Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Nominated |
Best Original Score Hugo |
2011 |
| Won |
Best Score The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2003 |
| Won |
Best Score The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
| Won |
Best Song The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2003 |
American Film Institute
| Nominated |
Best Composer The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
| Nominated |
Best Film Music The Aviator |
2004 |
| Nominated |
Best Film Music The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
| Nominated |
Best Original Music Hugo |
2011 |
Broadcast Film Critics Association
| Nominated |
Best Composer The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
2002 |
| Won |
Best Composer The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
| Nominated |
Best Score Hugo |
2011 |
| Nominated |
Best Score The Departed |
2006 |
| Won |
Best Score The Aviator |
2004 |
| Nominated |
Best Score The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
2003 |
Chicago Film Critics Association
| Won |
Best Original Score The Aviator |
2004 |
| Won |
Best Original Score The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2003 |
| Won |
Best Original Score The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
Genie Awards
| Nominated |
Best Original Score Eastern Promises |
2007 |
| Nominated |
Best Score Naked Lunch |
1992 |
| Won |
Best Score Dead Ringers |
1989 |
| Nominated |
Best Score The Brood |
1980 |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Nominated |
Best Original Score Hugo |
2011 |
| Nominated |
Best Original Score Eastern Promises |
2007 |
| Won |
Best Original Score The Aviator |
2004 |
| Nominated |
Best Original Score The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
| Won |
Best Score The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2003 |
| Won |
Best Song The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2003 |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
| Won |
Best Music Score The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2001 |
| Won |
Best Music Score Ed Wood |
1993 |
National Board of Review
| Won |
Career Achievement - Music Composition |
2005 |
