El Premi Tony a la Millor Banda Sonora Original és el Premi Tony que s'atorga als compositors i lletristes de la millor banda sonora original escrita per a un musical o una obra de teatre en aquell any. La banda sonora consta de música i/o lletra. Per ser elegible, una banda sonora ha d'estar escrita específicament per al teatre i ha de ser original; les compilacions de música no teatral o les compilacions de música teatral anterior no són elegibles.
Història El premi ha patit diversos canvis menors. El 1947, 1950, 1951 i 1962, el premi només va ser per al compositor. Per la resta, el premi ha estat per al compositor i el lletrista per les seves contribucions combinades, excepte el 1971, quan els dos premis es van dividir (tot i que Stephen Sondheim els va guanyar tots dos, per Company).
L'únic empat en aquesta categoria va ocórrer el 1993, quan Fred Ebb & John Kander (Kiss of the Spider Woman) i Pete Townshend (The Who's Tommy) van compartir el premi.
En només deu anys, obres no musicals han estat nominades als Premis Tony en aquesta categoria: Much Ado About Nothing el 1973; The Good Doctor el 1974; The Song of Jacob Zulu el 1993; Twelfth Night el 1999; Enron i Fences el 2010; Peter and the Starcatcher i One Man, Two Guvnors el 2012; Angels in America el 2018; To Kill a Mockingbird el 2019; A Christmas Carol, The Inheritance, The Rose Tattoo, Slave Play, i The Sound Inside el 2020; i Stereophonic el 2024. Com que la temporada de Broadway del 2019-2020 es va escurçar a causa de la pandèmia de la COVID-19, només quatre musicals van ser elegibles per als Premis Tony; tres eren jukebox musicals i el quart va ser The Lightning Thief, l'únic musical de la temporada amb música original. The Lightning Thief, no va ser nominat a cap premi Tony, cosa que significa que tots els nominats en aquesta categoria el 2020 eren una obra de teatre en lloc d'un musical.
El 2013, Cyndi Lauper es va convertir en la primera dona a guanyar el premi en solitari per Kinky Boots. El 2015, Lisa Kron i Jeanine Tesori es van convertir en el primer equip íntegrament femení a guanyar el premi per Fun Home.'Fun Home' songwriters become 1st winning female team Yahoo News
Toby Marlow és la persona més jove a guanyar el premi; tenia 27 anys quan va guanyar juntament amb Lucy Moss per Six. Adolph Green és la persona més gran a guanyar el premi; tenia 76 anys quan va guanyar per The Will Rogers Follies. Si T.S. Eliot hagués estat viu quan va guanyar per Cats, hauria tingut 94 anys. Eliot és una de les dues persones que han rebut el premi pòstumament, l'altra és Jonathan Larson, que va guanyar per Rent. Hauria tingut 36 anys.
Premis i nominacions
1940s Any Musical Música Lletres 1947(1rs) Street Scene Kurt Weill Langston Hughes 1949(3rs) Kiss Me, Kate Cole Porter
1950s Any Musical Música Lletres 1950 South Pacific Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II 1951 Call Me Madam Irving Berlin
1960s Any Musical Música Lletres 1962 No Strings Richard Rodgers How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser Kwamina Richard Adler Milk and Honey Jerry Herman 1963 Oliver! Lionel Bart Bravo Giovanni Milton Schafer Ronny Graham Little Me Cy Coleman Carolyn Leigh Stop the World – I Want to Get Off Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley 1964 Hello, Dolly! Jerry Herman Funny Girl Jule Styne Bob Merrill High Spirits Timothy Gray & Hugh Martin 110 in the Shade Harvey Schmidt Tom Jones 1965 Fiddler on the Roof Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Do I Hear a Waltz? Richard Rodgers Stephen Sondheim Half a Sixpence David Heneker The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley 1966 Man of La Mancha Mitch Leigh Joe Darion Mame Jerry Herman On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Burton Lane Alan Jay Lerner Sweet Charity Cy Coleman Dorothy Fields 1967 Cabaret John Kander Fred Ebb The Apple Tree Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick I Do! I Do! Harvey Schmidt Tom Jones Walking Happy Jimmy Van Heusen Sammy Cahn 1968 Hallelujah, Baby! Jule Styne Betty Comden & Adolph Green The Happy Time John Kander Fred Ebb How Now, Dow Jones Elmer Bernstein Carolyn Leigh Illya Darling Manos Hatzidakis Joe Darion
