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Music Facts: Music for Visual Media

  • Famous visual media GRAMMY winners include John Williams, Danny Elfman and Hans Zimmer. 

  • Taika Waititi, Lady Gaga and Hugh Jackman are all recent Music For Visual Media GRAMMY winners. 

  • Current GRAMMY Categories in the Music For Visual Media field are Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media, Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media and Best Song Written For Visual Media. 

Grammy Awards for Music for Visual Media

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Sinners. Various Artists

  • Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

    Sword of the Sea. Austin Wintory

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein. Bradley Cooper, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

  • Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

    Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. Winifred Phillips

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Barbie The Album. Brandon Davis, Mark Ronson, Kevin Weaver, George Drakoulias

  • Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

    Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Stephen Barton And Gordy Haab

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Encanto. Mike Elizondo, Tom MacDougall, Lin-Manuel Miranda

  • Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media

    Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarok. Stephanie Economou

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. Andra Day

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Jojo Rabbit. Taika Waititi

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    A Star Is Born. Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    The Greatest Showman. Hugh Jackman

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    La La Land. Justin Hurwitz, Marius De Vries

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Miles Ahead. Steve Berkowitz, Don Cheadle, Robert Glasper

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me. Julian Raymond

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Frozen. Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall, Chris Montan

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Sound City: Real To Reel. David Grohl

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Midnight In Paris. Woody Allen

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1. Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster, Kevin Weaver

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Crazy Heart. Stephen Bruton, T Bone Burnett

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Slumdog Millionaire. A.R. Rahman

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Juno. Peter Afterman, Jason Reitman, Margaret Yen

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Love. George Martin, Giles Martin

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Walk The Line. Joaquin Phoenix

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Ray. James Austin, Stuart Benjamin, Taylor Hackford

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Garden State. Zach Braff

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Chicago. Randy Spendlove, Ric Wake

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Standing In The Shadows Of Motown. The Funk Brothers

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?. T Bone Burnett

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Almost Famous. Danny Bramson, Cameron Crowe

  • Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

    Tarzan. Phil Collins

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