Hans Zimmer Awards
- 2008
- Online Film Critics Association
- Best Original Score
- The Dark Knight
- win
- 2008
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Original Score
- Frost/Nixon
- nom
- 2008
- Chicago Film Critics Association
- Best Original Score
- The Dark Knight
- nom
- 2005
- Chicago Film Critics Association
- Best Original Score
- Batman Begins
- nom
- 2005
- Online Film Critics Association
- Best Score
- Batman Begins
- nom
- 2004
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Original Score
- Spanglish
- nom
- 2003
- National Board of Review
- Career Achievement - Music Composition
- win
- 2001
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Original Score
- Pearl Harbor
- nom
- 2000
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Original Score
- Gladiator
- win
- 2000
- Broadcast Film Critics Association
- Best Composer
- Gladiator
- win
- 2000
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Music
- Gladiator
- nom
- 2000
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Score
- Gladiator
- nom
- 1998
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Musical or Comedy Score
- The Prince of Egypt
- nom
- 1998
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Dramatic Score
- The Thin Red Line
- nom
- 1997
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Musical or Comedy Score
- As Good As It Gets
- nom
- 1996
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Musical or Comedy Score
- The Preacher's Wife
- nom
- 1994
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Original Score
- The Lion King
- win
- 1994
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Score
- The Lion King
- win
- 1988
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Score
- Rain Man
- nom