The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, a 1982 American Western film directed by Robert M. Young, won the first-ever Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Original Score.

Carter Burwell composed the winning score for the 1994 film 'Spanking the Monkey', directed by David O. Russell.

The film 'The Brothers McMullen', directed by Edward Burns, won the Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 1995.

Mark Mothersbaugh won the Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 2000 film 'Chuck & Buck', directed by Miguel Arteta.

Craig Wedren composed the score for the 2002 Sundance Film Festival Award-winning film 'Personal Velocity: Three Portraits', directed by Rebecca Miller.

The film 'Primer', a 2004 American science fiction film written, directed, produced, edited, and starring Shane Carruth, won the Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2004.

M. Ward composed the winning score for the 2006 film 'Wristcutters: A Love Story', directed by Goran Dukic.

The film 'Frozen River', a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Courtney Hunt, won the Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2008.

Dickon Hinchliffe composed the score for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Award-winning film 'Winter's Bone', directed by Debra Granik.

The film 'Beasts of the Southern Wild', a 2012 American drama film directed by Benh Zeitlin, won the Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2012.

Justin Hurwitz composed the winning score for the 2014 film 'Whiplash', directed by Damien Chazelle.

The film 'Swiss Army Man', a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, won the Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2016.

Nathan Halpern composed the score for the 2018 Sundance Film Festival Award-winning film 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post', directed by Desiree Akhavan.

The film 'Minari', a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, won the Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2020.

Este Haim composed the winning score for the 2022 film 'Cha Cha Real Smooth', directed by Cooper Raiff.