Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in musical theatre (distinct from incidental music in plays) across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. 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.

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