9 Grammy nominations – 1 Win

6 Primetime Emmys – 1 Win

1 Academy Award Nomination

1 Golden Globe Nomination

2025

BMI Network Television AwardThe Cleaning Lady

2024

BMI Cable Television AwardJustified: City Primeval

2022

NAACP Image Award – Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album for Judas and the Black Messiah

BMI Streaming Series AwardSex/Life

2021

Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Award – Best Music for Judas and the Black Messiah

Indiana Film Journalists Association Award – Best Musical Score for Judas and the Black Messiah

BMI Streaming Series AwardLittle Fires Everywhere

BMI Theatrical Film AwardHonest Thief

BMI Streaming Film AwardTogo

2020

Primetime Emmy Award – Nominated Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series for Little Fires Everywhere

2015

Black Reel Awards – Nominated Outstanding Score for Beyond the Lights

2014

Black Reel Awards – Nominated Outstanding Score for 42

2013

BMI TV Music AwardOnce Upon A Time

BMI Film Music AwardThe Lucky One

2012

Career Achievement Award at the Burbank International Film Festival

ASCAP Award – Top TV Series for Once Upon A Time

Honorary President of Transatlantyk Film Festival in Poznan, Poland

International Film Music Festival in Cordoba, Spain – President

2011

HMMA Best Film ScoreWarrior

Jerry Goldsmith Award from Ubeda International Film Music Festival

2010

GZ Film Festival – Best Original Score – The Crazies

2008

International Film Music Critics Association Award – Nominated for Film Composer of the Year

International Film Music Critics Association Award – Nominated for Film Music Composition of the Year for “Last Shift” from Lions for Lambs

2007

Hollywood Film Festival Award – Won Composer of the Year Award

International Film Music Critics Association Award – Won for Best Score for a Drama Film for The Black Dahlia

International Film Music Critics Association Award – Nominated for Film Score of the Year for The Black Dahlia

ASCAP Film and Television Music Award – Won for Top Box Office Films for Eight Below

2006

ASCAP Film and Television Music Award – Received the Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement

Vision Award – Won Composer of Vision Award for Crash

2005

AFI Award – Won for Original Score on Crash

2002

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for Men of Honor

2000

ASCAP Film and Television Music Award – Won for Top TV Series for Family Law

1999

ASCAP Film and Television Music Award – Won for Top Box Office Films for Blade

1998

Emmy Award – Nominated for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for Nothing Sacred

1997

Emmy Award – Won for Outstanding Main Title Theme for EZ Streets

1996

Emmy Award – Nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music for Chicago Hope

1995

Golden Globe – Nominated Best Original Score – Motion Picture for Nell

1994

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television for A River Runs Through It

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films – Nominated for Saturn Award, Best Music for Fire in the Sky

1993

Academy Award – Nominated for Best Music, Original Score for A River Runs Through It

1992

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Album for Children for The Emperor’s New Clothes

Movieline Great Movie Music Award – Won for A River Runs Through It

1990

Grammy Award – Won for Best New Age Album for Mark Isham

1989

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best New Age Performance for Tibet

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Album for Children for Thumbelina

1988

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award – Won Best Music for The Moderns

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best New Age Performance for Castalia

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Album for Children for The Emperor and the Nightingale