The Saturn Award for Best Music is one of the annual awards given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Saturn Awards, which are the oldest film-specialized awards to reward science fiction, fantasy, and horror achievements (the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation is the oldest award for science fiction and fantasy films), included the category for the first time as a juried award at the 2nd Saturn Awards in 1975, but was later given out competitively beginning with the 6th Saturn Awards in 1979 onward.

John Williams holds the record for the most nominations and wins with twenty-three and nine, respectively, including a juried award for two different films in a single year at the 5th Saturn Awards in 1978.

23 nominations

• John Williams

17 nominations

• Jerry Goldsmith

16 nominations

• Danny Elfman

13 nominations

• Howard Shore
• Alan Silvestri

12 nominations

• Hans Zimmer

10 nominations

• Michael Giacchino

9 nominations

• James Horner

8 nominations

• John Powell

6 nominations

• Thomas Newman
• Christopher Young

6 nominations

• Alan Menken
• John Ottman

4 nominations

• John Carpenter
• James Newton Howard

3 nominations

• David Arnold
• Alexandre Desplat
• Maurice Jarre
• Marc Shaiman
• Ken Thorne

2 nominations

• Angelo Badalamenti
• John Barry
• Bruce Broughton
• Patrick Doyle
• Clint Eastwood
• Ludwig Göransson
• Harry Gregson-Williams
• Reinhold Heil
• Nathan Johnson
• Johnny Klimek
• Michael Nyman
• Trevor Rabin
• J. Peter Robinson
• Brian Tyler

9 wins

• John Williams

7 wins

• Danny Elfman

3 wins

• James Horner
• Alan Silvestri
• Hans Zimmer

2 wins

• Michael Giacchino
• Alan Menken
• John Ottman
• Miklós Rózsa
• Howard Shore

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