1970s Any Producció (Musical o Obra) Música Lletres 1971 Company Stephen Sondheim The Me Nobody Knows Gary William Friedman Will Holt The Rothschilds Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick 1972 Follies Stephen Sondheim Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Deans Melvin Van Peebles Jesus Christ Superstar Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice Two Gentlemen of Verona Galt MacDermot John Guare 1973 A Little Night Music Stephen Sondheim Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope Micki Grant Much Ado About Nothing Peter Link Pippin Stephen Schwartz 1974 Gigi Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner The Good Doctor Peter Link Neil Simon Raisin Judd Woldin Robert Brittan Seesaw Cy Coleman Dorothy Fields 1975 The Wiz Charlie Smalls A Letter for Queen VictoriaAlan Lloyd The Lieutenant Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman & Chuck Strand Shenandoah Gary Geld Peter Udell 1976 A Chorus Line Marvin Hamlisch Edward Kleban Chicago John Kander Fred Ebb Pacific Overtures Stephen Sondheim Treemonisha Scott Joplin 1977 Annie Charles Strouse Martin Charnin Godspell Stephen Schwartz Happy End Kurt Weill Bertolt Brecht & Michael Feingold I Love My Wife Cy Coleman Michael Stewart 1978 On the Twentieth Century Cy Coleman Betty Comden & Adolph Green The Act John Kander Fred Ebb Runaways Elizabeth Swados Working Susan Birkenhead, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, Stephen Schwartz & James Taylor 1979 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Stephen Sondheim Carmelina Burton Lane Alan Jay Lerner Eubie! Eubie Blake Johnny Brandon, Jim Europe, F. E. Miller, Andy Razafe & Noble Sissle The Grand Tour Jerry Herman
1980s Any Producció (Musical o Obra) Música Lletres 1980 Evita Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine Frank Lazarus Dick Vosburgh Barnum Cy Coleman Michael Stewart Sugar Babies Artie Malvin 1981 Woman of the Year John Kander Fred Ebb Charlie and Algernon Charles Strouse David Rogers Copperfield Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha Shakespeare's Cabaret Lance Mulcahy 1982 Nine Maury Yeston Dreamgirls Henry Krieger Tom Eyen Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice Merrily We Roll Along Stephen Sondheim 1983 Cats Andrew Lloyd Webber T. S. Eliot A Doll's Life Larry Grossman Betty Comden & Adolph Green Merlin Elmer Bernstein Don Black Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Gene de Paul, Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha Hirschhorn, Kasha & Johnny Mercer 1984 La Cage aux Folles Jerry Herman Baby David Shire Richard Maltby Jr. The Rink John Kander Fred Ebb Sunday in the Park with George Stephen Sondheim 1985 Big River Roger Miller Grind Larry Grossman Ellen Fitzhugh Quilters Barbara Damashek 1986 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Rupert Holmes The News Paul Schierhorn Song and Dance Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black & Richard Maltby Jr. Wind in the Willows William P. Perry Roger McGough 1987 Les Misérables Claude-Michel Schönberg Herbert Kretzmer & Alain Boublil Me and My Girl Noel Gay Douglas Furber & L. Arthur Rose Rags Charles Strouse Stephen Schwartz Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber Richard Stilgoe1988 Into the Woods Stephen Sondheim The Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe Romance/Romance Keith Herrmann Barry Harman Sarafina! Hugh Masekela & Mbongeni Ngema
