AAPAA
1988 – Jimmie Award – “Prince of Darkness” – winner
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
1975 – Golden Scroll – Best Special Effects, “Dark Star” – winner
1981 – Saturn Award – Best Director, “Escape From New York” – nominated
1986 – Saturn Award – Best Music, “Big Trouble in Little China” – nominated
1987 – Saturn Award – Best Music, “Prince of Darkness” – nominated
1988 – Saturn Award – Best Music, “They Live” – nominated
1996 – George Pal Memorial Award – winner
1998 – Saturn Award – Best Music, “Vampires” – winner
AIDS Research Alliance of America
1999 – James Whale Award
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Science
1970 – Oscar – Best Short Subject (live action), “The Resurrection of Bronco Billy” – winner
ASCAP Screen Music Awards
2016 – Top Television Series, “Zoo”
2019 – Top Box Office Film, “Halloween (2018)”
2022 – Top Box Office Film, “Halloween Kills”
2023 – Top Box Office Film, “Halloween Ends”
American Institute for Public Service
1980 – Jefferson Award, outstanding public service benefitting local communities
The Association of Film Critics of Rio de Janeiro
2012 – Lifetime Achievement Award
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
1979 – Grand Prize, “Halloween” – nominated
1980 – Critics award, “The Fog” – winner
1980 – Grand Prize, “The Fog” – nominated
1984 – Grand Prize, “Christine” – nominated
1988 – Critics award, “Prince of Darkness” – winner
1988 – Grand Prize, “Prince of Darkness” – nominated
1989 – Grand Prize, “They Live” – nominated
Bram Stoker Awards
1999 – Bram Stoker Award – Other Media, “Vampires” – nominated
2008 – Lifetime Achievement Award
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
2016 – Festival Prize – Best Score Short Film, “The Puppet Man” – winner
Cable Ace Award
1991 – Best Writing in a Movie or Mini-Series, “El Diablo” – winner
Cahiers du Cinema
1995 – Top 10 Film Award – Best Film – 10th place, “In the Mouth of Madness”
Cannes Film Festival
2019 – Le Carrosse d’Or
Chicago International Film Festival
1977 – Gold Hugo – Best Feature, “Assault on Precinct 13” – nominated
1978 – Gold Hugo – Best Feature “Halloween” – nominated
CINE Competition
1971 – CINE Golden Eagle – Student Film, “The Resurrection of Broncho Billy” – winner
Cineuphoria Awards
2017 – The Cineuphooria – Career Honorary Award
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1979 – Edgar – Best Television Feature or Mini Series, “Someone’s Watching Me” – nominated
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
1996 – Chainsaw Award – Best Soundtrack, “Village of the Damned” – nominated
1999 – Chainsaw Award – Best Score, “Vampires” – winner
2022 – Chainsaw Award – Best Score, “Halloween Kills” – winner
2023 – Chainsaw Award – Best Score, “Halloween Ends” – winner