The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The award was originally entitled Best Composer, before being renamed to its current title in 1969. The award is often referred to as Outstanding Score of a Musical.

Winners and nominees

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple wins

5 wins

Cy Coleman

Stephen Sondheim

3 wins

Al Carmines

Jason Robert Brown

Andrew Lloyd Webber

David Yazbek

2 wins

Marvin Hamlisch

Multiple nominations

12 nominations

Stephen Sondheim

7 nominations

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Jeanine Tesori

6 nominations

Cy Coleman

Stephen Flaherty

Alan Menken

5 nominations

John Kander

David Yazbek

4 nominations

Jason Robert Brown

Michael John LaChiusa

Dave Malloy

3 nominations

Marvin Hamlisch

Andrew Lippa

Laurence O'Keefe

Charles Strouse

Elizabeth Swados

Maury Yeston

Frank Wildhorn

2 nominations

Al Carmines

William Finn

Michael Friedman

Larry Grossman

Jerry Herman

Joe Iconis

Michael R. Jackson

Tom Kitt

Michel Legrand

Robert Lopez

Galt MacDermot

Peter Mills

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Polly Pen

Marc Shaiman

Duncan Sheik

David Shire

See also

Tony Award for Best Original Score

References

External links

Drama Desk official website

Music

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music