Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score

Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score
Awarded for	Best original score of the previous year
Country	United States Japan
First award	Kevin Penkin — Made in Abyss (2018)
Currently held by	Hiroyuki Sawano — Solo Leveling (2025)
Most wins	Composer: Hiroyuki Sawano (3) Anime: Attack on Titan (2)
Most nominations	Composer: Hiroyuki Sawano (6) Anime: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (5)
Website	Crunchyroll Anime Awards

The Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Score is a music award given at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards since its second edition in 2018. It is given for the best original score in anime films and series from the previous year. Winners are determined through a combined voting process by judges and public voting. ^[1]

Made in Abyss composer Kevin Penkin first won the award in 2018, the first non-Japanese to win. ^[2] Suzume and Look Back are the only anime films to be nominated in that category. In the latest edition in 2025, Solo Leveling composer Hiroyuki Sawano won the award again in three consecutive years. ^[3]

Winners

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.

2010s

Year	Composer(s)	Anime
2017 (2nd) [4]
	Kevin Penkin	Made in Abyss
	Hiroyuki Sawano	Re:Creators
	Jun'ichi Matsumoto	The Ancient Magus' Bride
	Michiru Ōshima	Little Witch Academia
	Ryo Takahashi	ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
	Yoshiaki Fujisawa	Land of the Lustrous
2019 (4th) [5] [6]
	Mocky	Carole & Tuesday
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
	Hiroyuki Sawano	Attack on Titan (season 3)
	Kevin Penkin	The Rising of the Shield Hero
	Tatsuya Kato, Hiroaki Tsutsumi, and Yuki Kanesaka	Dr. Stone
	Yugo Kanno	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (season 4)

2020s

Year	Composer(s)	Anime
2020 (5th) [7]
	Kevin Penkin	Tower of God
	Alisa Okehazama	The God of High School
	Kensuke Ushio	Japan Sinks 2020
	Oorutaichi	Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
	Satoru Kōsaki	Beastars
	Yutaka Yamada	Great Pretender
2021 (6th) [8] [9]
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc (season 2)
	DÉ DÉ MOUSE and Mito	Wonder Egg Priority
	Satoru Kōsaki	Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
	Mabanua	Megalobox 2: Nomad
	PUNPEE, VaVa, and OMSB	Odd Taxi
	Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto	86
2021/2022 (7th) [10] [11]
	Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto	Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 2 (season 4 cour 2)
	Akira Yamaoka	Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
	Genki Hikota	Ya Boy Kongming!
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc (season 2 cour 2)
	Kevin Penkin	Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
	(K)now Name	Spy × Family
2022/2023 (8th) [12] [13]
	Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto	Attack on Titan: The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1 (season 4 cour 3)
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (season 3)
	Kensuke Ushio	Chainsaw Man
	Radwimps and Kazuma Jinnouchi	Suzume
	Takuro Iga	Oshi no Ko
	Tomoki Kikuya	Bocchi the Rock!
2023/2024 (9th) [14] [3]
	Hiroyuki Sawano	Solo Leveling
	Evan Call	Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
	Go Shiina and Yuki Kajiura	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc (season 4)
	Haruka Nakamura	Look Back
	Kensuke Ushio	Dandadan
	Shirō Sagisu	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – The Conflict

Records

Anime series

Franchise	Wins	Nominations	Seasons
Attack on Titan	2	3	Season 3, The Final Season Part 2 , The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	1	5	Unwavering Resolve Arc , Mugen Train Arc , Entertainment District Arc , Swordsmith Village Arc , Hashira Training Arc
Made in Abyss		2	Season 1, The Golden City of the Scorching Sun

Composer

Composer	Wins	Nominations	Anime
Hiroyuki Sawano	3	6	86 , Attack on Titan (Season 3, The Final Season Part 2 , The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1), Re:Creators , Solo Leveling
Kevin Penkin	2	4	Made in Abyss (Season 1, The Golden City of the Scorching Sun), The Rising of the Shield Hero , Tower of God
Kohta Yamamoto		3	86, Attack on Titan (The Final Season Part 2, The Final Season The Final Chapters Special 1)
Go Shiina	1	5	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ( Unwavering Resolve Arc , Mugen Train Arc , Entertainment District Arc , Swordsmith Village Arc , Hashira Training Arc )
Yuki Kajiura
Kensuke Ushio	0	3	Chainsaw Man , Dandadan , Japan Sinks 2020
Satoru Kōsaki		2	Beastars , Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song

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