2008

International Film Music Critics Association Award – Nominated for FilmComposer of the Year
International Film Music Critics Association Award – Nominated for Film Music Composition of the Year for “Last Shift” from Lions for Lambs

2007

Hollywood Film Festival Award – Won Composer of the Year Award
International Film Music Critics Association Award – Won for Best Score for a Drama Film for The Black Dahlia
ASCAP Film and Television Music Award – Won for Top Box Office Films for Eight Below
International Film Music Critics Association Award – Nominated for Film Score of the Year for The Black Dahlia

2006

ASCAP Film and Television Music Award – Received the Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement
Vision Award – Won Composer of Vision Award for Crash

2005

AFI Award - Won for Crash

2002

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for Men of Honor

2000

ASCAP Film and Television Music Award – Won for Top TV Series for Family Law

1999

ASCAP Film and Television Music Award – Won for Top Box Office Films for Blade

1998

Emmy Award – Nominated for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for Nothing Sacred

1997

Emmy Award – Won for Outstanding Main Title Theme for EZ Streets

1996

Emmy Award – Nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music for Chicago Hope

1995

Emmy Award – Nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music for Chicago Hope
Golden Globe – Nominated Best Original Score – Motion Picture for Nell

1994

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television for A River Runs Through It
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films – Nominated for Saturn Award, Best Music for Fire in the Sky

1993

Academy Award – Nominated for Best Music, Original Score for A River Runs Through It

1992

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Album for Children for The Emperor’s New Clothes
Movieline Great Movie Music Award - Won

1990

Grammy Award – Won for Best New Age Album for Mark Isham

1989

Grammy Award – Nominated for Best New Age Performance for Tibet Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Album for Children for Thumbelina

1988

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award – Won Best Music for The Moderns
Grammy Award – Nominated for Best New Age Performance for Castalia
Grammy Award – Nominated for Best Album for Children for The Emperor and the Nightingale