1990s Any Producció (Musical o Obra) Música Lletres 1990 City of Angels Cy Coleman David Zippel Aspects of Love Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black & Charles Hart Grand Hotel Chet Forrest, Bob Wright & Maury Yeston Meet Me in St. Louis Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin 1991 The Will Rogers Follies Cy Coleman Betty Comden & Adolph Green Miss Saigon Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr. Once on This Island Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens The Secret Garden Lucy Simon Marsha Norman 1992 Falsettos William Finn Jelly's Last Jam Luther Henderson & Jelly Roll Morton Susan Birkenhead Metro Janusz Stokłosa Agata, Maryna Miklaszewska & Mary Bracken Phillips Nick & Nora Charles Strouse Richard Maltby Jr. 1993 Kiss of the Spider Woman John Kander Fred Ebb The Who's Tommy Pete Townshend Anna Karenina Daniel Levine Peter Kellogg The Song of Jacob Zulu Ladysmith Black Mambazo Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Tug Yourgrau 1994 Passion Stephen Sondheim Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken Howard Ashman & Tim Rice Cyrano: The Musical Ad van Dijk Sheldon Harnick, Peter Reeves & Koen van Dijk 1995 Sunset Boulevard Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black & Christopher Hampton 1996 Rent Jonathan Larson Big: the musical David Shire Richard Maltby Jr. Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk Ann Duquesnay, Zane Mark & Daryl Waters Duquesnay, Reg E. Gaines & George C. Wolfe State Fair Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II 1997 Titanic Maury Yeston Juan Darién Elliot Goldenthal The Life Cy Coleman Ira Gasman Steel Pier John Kander Fred Ebb 1998 Ragtime Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens The Capeman Paul Simon Simon & Derek Walcott The Lion King Elton John, Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin & Hans Zimmer Tim Rice, M., Mancina, Rifkin & Julie Taymor Side Show Henry Krieger Bill Russell 1999 Parade Jason Robert Brown The Civil War Frank Wildhorn Jack Murphy Footloose Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins, Tom Snow & Jim Steinman Carmen, Hagar, Loggins, Dean Pitchford & Steinman Twelfth Night Jeanine Tesori
2000s Any Musical Música Lletres 2000 Aida Elton John Tim Rice James Joyce's The Dead Shaun Davey Davey & Richard Nelson Marie Christine Michael John LaChiusa The Wild Party 2001 The Producers Mel Brooks A Class Act Edward Kleban The Full Monty David Yazbek Jane Eyre Paul Gordon John Caird & Gordon 2002 Urinetown Mark Hollmann Hollmann & Greg Kotis Sweet Smell of Success Marvin Hamlisch Craig Carnelia Thoroughly Modern Millie Jeanine Tesori Dick Scanlan Thou Shalt Not Harry Connick Jr. 2003 Hairspray Marc Shaiman Shaiman & Scott Wittman Amour Michel Legrand Jeremy Sams & Didier Van Cauwelaert Urban Cowboy Danny Arena, Clint Black, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jason Robert Brown, Roger Brown, Carl L. Byrd, Pevin Byrd-Munoz, Jerry Chesnut, Tommy Conners, Tom Crain, Charlie Daniels, Taz DiGregorio, Ronnie Dunn, Fred Edwards, Skip Ewing, Wayland Holyfield, Bob Lee House, Marcus Hummon, Sara Light, Lauren Lucas, Martie Maguire, Wanda Mallette, Jim Marshall, Bob Morrison, James Hayden Nicholas, Luke Reed, Patti Ryan, Jerry Silverstein & Bob Stillman A Year with Frog and Toad Robert Reale Willie Reale 2004 Avenue Q Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx Caroline, or Change Jeanine Tesori Tony Kushner Taboo Boy George Wicked Stephen Schwartz 2005 The Light in the Piazza Adam Guettel Dirty Rotten Scoundrels David Yazbek Spamalot John Du Prez & Eric Idle Idle The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee William Finn 2006 The Drowsy Chaperone Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison The Color Purple Stephen Bray, Brenda Russell & Allee Willis The Wedding Singer Matthew Sklar Chad Beguelin The Woman in White Andrew Lloyd Webber David Zippel 2007 Spring Awakening Duncan Sheik Steven Sater Curtains John Kander Fred Ebb, Kander & Rupert Holmes Grey Gardens Scott Frankel Michael Korie Legally Blonde Nell Benjamin & Larry O'Keefe 2008 In the Heights Lin-Manuel Miranda Cry-Baby David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger The Little Mermaid Alan Menken Howard Ashman & Glenn Slater Passing Strange Heidi Rodewald & Stew Stew 2009 Next to Normal Tom Kitt Brian Yorkey Billy Elliot the Musical Elton John Lee Hall Shrek the Musical Jeanine Tesori David Lindsay-Abaire 9 to 5 Dolly Parton
2010s