Academy Award for Best Score (Musical or Adaptation) 2009
81st Academy Awards · held February 22, 2009 · 5 nominees
- Winner Slumdog Millionaire · A. R. Rahman
- Nominee Defiance · James Newton Howard
- Nominee Milk · Danny Elfman
- Nominee The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Alexandre Desplat
- Nominee WALL-E · Thomas Newman