What follows is a list of awards for which Lincoln has been nominated in the Best Score or Best Music category:
- Academy Awards
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score:
Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi – Michael Danna *WINNER*
Lincoln – JOHN WILLIAMS
Skyfall – Thomas Newman
- British Academy Awards (BAFTA)
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music:
Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi – Michael Danna
Lincoln – JOHN WILLIAMS
Skyfall – Thomas Newman *WINNER*
- Broadcast Film Critics’ Association Awards (Critics’ Choice Awards)
Best Score:
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi – Michael Danna
Lincoln – JOHN WILLIAMS *WINNER*
The Master – Jonny Greenwood
Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Best Musical Score (inaugural award):
Lincoln – JOHN WILLIAMS *WINNER*
- Golden Globe Awards
Best Original Score – Motion Picture:
Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Cloud Atlas – Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
Life of Pi – Michael Danna *WINNER*
Lincoln – JOHN WILLIAMS
- Huston Film Critics Society Awards
Best Original Score:
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin
Cloud Atlas – Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer *WINNER*
Hitchcock – Danny Elfman
Life of Pi – Michael Danna
Lincoln – JOHN WILLIAMS
The Master – Jonny Greenwood
Skyfall – Thomas Newman
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Best Original Score:
Hitchcock – Danny Elfman
Life of Pi – Michael Danna
Lincoln – JOHN WILLIAMS
Skyfall – Thomas Newman *WINNER*
- Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
Best Score:
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Howard Shore
Lincoln – JOHN WILLIAMS
The Master – Jonny Greenwood *WINNER*
Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat