Arrival
  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Music, Original Score
    • Sicario

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 2nd Place ACCA
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival

IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival

  • End of Summer (2014)
    2015 Winner Short Film Grand Prize
    • End of Summer

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2016 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Score
    • Sicario
    5th place.

Ekko Shortlist Awards

  • Junk Love (2011)
    2014 Nominee Ekko Shortlist Award
    • Bedste originale musik (Best Original Score)
    • Junk Love

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Original Score or Soundtrack
    • Arrival
    4th place.
  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2015 Nominee ICP Award
    • Best Original Score or Soundtrack
    • Sicario
    5th place.

Phoenix Critics Circle

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2016 Nominee PCC Award
    • Best Score
    • Arrival
  • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
    2015 Nominee PCC Award
    • Best Score
    • Sicario

Gold Derby Awards

  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2020 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Score of the Decade
    • Arrival
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Score
    • Arrival
  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (2014)
    2015 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Original Score
    • The Theory of Everything

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

  • Rooney Mara in Mary Magdalene (2018)
    2018 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Original Music Score
    • Mary Magdalene
    Shared with: Hildur Guðnadóttir

Overcome Film Festival

  • A Drowning Man (2017)
    2021 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Music Score
    • A Drowning Man

Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2019 Nominee CIFCC Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Mandy

Music City Film Critics' Association Awards

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2019 Nominee MCFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • Mandy

Columbus Film Critics Association

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2019 Nominee COFCA Award
    • Best Score
    • Mandy

Seattle Film Critics Society

  • Nicolas Cage, Ned Dennehy, and Andrea Riseborough in Mandy (2018)
    2018 Winner SFCS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Mandy
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    2017 Winner SFCS Award
    • Best Original Score
    • Arrival

Movie Heroes Awards, China

  • The Shadow Play (2018)
    2019 Nominee Movie Heroes Award
    • Best Original Film Score
    • The Shadow Play
    Shared with: Jonas Colstrup

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