Georges Auric won the first-ever Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 1946 for his work on the film "La Belle et la Bête" (Beauty and the Beast).

Ennio Morricone is the only composer to have won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score three times, for his work on the films "Il Deserto Rosso" (1964), "The Mission" (1986), and "Cinema Paradiso" (1988).

Quentin Tarantino won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 1994 for his work on the film "Pulp Fiction". He is the only director to have won this award.

Ludovic Bource won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2011 for his work on the film "The Artist". The film also won the Palme d'Or, making it the first silent film to win the top prize at Cannes.

Jung Jae-il won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2019 for his work on the film "Parasite". The film also won the Palme d'Or, making it the first South Korean film to win the top prize at Cannes.

Hildur Guðnadóttir won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2019 for her work on the film "Joker". She is the first woman to win this award since its inception in 1946.

Jonny Greenwood won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2021 for his work on the film "The Power of the Dog". It was his second time winning the award, after previously winning in 2017 for his work on "Phantom Thread".

Hildur Guðnadóttir won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2022 for her work on the film "Triangle of Sadness". It was her second time winning the award, after previously winning in 2019 for her work on "Joker".

Park Chan-wook won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2022 for his work on the film "Decision to Leave". It was the first time a director had won the award.

Jerzy Skolimowski won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2022 for his work on the film "EO". It was the first time a director had won the award.

Ali Abbasi won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2022 for his work on the film "Holy Spider". It was the first time a director had won the award.

Charlotte Vandermeersch won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2022 for her work on the film "The Eight Mountains". It was the first time a woman had won the award since Hildur Guðnadóttir in 2019.

Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2022 for their work on the film "Tori and Lokita". It was the first time directors had won the award.

Lukas Dhont won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Original Score in 2022 for his work on the film "Close". It was the first time a director had won the award.