| Laurence Olivier Award for Best Outstanding Musical Contribution | |
| Presenter: | Society of London Theatre |
| Holder: | Alan Williams for Sunset Boulevard (2024) |
| Year: | 2014 |
The Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Contribution is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.
This award was introduced in 2014 as Outstanding Achievement in Music, and was renamed to Best Original Score or New Orchestrations from 2020 to 2023.
Since 2024, the award was given its current name and reconfigured to honor librettists (book, lyrics and score) alongside Best New Musical, while other music elements (arrangements, music direction, music supervision and orchestrations) honored in this category.[1]
| Year | Production | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Dear Evan Hansen | Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul | |
| Waitress | Sara Bareilles | |
| Fiddler on the Roof | Jason Carr | |
| & Juliet | Dominic Fallacaro and Bill Sherman | |
| Amélie | Barnaby Race | |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2022 | ||
| Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical | Simon Hale (orchestrations) | |
| Anything Goes | David Chase, Bill Elliott and Rob Fisher (orchestrations) | |
| Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard (music and lyrics), Bryan Crook and Ethan Popp (orchestrations) | ||
| Life of Pi | Andrew T. Mackay (music) | |
| 2023 | ||
| Standing at the Sky's Edge | Richard Hawley (music and lyrics), Tom Deering (orchestrations) | |
| The Band's Visit | David Yazbek (music and lyrics), Jamshied Sharifi (orchestrations), Andrea Grody (additional arrangements) | |
| My Neighbour Totoro | Joe Hisaishi (music), Will Stuart (orchestrations and arrangements) | |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! | Daniel Kluger (orchestrations and arrangements), Nathan Koci (additional vocal arrangements) | |
| 2024 | ||
| Sunset Boulevard | Alan Williams (music direction and music supervision) | |
| Guys and Dolls | Tom Brady (arrangements and music supervision), Charlie Rosen (orchestrations) | |
| Just for One Day | Matt Brind (arrangements, music supervision, and orchestrations) | |
| Operation Mincemeat | Joe Bunker (music direction), Steve Sidwell (orchestrations) |