Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director is a state film award of the Indian state of Karnataka given during the annual Karnataka State Film Awards. The award honours Kannada language films.

The following is a partial list of award winners and the name of the films for which they won.

Year	Image	Recipient(s)	Film	Refs.
2018		Ravi Basrur	K.G.F: Chapter 1	[1][2]
2017	–	V. Harikrishna	Raajakumara	[3]
2016		Charan Raj	Jeerjimbe	[4]
2015	–	Sridhar V. Sambhram	Krishna Leela	[5]
2014	–	B. Ajaneesh Loknath	Ulidavaru Kandanthe	[6]
2013		Poornachandra Tejaswi	Lucia	[7]
2012	–	Arjun Janya	Alemaari
2011	–	Anoop Seelin	Sidlingu	[8]
2010–11	–	Jayashree Aravind	Ondooralli	[9]
2009–10	–	This Award is taken back
2008–09		Abhiman Roy	Tajmahal
2007–08	–	Sadhu Kokila	Inthi Ninna Preethiya
2006–07	–	Mano Murthy	Mungaaru Male	[10]
2005–06		Hamsalekha	Nenapirali	[11]
2004–05	–	Sadhu Kokila	Rakshasa	[12]
2003–04	–	V. Manohar	Chigurida Kanasu	[13]
2002–03	–	Stephen Prayog	Paris Pranaya	[14]
2001–02		V. Ravichandran	Ekangi	[15]
2000–01	–	N. Govardhan	Mahalakshmi	[16]
1999–2000		K. Kalyan	Chandramukhi Pranasakhi	[16]
1998–99	–	No Award	N/A
1997–98	–	V. Manohar	Jodi Hakki
1996–97	–	V. Manohar	Janumada Jodi
1995–96		Hamsalekha	Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gavai
1994–95		Hamsalekha	Haalunda Thavaru
1993–94		C. Ashwath	Chinnari Mutha
1992–93	–	Upendra Kumar	Jeevana Chaitra
1991–92	–	Vijaya Bhaskar	Pathitha Pavani
1989–90	–	Vijaya Bhaskar	Muraligaana Amruthapaana
1988–89	–	Upendra Kumar	Nanjundi Kalyana
1987–88	–	L. Vaidyanathan[a]	Pushpaka Vimana
1986–87	–	No award	N/A
1985–86	–	G. K. Venkatesh	Hosa Neeru
1984–85	–	M. Ranga Rao	Bandhana	[17]
1983–84	–	Vijaya Bhaskar	Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage
1982–83		Rajeev Taranath	Shrungara Maasa
1981–82	–	M. Ranga Rao	Hosa Belaku
1980–81		Chandrashekhara Kambara	Sangeetha
1978–79	–	Rajan–Nagendra	Parasangada Gendethimma	[18]
1977–78		C. Ashwath	Spandana
1976–77		Rajeev Taranath	Pallavi
1975–76	–	B. V. Karanth	Hamsageethe
		M. Balamuralikrishna
1974–75	–	G. K. Venkatesh	Bhakta Kumbara
1973–74	–	Rajan–Nagendra	Eradu Kanasu	[18]
1972–73	–	Vijaya Bhaskar	Sankalpa
1971–72	–	Vijaya Bhaskar	Yaava Janmada Maitri
1970–71		Salil Chowdhary	Samshaya Phala
1969–70	–	T. G. Lingappa	Sri Krishnadevaraya
1968–69	–	M. Ranga Rao	Hannele Chiguridaga
1967–68	–	Vijaya Bhaskar	Belli Moda

• Cinema of Karnataka
• List of Kannada-language films